Biological Data Science
November 4 - 6, 2020

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Abstract Status

Presenting Author

Abstract Title

Talk/Poster

Abdilleh, Kawther

Large-scale cloud-based inference of differential breast cancer-related network gene hubs between patient cohorts

poster

Aboukhalil, Robert

Supercharge genomics web applications with biowasm

talk

Adeluwa, Temidayo P

Predicting drug-induced liver injury with machine learning incorporating a diverse set of public datasets

poster

Aggarwal, Manu

The functional significance of topological features from large-scale biological datasets

poster

Aguilar, Robin D

Tigerfish―A tool for designing oligo probes against satellite DNA genome wide

poster

Anekalla, Kishore R

Juvenile alveolar epithelial cells have a delayed transcriptional response following Influenza A virus infection

poster

Aounallah, Khaled

Ancestry-specific genomic multi-dimensional scaling

poster

Argelaguet, Ricard

MOFA+―A statistical framework for comprehensive integration of multi-modal single-cell data

poster

Baker, Daniel N

Scalable single-cell RNA-seq clustering with model-based distances

poster

Bandoy, Darwin R

Deconvolution of clonal interference by D614G mutation in Sars-CoV-2 using Monte Carlo and epidemic modelling

talk

Bentsen, Mette S

TOBIAS―An ATAC-seq footprinting tool to reveal dynamics of transcription factor binding

poster

Berg, Jordan

Gazing into the metaboverse―Automated exploration and contextualization of metabolic data

talk

Bernstein, Matthew N

CellO―Comprehensive and hierarchical cell type classification of human cells with the Cell Ontology

poster

Bhogale, Shounak

Thermodynamics-based model of the "Transcription Factor Collective” mechanism reveals cis-regulatory code of mesoderm development in Drosophila

poster

Bollas, Audrey

Accurate ancestry inference using gnomAD and 1000 Genomes datasets

poster

Bonneau, Richard A

Combining spatial genomics and imaging data―Comparing multiple machine learning approaches

talk

Boucher, Christina

Building an index for a large number of genomes

talk

Buen Abad Najar, Carlos F

Coverage-dependent bias creates the appearance of binary splicing in single cells

poster

Burel, Jean-Marie

Reusable analytical workflows for public bioimaging data in cloud-based environments

poster

Bzikadze, Andrey

Human centromeres―From first automated assemblies to structural characterization and evolution

poster

Campbell, Kieran

Probabilistic machine learning to automate cell identity inference across single-cell technologies

talk

Cauer, Alexandra G

A multiresolution optimization strategy for inferring 3D genome architecture from Hi-C data

poster

Chamberlin, John

Gene-level detection bias confounds biological interpretation of single-nucleus RNA-seq experiments

talk

Chang, Weizhong

DAVID update―Expanded knowledgebase and analysis tools for the functional annotation of gene lists

poster

Chen, Chao

Topology-preserving deep image segmentation and generation for fine-scale biomedical structures

poster

Chen, Nae-Chyun

Improving variant calling using population data and deep learning

poster

Chen, Shang-Yang

MAGNET---Macrophage Annotation of Gene Network Enrichment Tool

poster

Chen, Shuonan

BARcode DEmixing through Non-negative Spatial Regression (BarDensr)

talk

Chen, Yun-Ching

Changes in peripheral methylome and brain development are associated with symptom changes in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

poster

Chhatbar, Kashyap

Quantitative analysis questions the role of MeCP2 as a global regulator of alternative splicing

poster

Choudhary, Krishna

Probability distributions of single-cell mRNA and protein counts derived by solving urn models for stochastic gene expression

poster

Chougule, Kapeel M

Moving from a single maize genome to population-based references assemblies of plants and exploring its gene space using Gramene comparative genomics platform

poster

Conard, Ashley M

TIMEOR―A web-based tool to uncover temporal regulatory mechanisms from multi-omics data

talk

Cresswell-Clay, Evan

Large-scale phylogenetic prediction of protein contact networks

poster

Das, Arun

Analysis of sketching and sampling approaches for fast and accurate read classification

