FOG Boston 2026 Agenda

12:30 13:00
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A Comparative Assessment of Spatial Transcriptomic Technologies Across Distinct Tissues

Spatial Stage

Speakers

Nick James, Postdoctoral Associate - Center for Advanced Research Technologies, University of Rochester
12:30 13:00
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A unified toolbox for single-cell spatial genomics

Spatial Stage

Speakers

Fei Chen, Associate Professor - Harvard University
14:00 14:30
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Acquiring Principles of Spatial Data Analysis for Effective Disease Profiling

Spatial Stage

Speakers

Priyank Patel, Principal Scientist - Boehringer Ingelheim
12:00 12:30
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Advances in Scalable Single Cell RNA-seq with Parse Biosciences' Evercode

Single-Cell Stage

Speakers

Mike Khan, Technical Sales Manager - Parse Biosciences
15:00 15:30
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Advances in Single-cell and Long-read Sequencing Converge for Novel Insights in Alzheimer’s Disease

Multi-Omics Integration Stage

Speakers

Lindsay Rizzardi, Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics - The University of Alabama at Birmingham
14:30 15:00
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Advancing Toxicologic Pathology Through Spatial Omics: Challenges, Opportunities, and Cross-Species Insights

Spatial Stage

Speakers

Chandra Saravanan, Director of Pathology - Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research
09:00 09:30
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AI for Genomic Medicine: A Multimodal Deep Learning Journey from Molecules to Single Cells

Innovation Stage

Speakers

Manolis Kellis, Professor of Computer Science - MIT
12:30 13:00
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AI-Assisted Genomic Data Ecosystems: Scaling Molecular Data Operations for Cancer Research

Cancer Omics Stage

Speakers

Michael Tolstorukov, Director of Bioinformatics and Molecular Data - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
16:40 17:10
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AI-Driven and Interpretable Gene Network Modeling: From Transcriptomics to Drug Targets

AI in Drug Discovery Stage

Speakers

Kiyohiro Maeda, Senior Data Scientist - FUJIFILM Corporation
11:30 12:00
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AI-Powered Cross-Level Cross-Scale Cross-Species Multi-Omics Integration And Predictive Modeling For Drug Discovery

Multi-Omics Integration Stage

Speakers

Lei Xie, Professor - Northeastern University
14:30 15:00
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AI/ML and FAIR Data Foundations for Functional Genomics-driven Target and Biomarker Discovery

AI in Drug Discovery Stage

Speakers

Michael Steinbaugh, Director, Data, AI and Genome Sciences - Merck
15:00 15:30
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Application of single cell analytics to drug discovery and development

Single-Cell Stage

Speakers

Giorgio Gaglia, Head of Systems Biology, Associate Director - Sanofi
14:30 15:00
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Architecting the Genomic Data Backbone: Orchestration, Metadata and Versioned Assets

Biopharma Data Management Stage

Speakers

Yohann Potier, Senior Director of Data Engineering and Informatics - Tessera Therapeutics
12:30 13:00
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Bayer’s R&D Data Science Ecosystem – A Central Nervous System to Improve Efficiency and Success Rates in Pharma

Biopharma Data Management Stage

Speakers

Dan Gusenleitner, Director, Computational Biology - Bayer
13:05 13:20
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Best Practices in Single-Cell and Spatial Sequencing: How to Plan & Validate Experiments

Innovation Stage

Speakers

Judith Vivié, Co-founder and COO - Single Cell Discoveries
12:00 12:30
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Beyond Data Generation: AI-Driven Spatial Biology Analysis at Scale with Weave

Spatial Stage

Speakers

Marc Claesen, Founder and CTO - Aspect Analytics
12:00 12:30
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Beyond the Genome: Scalable Proteomics to Power Pharma Discovery and Clinical Translation

Multi-Omics Integration Stage

Speakers

Joseph Caruso, Sr. Field Application Scientist - Olink™ part of Thermo Fisher
12:30 13:00
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Big Data, Big Problems: Building Infrastructure for Research at Any Scale

Innovation Stage

Speakers

Mitchell Shiell, Product Manager - Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
11:30 13:00
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Boston Women in Bioinformatics Networking Session

Room 51
15:00 15:30
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Building a Clinical Data Management Department from Ground Up

Biopharma Data Management Stage

Speakers

Julie Filipenko, Vice President, Clinical Data Management - Graviton Biosciences
14:00 14:30
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Building an AI-Ready Data Strategy: Lessons from Data Governance at Takeda

