III Bioinformatics Conference in Aragon, on February 14

Three researchers from the IIS Aragón are participating in this event organized by the San Valero Group in collaboration with the AraHealth and AraBiotech clusters, and with the Spanish Society of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (SEBiBC).

The next February 14 Friday will be held from 09:00 to 17:00 at the San Valero Group Headquarters in Zaragoza (Pl. de la Sta. Cruz, s/n) the "III Bioinformatics Conference in Aragon: Challenges and opportunities of a growing sector". The event is organized by the Degree in Bioinformatics of the San Valero Group with the collaboration of the clusters AraHealth y AraBiotech, and with the Spanish Society of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (SEBiBC).

The day aims to bring together the entire community that works applying or developing the Bioinformatics to analyze the current moment, the main challenges, and how they can be addressed from this discipline.

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Program of the "III Bioinformatics Conference in Aragon: Challenges and opportunities of a growing sector"

09:00 – Reception of participants.

09:15 – Welcome and opening of the day:

• Jesus Carro. Director of the Degree in Bioinformatics (San Jorge University).
• Pedro Razquin. AraBiotech Cluster President.
• Daniel Alvarez. President of the AraHealth Cluster.
• Fatima Sanchez Cabo. Vice President of the SEBiBC (CNIC).

09:40 – Roundtable: The role of Bioinformatics in the fight against cancer.

• Rebecca Sanz. ARAID, Aragon Health Research Institute.
• Ariel Ramirez. Aragon Health Research Institute.
• Marina Salmon. Spanish Association Against Cancer.
• Moderated by: Francisco Jose Roig. Saint George's University.

10:40 – Break / Coffee

11:10 – Presentation: From bones to DNA: unearthing the past through paleogenomics.

• Pere Bover. ARAID, Head of the Paleogenomics Laboratory of the IUCA.

12:00 – Round table: Bioinformatics as a service.

• Alejandro Sanchez. University of Barcelona.
• Mary of Toro. Biomedical Research Center of La Rioja.
• Gureau Fernandez. Sant Joan de Deu Hospital.
• Moderated by: Eduardo Candeal. Aragon Health Research Institute.

13:00 – Break

15:00 – Round table: Artificial Intelligence applied to Bioinformatics

• Julia Ramirez. Zaragoza's University.
• Bruno Contreras. Aula Dei Experimental Station, CSIC.
• Alejandro Rodríguez President of the Spanish Society of AI in Biomedicine, UPM.
• Moderated by: Fatima Sanchez Cabo. CNIC, National Center for Cardiovascular Research.

16:00 – Presentation: Evolution and Bioinformatics.

• Fernando Gonzalez. University of Valencia.

16:50 – Closing of the day.

Laura Zaurin. Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, San Jorge University.