poster

Davila, Jaime I

Mutational signatures from clinical genomic panels elucidate origins of hyper-mutated tumors of unknown primary

poster

Davis, Phillip E

A continuous featuring engineering and explanatory modeling paradigm for data-mining genomics data

poster

Davis-Marcisak, Emily F

Matrix factorization of single-cell RNA-sequencing identifies immune cell states that project across species, cancer type, and infectious disease

poster

Daw, Joyjit

A deep learning framework for genomic read variation analysis

poster

Dibaeinia, Payam

SERGIO―A single-cell expression simulator guided by gene regulatory networks

poster

Dobin, Alexander

STARsolo―Ultra-fast comprehensive single-cell RNA-seq quantification beyond gene expression

poster

Doing, Georgia

De-noising autoencoder-derived gene expression signatures for Pseudomonas aeruginosa elucidate virulence-promoting characteristics of ex vivo sputum from persons with cystic fibrosis

poster

Dyjack, Nathan

Robust multinomial-based distance metrics for scRNA-seq data

poster

Egieyeh, Samuel

Molecular and mechanistic insight into the varied rate of metabolism by allele of CYP3A4 enzyme

poster

Ewing, Ailith

Integrative analysis of novel genomic and transcriptomic datasets from high grade serous ovarian cancer reveals structural variants at BRCA1/2 are a common source of homologous repair deficiency

poster

Fansler, Mervin M

A rapid pipeline to detect and quantify differential 3’ UTR isoform usage in single-cell RNA-seq

poster

Farmer, Rohit

Stim Cell Selector―An R package for the identification of responding cells in cytometry stimulation assays

poster

Fischer, Stephan

Quantifying tradeoffs in the transcriptional definition of cell types

poster

Fitzgerald, Donnacha

Single-cell multi-omics captures the inter and intra-tumor heterogeneity of nodal B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas.

poster

Forbes, Kwame K

Integration of preprocessed single-cell datasets with bulk differential analysis results for DESeq2

poster

Foroughi pour, Ali

Interpreting deep learning features via integrative analysis with gene expressions

poster

Frise, Erwin

Artificial intelligence-driven scoring of structural variations for the diagnosis of rare genetic disease from genome sequencing

poster

Gabel, Alexander

Normalization of comparative transcriptomics data across species and organs

poster

Gerstein, Mark

Abstract

talk

Gharavi, Erfaneh

Embeddings of genomic region sets capture rich biological associations in low dimensions

poster

Gosline, Sara JC

Employing a hybrid graph reduction and community detection algorithm on multi-graphs to identify disease-specific pathway signatures in cancer

poster

Han, Jungmin

Using scientific machine learning to infer a mechanistic gene network from spatiotemporal single cell data

poster

Hansen, Nancy

SVanalyzer―Sequence similarity-aware tools for accurate representation and comparison of genomic structural variants

poster

Hao, Yuhan

Multi-modal representation and mapping of single-cell data

talk

Harris, Benjamin

Multiscale co-expression in the brain

poster

Harrow, Jennifer

ELIXIR―Establishing a sustainable infrastructure for managing and analysing distributed data at scale

talk

He, Di

A cross-level information transmission network for predicting phenotype from new genotype―Application to cancer precision medicine

poster

Heil, Benjamin J

Integrating tools and practices to make computational research reproducible

poster

Hicks, Stephanie C

Scaling up single-cell data analyses in Bioconductor

talk

Hippen Anderson, Ariel A

Quality control for single-cell RNA-seq data through Bayesian inference

talk

Holmes, Ian

JBrowse 2 visualizes synteny and structural variation

talk

Hu, Minjie

Lineage dynamics of the endosymbiotic cell type in the soft coral Xenia

poster

Jain, Chirag

Accurately mapping long reads to highly repetitive reference sequences

talk

Joglekar, Anoushka

Cell type signatures of brain-region specific splicing in postnatal development

poster

Johansen, Nelson

Deconvolving multi-modal assays to uncover associations in spatial and neuro-electrophysiological data modalities