Biopharma Data Management Stage

Speakers

Krimish Shah, Associate Director Regulatory Data Governance Lead - Takeda
15:00 15:30
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Building the Lab of the Future - Connecting AI, Digitalisation and Automation for Closed-Loop Drug Discovery

AI in Drug Discovery Stage

Speakers

Hans Bitter, Head of Computational Science & Data Strategy (R&D leadership team) - Takeda

Jonathan O'Connell, Head of Drug Discovery Automation and Transformation - Takeda
12:00 12:30
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Causal by Design: Genetics-First Discovery Combined with Agentic AI as The Engine of Next-Generation Therapeutics

AI in Drug Discovery Stage

Speakers

Alexandra Fish, VP of Tech-Enabled Life Sciences - Genomics Ltd.
14:10 14:40
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Closing the Loop in Target Discovery: Applying Foundation Models and AI to Targeted Identification in ADPKD

AI in Drug Discovery Stage

Speakers

Tiziana Caputo, Senior Expert I, Data Science - Novartis
14:10 14:40
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Context-Dependent Effects of Imputation on Spatial and Single-Cell Transcriptomics Integration

Spatial Stage

Speakers

Claudia Rangel-Escareño, Principal Investigator - Tecnologíco de Monterrey
14:30 15:00
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CSF Proteomics Reflect Neuronal Excitability Before Amyloid Aggregation in Preclinical AD

Multi-Omics Integration Stage

Speakers

Abhay Moghekar, Biofluid Biomarker Core Leader, Clinical Core Co-Leader - Johns Hopkins Hospital
14:10 14:40
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Curation of Large Scale 'Omics Data for Biomarker Discovery

Biopharma Data Management Stage

Speakers

Lauren Wasson, Senior Scientist II, Bioinformatics - AbbVie
14:00 14:30
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Decoding the Language of Life: A Large Language Model for the RNA World

Innovation Stage

Speakers

John Rinn, Professor - Boulder Department University of Colorado
16:10 16:40
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Decoding the Stromal–Immune Axis: Single-Cell Insights into Immune-Mediated Diseases

Single-Cell Stage

Speakers

Saurabh Vishnu Laddha, Principal Computational Scientist - Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicines
14:00 14:30
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Development and Optimization of scRNA-seq Pipelines to Characterise iPSC-Derived Hematopoietic Stem Cells using AI

Single-Cell Stage

Speakers

Aayudh Das, Senior Scientist - Dechra Pharmaceuticals
16:40 17:10
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DropC Allows Scalable and Multimodal Profiling of Genetic and Non-Genetic Determinants of Human Leukemia

Epigenetics Stage

Speakers

Giovanni Gambi, Postdoctoral Researcher - NYU Langone Health
14:40 15:10
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Druggable Cell Populations Missed by Standard Annotation

Single-Cell Stage

Speakers

Parashar Dhapola, CEO - Nygen Analytics AB
12:00 12:30
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Emerging Single-Cell Modalities: Expanding What We Can Measure with Next-Generation Profiling Technologies

Single-Cell Stage

Speakers

Caleb Lareau, Assistant Member, Computational and Systems Biology Program - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
12:00 12:30
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Epigenetic Restriction of Extraembryonic Lineages Mirrors the Somatic Transition to Cancer and Can Be Used for Non-Invasive Cancer Resolution

Epigenetics Stage

Speakers

Franziska Michor, Charles A. Dana Chair in Human Cancer Genetics - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
15:10 15:40
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Epigenetic Signatures Linking Alzheimer’s Genetic Risk and Alcohol Use Disorder

Epigenetics Stage

Speakers

Gita Pathak, Assistant Professor - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
17:10 17:40
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Evaluating Spatial Transcriptomics Technologies’ Ability to Localize Biomarkers of Lung Cancer Progression

Spatial Stage

Speakers

Jason Weis, PhD Candidate - Boston University
16:10 16:40
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Exomes, Genomes, Multi-Omics: Navigating the Space Between Today’s Standards and Tomorrow’s Diagnostics

Innovation Stage

Speakers

Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan, Director of Translational Bioinformatics - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
11:30 12:00
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Foundation Model-Based AI Estimator Framework for Solid-Tumor Clinical Outcome Prediction from Peripheral Blood

AI in Drug Discovery Stage

Speakers

Virginia Savova, Head of Cell-targeted Precision Medicine, Oncology Data Science and AI - AstraZeneca
11:30 12:00
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From Barriers to Blueprints: Mapping the Regulatory Landscapes of Cell Identity

