Overview
Formed in September 2011, the Texas Bioinformatics Society (TexBIOS) is the MCBIOS central Texas chapter of MCBIOS.
Mission
Its mission is to facilitate the collaboration and networking of scientists working in computational biology and bioinformatics in College Station, Houston, Austin and San Antonio.
Meetings
TeXBIOS meets weekly for informal socials and promotes lectures and symposia throughout the year.
Schedule
Its 2011-2012 schedule includes “Foundations of Translational Genomics,” a series of lectures by Edward R. Dougherty (https://gsp.tamu.edu/lectures).
Membership
Membership is free and open to anyone with an interest in computational biology and bioinformatics.
Founders
- Joshua Yuan
assistant professor, plant pathology and microbiology, Texas A&M University - Ivan Ivanov (Chairman)
clinical assistant professor, veterinary physiology and pharmacology, Texas A&M University - Charles Johnson (Vice-chairman)
director, AgriLIFE Genomics and Bioinformatics, Texas A&M University - Ulisses Braga-Neto
assistant professor, electrical and computer engineering, Texas A&M University - Edward Dougherty
professor, electrical and computer engineering, Texas A&M University; director, Computational Biology Division, Translational Genomics Research Institute; adjunct professor, computational biology and bioinformatics, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - Scott Schwartz
bioinformatics analyst, AgriLife Genomics and Bioinformatics Center, Texas A&M University - Noushin Ghaffar, Ph.D.
candidate, electrical and computer engineering and AgriLIFE Genomics and Bioinformatics Center, Texas A&M University