poster

Kahles, Andre

MetaGraph―Representing sequence data at petabase-scale

talk

Kaminow, Benjamin

The pan-human consensus performs best for RNA-seq alignment

poster

Kancherla, Jayaram

Hierarchical interactive exploration and analysis of single cell RNA-seq datasets

poster

Kapourani, Chantriolnt-Andreas

scMET―Bayesian modelling of DNA methylation heterogeneity at single-cell resolution

poster

Kindt, Alida

Implementing disease-specific biomarkers for early detection of bronchopulmonary dysplasia

poster

Kirsche, Melanie

Jasmine―Fast and accurate structural variant comparison across many individuals

poster

Knight, Spencer C

COVID-19 susceptibility and severity risk modeling in over 500,000 individuals

talk

Koch, Clarissa M

Time course analysis of gene expression following influenza infection reveals pathways associated with lung damage

poster

Koo, Peter

Can we trust deep learning predictions in genomics?

poster

Kota, Pavan K

Towards highly efficient pathogen diagnostics with compressed sensing and microfluidic cell capture

poster

Kovaka, Sam

Targeted nanopore sequencing by real-time mapping of raw electrical signal with UNCALLED

poster

Kreshuk, Anna

Image segmentation at scale

talk

Krishnan, Arjun

Harmonizing millions of transcriptomes by imputing unmeasured genes and predicting sample sources

poster

Kumar, Vivek

Accelerating biological and environmental research using open-science, community platform of Systems Biology Knowledgebase (KBase)

poster

Kupkova, Kristyna

Epigenomics of chronic child undernutrition

talk

Lannelongue, Loic

The Green Algorithms project―Quantifying the carbon impact of bioinformatics and genomics

talk

Larsen, Joseph

Modeling the onset of symptoms of COVID-19

poster

Lawson, John

COCOA―Coordinate covariation analysis to annotate epigenetic heterogeneity

poster

Lee, Alexandra

Correcting for experiment-specific variability in expression compendia can remove underlying signals

poster

Lee, John

CoCoCoNet―Conserved and comparative co-expression across a diverse set of species

poster

Lever, Jake

CoronaCentral―Making sense of the vast coronavirus literature using manual curation and machine learning

poster

Li, Sijia

Bayesian inference of gene regulatory network from single-cell data

talk

Li, Simon

How to build and run an international open-data image repository

poster

Linan, Margaret

GPU-accelerated next generation sequencing bioinformatic pipeline

poster

Liu, Jinlu

Cell-clustering across single-cell RNA sequencing datasets with the hierarchical Dirichlet process

poster

Liu, Yunxi

Squeegee―De novo computational detection of contaminants in low biomass microbiomes

poster

Lu, Junyan

Multi-omics data integration identifies novel biomarkers for aggressive chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

poster

Lu, Shaina

The replicability of spatial gene expression atlas data from the adult mouse brain

poster

Lucaci, Alexander

Evaluating the impact of multi-nucleotide instantaneous mutations on evolutionary dynamics

poster

Luebeck, Jens

AmpliconReconstructor integrates NGS and optical mapping to resolve the complex structures of focal amplifications

poster

Lyu, Xinrui

DEspec―Protein abundance estimation and differential testing for DIA-MS data

poster

Marco, Cristina

Undergraduate curation projects to improve gene annotations in maize

talk

Melamed, Rachel D

Drug-wide association studies of cancer using real-world health data

talk

Min, Alan

Matrix prior for data transfer between single cell data types in latent Dirichlet allocation models

poster

Minkin, Ilia

Scalable multiple whole-genome alignment and locally collinear block construction with SibeliaZ

poster

Mitra, Ramkrishna

Recurrence of microRNA-gene networks reveal unexpected pan-cancer cooperativity of 5p and 3p miRNA strands that impact patient survival

poster

Molik, David

Automated text categorization and metabarcoding reinforces Cryptococcus neoformans–woody decomposition association

poster

Moore, Joshua

Towards a next-generation format for sharing bioimaging data

talk

Morin, Susanna

Predicting dynamic cell type-specific enhancers from transcriptomic data

poster

Moshiri, Niema

ViralMSA―Massively scalable reference-guided multiple sequence alignment of viral genomes