Single-Cell Stage

Speakers

Samantha Morris, Associate Professor of Medicine and Systems Biology - Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School
11:30 12:00
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From Data Chaos to Clarity: Operationalizing Genomics through Semantic Foundations and Decision Intelligence

Biopharma Data Management Stage

Speakers

Felix Francis, Associate Director and Data Modeling Lead - Takeda
12:30 13:00
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From Data to Decision: Leveraging Multi-Omics & Proteomics for the Right Target, Drug, and Patient

Multi-Omics Integration Stage

Speakers

Shuwei Li, Director, Population Analytics & Insights, Data Science DPDS - Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicines
14:00 14:30
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From Data to Decisions: Building an Agentic AI Platform for Drug Discovery

AI in Drug Discovery Stage

Speakers

Amir Bayegan, Associate Director, AI/ML - Cellarity
11:30 12:00
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From Genomics to the Next Frontier: 20 Years of Innovation and What Comes Next

Innovation Stage

Speakers

Niall Lennon, Senior Director, Genomics Platform - The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
16:10 16:40
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From Multi-Omics to Real-Time AI Precision Medicine in Colorectal Cancer

Cancer Omics Stage

Speakers

Enrique Velazquez Villarreal, Assistant Professor - City Of Hope
12:00 12:30
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From Myeloma to Multi-Cancer: Building a Scalable, AI-Ready Data Commons for Translational Oncology

Cancer Omics Stage

Speakers

Alex Gout, Director of Translational Research - Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation
16:10 17:40
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From Prompt to Provenance: AI enhanced contextual workflow across the Common Fund Data Ecosystem (CFDE)

Room 50

Speakers

Noël Burtt, Director, Operations & Development, Knowledge Portals and Diabetes - The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

Christy Kano, Program Manager - National Institute of Health

Daniall Masood, Postdoctoral Scholar - BiomarkerKB

Luka Maisuradze, Postdoctoral Associate - The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
13:50 14:05
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From Raw Data to Results: Building Reliable AI Agents for Bioinformatics

Innovation Stage

Speakers

Amulya Balakrishnan, Founder and CTO - Novaflow
15:10 15:40
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From Research-Grade Molecular Data to Regulatory Impact: Enabling Drug Filing and Next-Generation AI.

Biopharma Data Management Stage

Speakers

Andrea Calabria, Senior Director of Data Science and Computational Biology - Tessera Therapeutics
13:20 13:35
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From Sample to Long Reads: Automating High‑Molecular‑Weight DNA Extraction Workflows

Innovation Stage

Speakers

Brandon Easparro, Product Manager - Omega Bio-tek
16:40 17:10
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From Spatial Atlas to World Model: The Data and AI Infrastructure Redefining Cancer Biology

Multi-Omics Integration Stage

Speakers

Jean-Philippe Vert, CEO & Co-Founder - Bioptimus
15:10 15:40
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Fueling Target Discovery - The Power of Genomic Sequencing

Innovation Stage

Speakers

Yuxin Liang, Senior Principal Scientific Manager - Genentech
15:10 15:40
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Generative AI Algorithms for 3D Spatial Pathology & Multi-Omics Data Integration

Spatial Stage

Speakers

Cristina Almagro-Pérez, PhD Student - MIT & Harvard Medical School
12:30 13:00
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Genomic Language Modeling for Sequence Analysis and Management in the Age of AI

Biopharma Data Management Stage

Speakers

Yunha Hwang, Assistant Professor & Co-founder and Chief Scientist - MIT & Tatta Bio
14:40 15:10
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Genomics at the Point of Care: Building the Data Foundation for Personalized Medicine

Biopharma Data Management Stage

Speakers

Roberto Lleras, VP Healthcare & Life Sciences Solutions and Strategy - TTEC Digital

Devan Szczepanski MD, MA, Owner & CEO - NuWell Medicine™
12:00 12:30
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High-Resolution Profiling of Cancer Transcriptomes and Fusion Isoforms using Roche SBX RNA-Seq (SBX) Technology

Innovation Stage

Speakers

Brian Haas, Principal Computational Scientist - Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
15:00 15:30
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How Enhancer Mutations Drive Ovarian Cancer Through RNA-Mediated Epigenetic Regulation

Epigenetics Stage

Speakers

Natalia Benova, PhD Candidate - Leeds Beckett University
14:40 15:10
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Innovative Multimodal Solutions for Rare Disease Diagnostics

Innovation Stage

Speakers

Christine Eng, Chief Medical Officer, Chief Quality Officer - Baylor Genetics
16:40 17:10
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Integrating Single-Cell Spatial and Non-Spatial Transcriptomics with Machine Learning in Human Cerebral Organoids

