Annual Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (BICB) Research Symposium

About the Symposium

Register now for the 18th Annual Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Research Symposium on January 30, 2026 at the University of Minnesota, Rochester Campus. Review the agenda for more details. 

This year’s program will include distinguished faculty speakers, presentations given by BICB graduate students, updates on the BICB program and a poster session.

**Transportation will be provided to and from the Twin Cities.

Presentation Titles and Abstracts

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Upcoming Speakers

Student Speakers

Natthapon Soisangwan

Faculty Advisors: PingHsun Hsieh Assistant Professor of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development College of Biological Sciences at UMN

Nicole Kleman 

Faculty Advisor: Arslan Zaidi Assistant Professor of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development College of Biological Sciences and Institute of Health Informatics at UMN

Mathew Fischbach

Faculty Advisors: Chad Myers Professor of Computer Science on the College of Science and Engineering at UMN

Speakers 

Meghan Driscoll

Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacology, UMN

Xiao Dong

Assistant Professor of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development College of Biological Sciences at UMN

Robert Clarke

Executive Director and Professor, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics at The Hormel Institute

Nicholas Larson 

Professor of Biostatistics at Mayo Clinic

Adelaide Arruda-Olson

Professor of Medicine

Faculty Nominated Student Speakers

TBD