poster

Mu, Wancen

Differential allelic imbalance across groups of cells using adaptive generalized fused lasso with binomial likelihood

poster

Nair, Monica

Single cell trajectory analysis to predict biomarkers of sustained CAR T cell response in non-Hodgkin lymphoma

poster

Nattestad, Maria

DeepVariant 1.0

talk

Nicholson, David N

Linguistic analysis of the bioRxiv preprint landscape

poster

Nothaft, Frank A

Glow―An industrial-scale library for rapidly analyzing large variation datasets

poster

Olivieri, Julia E

Statistical splicing score enables robust differential splicing analysis in single-cell RNA-seq experiments

talk

Olson, Andrew

Ranked choice voting for representative transcripts with TRaCE

poster

Onami, Shuichi

SSBD:database and SSBD:repository―Online open resources for bioimages and quantitative data for biosystems dynamics

talk

Ouyang, Zhengqing

Large-scale identification and analysis of RNA structural disruptions induced by single nucleotide variants

poster

Paropkari, Akshay

Data driven discovery of transcription factor binding network with machine learning

poster

Patentreger, Andrew

Developing a tool for capturing genomic regions of high density skin clonal mutations

poster

Penaloza, Jacqueline

Constraint on single nucleotide variants disrupting non-coding RNA secondary structure

poster

Periwal, Vipul

Expectation reflection for better biological and biomedical classification

poster

Phan, Lon

NCBI ALFA―Open-access to dbGaP aggregated allele frequency for variant interpretation

poster

Piccolo, Stephen R

Web-based tools for tidying, standardizing, and transforming high-throughput assay data and associated clinical annotations

poster

Pimentel, Harold

Model driven design and analysis of quantitative phenotype screens

talk

Pividori, Milton

PhenoPLIER―Integrating transcriptome-wide association studies with gene co-expression patterns

poster

Powell, Christopher L

Pats―A taxon re-sampling pipeline to test phylogenetic stability in large datasets

poster

Prabhu, Gautam

Structural variation in the human genome has significant effects on gene expression

poster

Prinster, Andrew J

Exact sequence variant analysis of the gut microbiome and human psychometric phenotype conditional on host genetics

talk

Priya, Sambhawa

A machine learning framework reveals patterns of host gene-microbiome interactions across human diseases

talk

Psomopoulos, Fotis

"DOME" recommendations for machine learning validation in biology

poster

Rahman, Amatur

Disk compression of k-mer sets

talk

Rando, Halie M

Open publishing and the COVID-19 infodemic

poster

Rattray, Magnus

Non-parametric modelling of temporal and spatial counts data from RNA-seq experiments

talk

Reynier, Jean-Baptiste

COMIRI―Consensus meta-caller for immune receptor identification

poster

Roche, Kimberly

Novel, scalable Bayesian methods to assess patterns of gut microbial covariation in a longitudinally-monitored wild baboon population

talk

Roche-Lima, Abiel

Machine-learning-based in-hospital mortality prediction for transcatheter mitral valve repair in the United States

poster

Ronneberg, Leiv

BayesSyneRgy―Flexible Bayesian modelling of synergistic interaction effects in in-vitro drug combination experiments

poster

Rosenbloom, Kate

The UCSC Genome Browser in 2020―New data, visualizations and coronavirus resources

poster

Rowell, William J

A workflow for the comprehensive detection and prioritization of variants in human genomes with PacBio HiFi reads

poster

Russell, Pamela

BioCantor―A Python library for feature arithmetic in arbitrarily nested coordinate systems

poster

Safo, Sandra

Integrating Omics and phenotypic data to advance precision medicine

talk

Salzman, Julia

Statistical Inference for single-cell RNA seq

poster

Sampath, Dharanya

Evaluation of bioinformatics tools to study clonal architecture in tumors

poster

Sarkar, Hirak

Accurate, efficient, and uncertainty-aware expression quantification in single-cell RNA-seq data