Single-Cell Stage

Speakers

Elaine Lim, Assistant Professor - UMass Chan Medical School
13:35 13:50
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Introduction of Twist Library Preparation Kits developed with Novel Enzyme Engineering

Innovation Stage

Speakers

Ryan Hegarty, Regional Commercial Development Manager - Twist Bioscience
16:10 16:40
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Judging Deep Research Agents: Validation for Drug Discovery AI

Biopharma Data Management Stage

Speakers

Rui Sun, Senior Scientist, Generative AI & Agentic Modeling - Takada
12:30 13:00
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Learning Cellular Kinetics from Multimodal Single-cell Asynchrony

Single-Cell Stage

Speakers

Chenxu Zhu, Assistant Professor and Core Faculty Member - New York Genome Center
17:10 17:40
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Learning Multiomic Cell Dynamics with Neural ODEs

Epigenetics Stage

Speakers

Christina Leslie, Principal Investigator - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
17:10 17:40
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Leveraging AI to Accelerate Target Engines

AI in Drug Discovery Stage

Speakers

Franck Rapaport, Director of Target, Disease and Systems Biology Data Science and AI - Sanofi
16:10 16:40
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Leveraging Foundation Models and In Silico Perturbation to Accelerate Target Identification in Early Discovery

AI in Drug Discovery Stage

Speakers

Xiong Liu, Director, Data Science and AI, Biomedical Research - Novartis
15:00 15:30
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Liquid Biopsies Predict Outcome and Guide Therapy in Patients with Hodgkin Lymphoma

Cancer Omics Stage

Speakers

Julia Paczkowska, Post-Doc - Broad Institute
14:40 15:10
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Long-Read Epigenetics and the Hidden Regulation of mtDNA

Epigenetics Stage

Speakers

Stefan Isaac, Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Cell Biology - Boston University
13:00 14:00
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Lunch

Multi-Omics Integration Stage
13:00 14:00
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Lunch

AI in Drug Discovery Stage
13:00 14:00
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Lunch

Biopharma Data Management Stage
13:00 14:00
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Lunch

Biopharma Data Management Stage
13:00 14:00
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Lunch

Single-Cell Stage
13:00 14:00
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Lunch Break
13:00 14:10
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Lunch Break
15:10 15:40
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Mapping Stromal Divers of TME Reorganization in Progressive Pancreatic Cancer

Cancer Omics Stage

Speakers

Meredith Brown, Senior Scientist - AstraZeneca
15:00 15:30
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Mapping Therapeutic Targets in Fibrotic Diseases using Spatial Transcriptomics

Spatial Stage

Speakers

Lauren Gutgesell, Scientist - Arda Therapeutics
12:00 12:30
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Measuring Immune Fitness from Blood: A Biophysical Liquid Biopsy for Immunotherapy

Cancer Omics Stage

Speakers

Scott Manalis, David H. Koch Professor in Engineering, Department of Biological Engineering - Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research
11:30 12:00
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Mining the TCGA Genome: Driving Cancer Discovery with Whole-Genome Data

Cancer Omics Stage

Speakers

Gad Getz, Director of the Cancer Genome Computational Analysis Group - The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
11:30 13:00
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Genome Dome
14:00 15:30
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Genome Dome
14:10 15:40
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Genome Dome
16:10 16:40
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Multi-Omics Integration Stage
17:10 17:40
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Multi-Omic Case Studies in Drug Safety: Biomarker Discovery and Mechanistic Insights

Multi-Omics Integration Stage

Speakers

Tom Lanz, Senior Director, Multi-Omics and Biomarkers - Pfizer
12:30 13:00
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Multimodal Foundation Models for Biomolecular Analysis

Multi-Omics Integration Stage

Speakers

Smita Krishnaswamy, Associate Professor of Genetics and of Computer Science - Yale University
11:30 12:00
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Multimodality of Single Cell Analysis in Clinical Settings

Single-Cell Stage

Speakers

Asaf Rotem, Senior Director of Translational Medicine - AstraZeneca
12:00 12:30
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Multiome Perturb‑Seq: Scalable CRISPR Screens Linking Transcriptome and Epigenome at Single‑Cell Resolution

Multi-Omics Integration Stage

Speakers

Thomas Norman, Associate Member - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
14:10 14:40
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Nanopore-based genomic sampling for rapid molecular diagnosis

Innovation Stage

Speakers

Chun-Chieh Lin, Assistant Professor of Pathology, Geisel School of Medicine - Dartmouth College
15:40 16:10
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Networking Break

