Organizing Committee
Focusing on methods and computational tools used to help sequence, assemble, and finish genomes, including new sequencing technologies.
Members of the SFA2F Organizing Committee:
- Chris Detter, Ph.D., Principal Consultant, LBG and CSO, Definitive Biotech
- Johar Ali, Ph.D., Director Research, AA Ontario, Canada
- Patrick Chain, Ph.D, Staff Scientist and Lab Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
- Michael Fitzgerald, Microbial Special Projects Manager, Broad Institute
- Bob Fulton, M.S., Director of Development, Washington University
- Darren Grafham, Manager, Battelle UK limited
- Liliana Brown, Ph.D., Director Office of Genomics and Advanced Tech. at NIAID
- Alla Lapidus, Ph.D., Director, Center for Algorithmic Biotechnology SPbU, Russia
- Shawn Starkenburg, Ph.D., Deputy Group Leader, Biosecurity and Public Health Group, LANL
- Donna Muzny, M.Sc., Director of Operations, Baylor College of Medicine (BCM)
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Tootie Tatum, Ph.D., MBA, CEO Blackhawk Genomics
- Bin Hu, Ph.D., Staff Scientist, LANL
- Teresa Martinez Torres, Ph.D., Sr. Scientist, MRIGlobal
- Maryke Appel, Ph.D., Founder and President at EXO Consulting, LLC
- Kelly Hoon, Executive Sales Specialist, Illumina
- Kenny Yeh, Senior Science Advisor, MRIGlobal
- Kurt LaButti, Staff Data Scientist at Joint Genome Institute
- Shannon Johnson, Ph.D., Staff Scientist, LANL