poster

Satpathy, Sarthak

Pan-cancer identification of sex-biased prognostic genes

poster

Schatz, Michael

Streamlining accessibility and computability of large-scale genomic datasets with the NHGRI genome data science Analysis, Visualization, and Informatics Lab-Space (ANVIL)

poster

Scheben, Armin

Unraveling molecular mechanisms of immunity, viral transmission and cancer-resistance using the genomes of the Jamaican fruit bat and Mesoamerican mustached bat

poster

Schreiber, Jacob

Ledidi―Designing genomic edits that induce functional activity

talk

Sehlke, Robert

Shedding light on primary human cancer models with single cell imaging and deep learning―The unique potential of functional testing for translational research

poster

Seifuddin, Fayaz

Dysregulation of long non-coding RNA expression in bipolar disorder

poster

Sergushichev, Alexey

FGSEA―Fast gene set enrichment analysis

poster

Sergushichev, Alexey

Phantasus―A web-application for exploratory gene expression analysis and visualization

poster

Shajii, Ariya

A Python-based paradigm for high-performance genomics

poster

Sheffield, Nathan

Standardizing sample metadata with Portable Encapsulated Projects

poster

Shteyman, Alan

GED―Learning to detect genetically modified organisms in Illumina data

poster

Shumate, Alaina

Liftoff―An accurate genome annotation mapping tool

talk

Singh, Komudi

SARS-CoV-2 infection of host cells perturbs autophagic and mitochondrial processes

poster

Smith, Jason P

Quality control and processing of nascent RNA profiling data

poster

Sommer, Markus J

Balrog―A universal protein model for prokaryotic gene prediction

poster

Speir, Matthew L

UCSC Cell Browser―Visualization for single-cell transcriptomics data

poster

Stein-O'Brien, Genevieve

Blueprinting the brain―Combinatorial use and reuse of latent spaces across space, time, and molecular assays

poster

Stolarczyk, Michal J

Identity and compatibility of reference genome resources

poster

Tayeb, Karl

Colocalization and fine-mapping of multiple traits in the presence of allelic heterogeneity

talk

Tseng, Alex

Fourier-transform-based attribution priors improve the interpretability and stability of deep learning models for genomics

poster

Tuddenham, John F

>200,000 single-cell transcriptomes uncover new human microglial diversity―Use of this reference to explore the glioblastoma microenvironment and the regulatory network of human microglia

poster

Twesigomwe, David

CypGen―A Nextflow pipeline for calling star alleles in cytochrome P450 genes

poster

Verdezoto, Jose

Bedbase―A unifying platform for genomic interval data

poster

Vulliard, Loan

Understanding chemical-genetic interactions―Morphological screen of combined perturbations

poster

Wang, Liya

SciApps.org―A web-based platform for reproducible bioinformatics analysis on the cloud

poster

Wang, Xiaotao

A supervised learning framework for chromatin loop detection in genome-wide contact maps

poster

Wong, Frances

The Image Data Resource―A scalable resource for FAIR biological imaging data

talk

Yang, Guangyu

Accurate and scalable differential splicing detection with MntJULiP

poster

Yang, Xu

A composable rootless container system for genomic analysis pipelines

poster

Yardimci, Galip G

Capturing cell type-specific chromatin compartment patterns by applying topic modeling to single-cell Hi-C data

poster

Yip, Yuk-Lap (Kevin)

A unified framework for integrative study of heterogeneous gene regulatory mechanisms

poster

Youtsey, Brett

Kmerprof―A comparative k-mer tool tailored for distributed-memory parallel computers

poster

Zaitsev, Konstantin

Single Cell Navigator allows cross-matching of public scRNA-seq data―Study case of tumor immune microenvironments

poster

Zaman, Sumaira

EASEL―Efficient, Accurate, Scalable Eukaryotic modeLs for de novo genome annotation

poster

Zarate, Samantha

Parliament2―Accurate structural variant calling at scale

poster

Zhu, Kaiyuan

CAMMIQ―A combinatorial optimization method for accurate strain level metagenomic microbial detection and quantification

poster

Zhu, Xiang

Modeling regulatory network topology improves genome-wide analyses of complex human traits

poster