Multi-Omics Integration Stage
15:40 16:10
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Networking Break

AI in Drug Discovery Stage
15:40 16:10
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Networking Break

Biopharma Data Management Stage
15:40 16:10
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Networking break

Single-Cell Stage
11:00 11:30
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Networking Break

Innovation Stage
11:00 11:30
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Networking Break

Innovation Stage
15:40 16:10
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Networking Break
12:30 13:00
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One Run, Every Variant: Simplifying Complex Diagnostics through Long-Read Sequencing

Innovation Stage

Speakers

Bharat Thyagarajan, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology Vice Chair for Translational Research - University of Minnesota
12:30 13:00
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Operationalizing Spatial Transcriptomics in Clinical Trials: Digital Pathology Integration and Agentic AI Workflows

AI in Drug Discovery Stage

Speakers

Emre Arslan, Associate Director - Takeda
12:00 12:30
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Our Future Health: From Population-Scale Genomics to Trial Acceleration in Prevention and Disease

Innovation Stage

Speakers

Michael Cook, Chief Science Officer - Our Future Health
12:30 13:00
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Panel Discussion: AI Reality Check: Where Is It Actually Delivering in Drug Discovery?

AI in Drug Discovery Stage

Speakers

Shameer Khader, Global Head, Computational Biology Target, Disease and Systems Biology - Sanofi

Bart Naughton, Head of Global Discovery Computational Biology - Eisai

Rodney Marable, Executive Director, Scientific Computing and Informatics - Flare Therapeutics

Martin Bringmann, Senior Director Translational Neuroscience - Johnson & Johnson
11:30 12:00
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Panel Discussion: From AI Tools to AI Systems: Operationalising AI in Drug Discovery

AI in Drug Discovery Stage

Speakers

Julia Fox, Director, Data Sciences - Takeda

Shicheng Guo, Senior Director of Translational Genetics and Data Science - Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals

Ben DeMeo, Senior Machine Learning Researcher - Valid Inc.

Devin Chen, Director, Data Science, NGTx - Eli Lilly
10:00 10:30
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Panel Discussion: From Hype to Translational Value: AI & Machine Learning Powering Precision Drug Discovery

Innovation Stage

Speakers

Justin Scheer, VP, In Silico Discovery - Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicines

Justin H. Johnson, Executive Director, Oncology Data Science - AstraZeneca Oncology R&D

Birgit Schoeberl, VP & Head of Data42 - Novartis
17:10 17:40
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Panel Discussion: How Do The Sequencing Technology Advancements Drive Translational Research?

Innovation Stage

Speakers

Miten Jain, Assistant Professor of Bioengineering and Physics - Northeastern University

Bharat Thyagarajan, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology Vice Chair for Translational Research - University of Minnesota

Jing Colatat, Senior Scientist, Vaccine R&D - Pfizer
10:15 11:00
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Panel Discussion: Multi-Modal Data at Scale: Discovery, Governance, and Trust

Innovation Stage

Speakers

John Tallarico, Global Head of Discovery Sciences - Novartis

Stacey Gabriel, Executive Vice President, Platforms and Scientific Execution - The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

Melina Claussnitzer, Director, Broad Diabetes Initiative - Broad Institute

Woody Sherman, Founder and Chief Innovation Officer - PsiThera
11:30 12:00
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Panel Discussion: Transforming Early Cancer Detection, Diagnosis, and Surveillance with Liquid Biopsies

Cancer Omics Stage

Speakers

Aparna Parikh, Associate Professor - Harvard Medical School

Shervin Tabrizi, Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology - University of Pennsylvania

Diana Merino Vega, Global Senior Director Early Detection - AstraZeneca

Elaine Joseph, Director, Precision Medicine - AstraZeneca
17:10 17:40
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Pharma Knowledge Graphs and Large Language Models: Exploring the Semantic Frontier of Biomedical AI in 2026

Biopharma Data Management Stage

Speakers

Helena Deus, Lead for Semantic Data Products - Bristol Myers Squibb
14:30 15:00
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Platform MACS: Accelerating Target Discovery with Single-Cell Workflows

Single-Cell Stage

Speakers

Marc Wadsworth, Senior Principal Scientist - Pfizer
11:30 12:00
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Polyploid Cardiomyocytes Define Niche-Specific Transcriptional States in the Mammalian Heart

Spatial Stage

Speakers

Paul Kiessling, PhD Student - University of Aachen
11:30 12:00
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Promises and Challenges of Population Proteomics in Health and Disease

