1:00 PM

Welcome

• Kylene Kehn-Hall, Professor of Virology and Director of CeZAP 
  Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, VMCVM                                   

1:05 PM

Computational Methods Overview

• T.M. Murali, Professor

Director NSF COMPASS Center 
Director Pandemic Prediction and Prevention Destination Area
Associate Department Head for Research
Department of Computer Science, COE

1:10 PM

Organoid Overview     

• Padma Rajagopalan, Robert E. Hord Jr Professor of Chemical Engineering

Department of Chemical Engineering, COE                          

1:15 PM

NAMs in Biological Sciences

• Marion Ehrich, Professor (emerita)

Pharmacology/Toxicology, VMCVM

1:30 PM

Faculty Flash Talks

Computational Methods

• Palash Sashittal, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, COE
• Hehuang “David” Xie, Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, VMCVM
• Stanca Ciupe, Professor, Department of Mathematics, COS
• Anuj Karpatne, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, COE

Organoids / Microphysiological systems

• Padma Rajagopalan, Robert E. Hord Jr Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, COE  
• X.J. Meng, University Distinguished Professor, Department of BIomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, VMCVM,   “In vitro 2-D physiological barriers for research in infectious diseases” 
• Wujin Sun, Assistant Professor, Biological Systems Engineering, COE

Looking for collaboration

• Georgia Hodes, Assistant Professor, School of Neuroscience, COS
• Jonathan Auguste, Associate Professor, Department of Entomology, CALS
• James Weger-Lucarelli, Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, VMCVM

2:15 PM

Discussion - Computational Modeling / Machine Learning

3:00 PM

Discussion - Organoids / Microphysiological systems

3:30 PM

Wrap-up  and Potential Next Steps