Conference Schedule

Three Days of Discovery

Immerse yourself in cutting-edge bioinformatics research, keynote speakers, and parallel sessions bridging genomics, AI, and precision medicine - March 27-29, 2026.

Opening Day

March 27, 2026 (Friday)

7:30 AM
60 min

Registration & Breakfast

Networking
Ted & Marty Couch Auditorium / SRB Ferman Family Room / SRB David Murphey Room
8:30 AM
15 min

Welcome Remarks

Ceremony
Auditorium
8:45 AM
60 min

Keynote 1: Rafael A. Irizarry

Keynote
Rafael A. Irizarry - Dana-Farber
Auditorium
9:45 AM
75 min

Session 101: Innovative Computational Approaches for Decoding Biological Complexity from Single-Cell Data

Session
Chair: Shenglin Mei
Ted & Marty Couch Auditorium
9:45 AM
75 min

Session 102: Multi-omics Integration to Decipher Disease Mechanisms

Session
Chair: Jianrong Wang
SRB Ferman Family Room
9:45 AM
75 min

Session 103: AI in Genomics

Session
Chair: Yan Guo
SRB David Murphey Room
11:00 AM
15 min

Break

Break
All Rooms
11:15 AM
75 min

Session 201: Computational Digital Twins for Translational Biomedical Informatics

Session
Chair: Jing Su
Ted & Marty Couch Auditorium
11:15 AM
75 min

Session 202: Next-Generation Web Visual Analytics for Bioinformatics and Artificial Intelligence

Session
Chairs: Xijin Ge, Timothy Shaw
SRB Ferman Family Room
11:15 AM
75 min

Session 203: From Omics to Network Pharmacology and Systems Medicine

Session
Chair: Zongliang Yue
SRB David Murphey Room
12:30 PM
10 min

Group Pictures

Ceremony
Auditorium
12:40 PM
50 min

Lunch

Networking
All Rooms
1:30 PM
60 min

Keynote 2: Ting Wang

Keynote
Ting Wang
Auditorium
2:30 PM
75 min

Session 301: Adverse Event: A Gold Mine for Data Science in Cancer Research

Session
Chairs: Dung-Tsa Chen, Aik Choon Tan
Ted & Marty Couch Auditorium
2:30 PM
75 min

Session 302: Next-Generation Genomics and Bioinformatics for Pediatric Cancer and Congenital Disorders

Session
Chairs: Jatinder Lamba, Timothy I Shaw
SRB Ferman Family Room
2:30 PM
75 min

Session 303: From Data to Discovery: Statistical Learning in Biomedicine

Session
Chair: Hui Jiang
SRB David Murphey Room
3:45 PM
15 min

Break

Break
All Rooms
4:00 PM
75 min

Session 304: Single-Cell and Multi-Omics Genomics: Bridging Data and Innovation to Transform Health

Session
Chair: Zhaotong Lin
Ted & Marty Couch Auditorium
4:00 PM
75 min

Session 305: Student Flash Talks from the ISCB Regional Meeting 2025

Talks
Chairs: Leon Hardy, Timothy I Shaw
SRB Ferman Family Room
4:00 PM
75 min

Session 306: YSEA (Post-doc / Undergrad & Grad Student)

Session
SRB David Murphey Room
5:15 PM
75 min

MCBIOS Board Member Voting + Reception & Poster Session

Poster
Auditorium / SRB Atrium
6:30 PM

MCBIOS Business Session (By Invitation Only)

Social
Auditorium