Multi-Omics Integration Stage

Speakers

Benjamin Sun, Director, Head of Population Health Omics, Informatics and Predictive Sciences - Bristol Myers Squibb
15:10 15:40
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Proteomics-Driven Target Discovery and Drug Development

Multi-Omics Integration Stage

Speakers

Matthew Glover, Associate Director, Proteomics - AstraZeneca
09:30 10:15
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Reading & Rewriting Life: A Reflection on the Impact of The Human Genome Project, and The Future of Genomics

Innovation Stage

Speakers

Mark Adams, Professor & Interim Scientific Director - The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine

George Church, Professor of Genetics - Harvard Medical School

Sorin Istrail, James A. & Julie N. Brown Professor of Computational and Mathematical Sciences - Brown University
14:10 14:40
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Regulatory Mechanisms of Proteins Abundance Control across Single Cells in Neurodegenerative Disease

Multi-Omics Integration Stage

Speakers

Mahlon Collins, Research Innovation Coordinator - Parallel Squared Technology Institute
12:30 13:00
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Rewriting the epigenetic playbook: targeting epigenetic drivers of childhood cancer.

Epigenetics Stage

Speakers

Michael Koldobskiy, Assistant Professor of Oncology - Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
11:30 12:00
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Right Read for the Right Task: Orchestrating Multiple NGS Platforms Across the Biologics Pipeline

Innovation Stage

Speakers

Yang Song, Associate Principal Scientist - AstraZeneca
16:10 17:40
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Roundtable Discussion: What Does Your AI-Ready Team Look Like?

Room 51

Speakers

Edouard Duquesne, Data & AI Product Delivery Lead - Medical, R&D - Ipsen

Marina Darlow, Incubation Lead, AI Tools for Pharma Research and Reporting - Takeda

Michail Vlysidis, Principal Engineer, Technology - AbbVie
15:10 15:40
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Same-Sample Multi-Omics Profiling and Applying Integrative Multi-Omics AI/ML Methods Benchmark in Rare Disease

AI in Drug Discovery Stage

Speakers

Anas Al Zabiby, Multi-omics Data Science Expert II, Discovery Sciences at Biomedical Research - Novartis
12:30 13:00
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Sample-Level Modeling and Quantitative Embedding of Single‑Cell Data at Scale with tinydenseR

Single-Cell Stage

Speakers

Pedro Milanez-Almeida, Senior Expert II, Data Science - Novartis
15:10 15:40
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Scaling Single-Cell Multi-omics to Population Studies: Insights into Asthma Risk from Cross-Border Cohorts

Single-Cell Stage

Speakers

Darren Cusanovich, Associate Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine - University of Arizona
12:00 12:30
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Sex-Specific Epigenetic Regulation of Neurodevelopment via Stress Signalling and Transposons

Epigenetics Stage

Speakers

Richard Hunter, Associate Professor - University of Massachusetts Boston
17:10 17:40
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SIMBA+: Dissecting Genetic Variant Function Through Single-Cell Multiomics Integration

Single-Cell Stage

Speakers

Luca Pinello, Associate Professor - Massachusetts General Hospital
17:10 17:40
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Single Cell Analysis Identifies Factors Underlying CAR T Cell Therapy Response in Glioblastoma

Cancer Omics Stage

Speakers

Nelson Freeburg, Post-doctoral Researcher, Silverbush Lab - University of Pennsylvania
12:00 12:30
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Single Cell Spatial Transcriptomics Links Wnt Signaling Disruption to Extracellular Matrix Development in a Cleft Palate Model

Spatial Stage

Speakers

Jeremie Piña, Postdoctoral Fellow - NIH
14:00 14:30
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Single-cell 3D Genome Organization in Leukemia with DROP-C

Epigenetics Stage

Speakers

Guido Barzaghi, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Tsirigos Lab - NYU Grossman School of Medicine
14:00 14:30
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Single-Cell Multi-Omics Integration to Find Targets for Brain Diseases

Multi-Omics Integration Stage

Speakers

Mark Gerstein, Professor of Biomedical Informatics - Yale School of Medicine
14:40 15:10
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Solving Production Bottlenecks in Bioinformatics Compute: Runtime, Cost, GPU Access, and Failed Jobs

Multi-Omics Integration Stage

Speakers

Fengbo Ren, Founder & CEO - Fovus
11:30 12:00
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Spatial Technologies: What’s Real, What’s Hype, What’s Missing

Spatial Stage

Speakers

Jasmine Plummer, Director, Center for Spatial OMICs - St Jude Children's Research Hospital

Ioannis Vlachos, Associate Professor of Pathology, Director of the Spatial Technologies Unit - Harvard Medical School

Katy Börner, Victor H. Yngve Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Information Science - Indiana University Bloomington

Rong Fan, Harold Hodgkinson Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Pathology - Yale University
14:40 15:10
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Spatially Resolved Repeat RNA Landscapes in Cancer: Uncovering Viral‑like Signals and Tumor–Microenvironment Crosstalk

Cancer Omics Stage

Speakers

David Ting, Associate Professor of Medicine - Harvard Medical School
12:30 13:00
( Your local time: - )

Stem Cell States in Neural Regeneration

Epigenetics Stage

Speakers

Whitney Heavner, Scientist - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
09:30 10:00
( Your local time: - )

Streamlining High-Throughput Methods Development Utilizing the icon96 System and AutoNorm — From Single-Cell to Bulk Applications

Innovation Stage

Speakers

Aziz Al'Khafaji, Director, Molecular R&D PI, Methods Development Lab, Genomics Platform, Broad Clinical Labs - Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
14:30 15:00
( Your local time: - )

Structure and Function of ATP-Dependent Chromatin Remodeling Complexes in Health and Disease

Epigenetics Stage

Speakers

Siddhant Jain, Postdoctoral Fellow (Kadoch Laboratory) - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
14:10 14:40
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Taming The Unknown: Pragmatic Epigenetic Approaches in Cancer Risk Assessment and Treatment

Epigenetics Stage

Speakers

Mukesh Verma, Chief, Cancer Epidemiology - Genomics Research Program, NCI (NIH)
11:30 12:00
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Target Gene Notebook: A Dual-Use Platform for Target Evaluation

Biopharma Data Management Stage

Speakers

Jennifer Heymont, Associate Director, Scientific Informatics - Eisai
12:30 13:00
( Your local time: - )

Technologies for Ultrasensitive ctDNA Detection

Cancer Omics Stage

Speakers

Viktor Adalsteinsson, Director, Gerstner Center for Cancer Diagnostics - The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
10:30 11:00
( Your local time: - )

The AI-Driven Future of Health: From Genomes to Wearables and Predictive Wellness

Innovation Stage

Speakers

Leroy Hood, CEO & President - Phenome Health & Institute for Systems Biology (ISB)
12:00 12:30
( Your local time: - )

The Prerequisites Nobody Tells You about—Making R&D Data Actually Reusable

Biopharma Data Management Stage

Speakers

Daria Shlyueva, Senior Scientist, Data & Digital Lead, Target Discovery - Novo Nordisk
16:10 16:40
( Your local time: - )

The Promise and Peril of Targeting Epigenetics through the Large-Scale COSMOS Randomized Clinical Trial to Improve Healthspan and Prevent Disease

Epigenetics Stage

Speakers

Howard Sesso, Associate Director, Division of Preventive Medicine - Brigham and Women's Hospital
14:10 14:40
( Your local time: - )

Tissue and Cellular Spatiotemporal Dynamics in Colon Aging

Single-Cell Stage

Speakers

Aidan Daly, Computational Scientist - New York Genome Center
12:00 12:30
( Your local time: - )

Towards 100,000 Small Molecules: Building AI-Ready Transcriptomic Datasets with DRUG-seq

AI in Drug Discovery Stage

Speakers

Rory Kirchner, Principal Computational Biologist - Ginkgo Bioworks
14:40 15:10
( Your local time: - )

Towards Personalized Therapeutics: Machine Learning-Driven Integration of Pharmacokinetics and Response Biomarkers

AI in Drug Discovery Stage

Speakers

Puneet Saxena, Director Computational Biology - Excelra

Adrienne Yanez, Scientific Manager - Excelra
16:40 17:10
( Your local time: - )

Towards Pre-Symptomatic Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease: Unlocking Isoform-Level Biomarkers

Innovation Stage

Speakers

Mark Ebbert, Associate Professor - University of Kentucky
14:00 14:30
( Your local time: - )

Transforming Leukemia Care Through MRD Detection and Treatment
14:00 14:30
( Your local time: - )

Transforming Leukemia Care Through MRD Detection and Treatment

Cancer Omics Stage

Speakers

Jacqueline Garcia, Medical Oncologist, Adult Leukemia Program - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
16:40 17:10
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Translating ADC Treatment Resistance to Therapeutic Strategy in Bladder Cancer

Spatial Stage

Speakers

Gulpreet Kaur, Ph.D., Cofounder & CBO - Elucidate Bio
14:30 15:00
( Your local time: - )

tRNA Isodecoder Analysis using Nanopore Ionic Current Signals and Deep Learning

Innovation Stage

Speakers

Miten Jain, Assistant Professor of Bioengineering and Physics - Northeastern University
16:40 17:10
( Your local time: - )

Turning Biobank‑Scale Genetic Associations into Actionable Evidence for Drug Discovery

Biopharma Data Management Stage

Speakers

Madhuri Gota, Senior Data Engineer - Maze Therapeutics

Sandor Szalma, Scientific Advisor - Zifo Technologies
14:30 15:00
( Your local time: - )

Ultra-Sensitive ctDNA for MRD Detection in Early-Stage EGFRm Lung Cancer: Insights from ADAURA, NeoADAURA, and LAURA

Cancer Omics Stage

Speakers

Ryan Hartmaier, Senior Director, Translational Medicine, Oncology R&D - AstraZeneca
14:40 15:10
( Your local time: - )

Unlocking Greater Flexibility in Spatial Transcriptomics with Enhanced Panel and Segmentation Tools

Spatial Stage

Speakers

Manisha Ray, Sr. Director, Applications Development & Lab Services - Vizgen
11:30 12:00
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Unraveling Histone Modification Machinery: Structural Mechanisms of Epigenetic Regulation in Cancer

Epigenetics Stage

Speakers

Evan Worden, Assistant Professor - Van Andel Institute
12:00 12:30
( Your local time: - )

Using AI to Increase the Success Rate and Throughput of Biologics Discovery

Biopharma Data Management Stage

Speakers

Yuan Lin, Director Digital Biologics Products - Pfizer
15:00 15:30
( Your local time: - )

Using Machine Learning to Predict Compound Polypharmacology

Innovation Stage

Speakers

Stephen Capuzzi, Principal Scientist, Data and Computational Sciences - Vertex Pharmaceuticals
16:10 16:40
( Your local time: - )

VR-Omics 2.0: A Programming-Free Platform for End-to-End Multi-Slice Spatial Transcriptomics Analysis and Immersive 3D Visualisation

Spatial Stage

Speakers

Denis Bienroth, Software Engineer - Murdoch Children's Research Institute
16:40 17:10
( Your local time: - )

Why T-Cell Immunotherapy Fails in Brain Cancer: Insights from Tumour–Immune Interactions in Glioblastoma

Cancer Omics Stage

Speakers

Christina Jackson, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery - University of Pennsylvania
11:30 13:00
( Your local time: - )

Workshop: Analysis and Visualisation of Spatial Transcriptomics Data

Room 50

Speakers

Luca Zanella, Research Scientist and Course Director - Columbia University

Martin Hemberg, Associate Professor of Neurology - Harvard Medical School
14:10 15:40
( Your local time: - )

Workshop: Beginning with Multi-Omics Data Integration

Room 51

Speakers

Neva Cherniavsky Durand, Senior Scientist - The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

Natalia Benova, PhD Candidate - Leeds Beckett University
14:00 15:30
( Your local time: - )

Workshop: Building Single-Cell RNA-seq Atlases: Concepts and Best Practices

Room 50

Speakers

Saurabh Vishnu Laddha, Principal Computational Scientist - Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicines

Ángel Gálvez Merchán, Scientist II, Computational Biology - eGenesis
11:30 13:00
( Your local time: - )

Workshop: Computational Biology Upskilling

Room 50

Speakers

Meixue Duan, Senior Expert, Data Science - Novartis

Sarah Spencer, AD & Senior Principal Data Science - Novartis

Kumar Veerapen, Associate Director of Human Genetics - Takeda
14:00 15:30
( Your local time: - )

Workshop: Enhancing Variant Analysis and Interpretation

Room 51

Speakers

Marina DiStefano, Director, Clinical Genomic Operations - Broad Clinical Labs

Andrea Oza, Clinical Genomic Analyst and Genetic Counselor - Broad Clinical Labs
14:10 15:40
( Your local time: - )

Workshop: Optimising Your CV in the AI Era

Room 50

Speakers

Jim Gould, Director of Postdoctoral Affairs - Harvard

Lauren Celano, Co-Founder and CEO - Propel Careers
11:30 13:00
( Your local time: - )

Workshop: Skill-Amplified AI for Biological Data: From Mindset to Debugging

Room 51

Speakers

Eric Ma, Senior Principal Data Scientist - Moderna
14:10 14:40
( Your local time: - )

Y Chromosome Alterations in Cancer: From Neglected Passenger to Potential Biomarker

Cancer Omics Stage

Speakers

Esther Rheinbay, Assistant Professor of Medicine - Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School

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