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The 14th Annual Southern California Systems Biology Symposium (SoCal SysBio 2025)

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Divisional Dean Stefano Vidussi CNAS
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Date: Saturday, May 10th, 2025
Location: Life Science 1500, UC Riverside
 

Join us for the 14th Annual Southern California Systems Biology Symposium (SoCal SysBio 2025), a premier event bringing together researchers from across Southern California to share cutting-edge research, foster community, and stimulate collaborations. This event will provide an opportunity for research groups from academic campuses and hospitals across Southern California to present their latest findings and promote collaborations in all areas of Systems and Computational Biology involving data-driven computational and machine learning modeling. This symposium will feature:

  • Invited Talks from leading experts in systems and computational biology
  • Lightning Talks for concise, impactful presentations based on posters
  • Poster Session showcasing the work of graduate students and postdoctoral researchers - *Poster Dimensions
    • Please prepare your poster accordingly. On the conference day, please bring your poster and set it up before the Poster Session which starts at 12:50 p.m. at the Rivera Library Walkway.

Registration

  • *The event is at capacity and registration is now closed.*

Parking

Parking is free and will be available in LOT 6 Blue on Saturday, May 10th. Any overflow may opt to park in Lots 30 or 13 for free as well.

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Interactive Campus Map

Poster Titles, Abstracts & Presenters

List of Invited Speakers

Speaker Talk Title
Amjad Askary, Department of Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology, UCLA Identifying and Interpreting Patterns in the Cellular Architecture of Complex Tissues
Manuchehr Aminian, Mathematics & Statistics, Cal Poly Pomona Data-driven characterization of influenza-like illnesses and predicting time of exposure
Sihem Cheloufi, Department of Biochemistry, UC Riverside Engineering cell fate through manipulating RNA and chromatin pathways
Christina J. Edholm, Department of Mathematics, Scripps College Control Theory Applied for Infectious Diseases
David Frankhouser, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope National Medical Center Longitudinal single cell RNA-sequencing reveals evolution of micro- and macro-states in chronic myeloid leukemia
Uduak George, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, SDSU

Sculpting Organs: The Role of Molecular and Biomechanical Cues in Morphogenesis
Alfonso Landeros, Statistics Department, UCR A modified tau-leaping method for gene regulatory networks
Carlos Lois, Biology, Caltech Reliability, variability and resilience of neuronal function
Yanping Ma; Mathematics, Statistics & Data Science; Loyola Marymount University Modeling the Disparate Impact of Epidemics on Disadvantaged Populations
Francesco Marangoni; Physiology & Biophysics, School of Medicine; UCI Synergy of biological and mathematical models to optimize checkpoint immunotherapy
Paul Newton, Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics & Quantitative & Computational Biology, USC Gaming the cancer-immunity cycle by synchronizing the dose schedules
Karen Paco, Henry E. Riggs School of Applied Life Sciences, Keck Graduate Institute Large Language Models Accurately Predict Antigen-Specific B Cell Receptors from Unselected Immune Repertoire Sequencing
Danielle Schmitt, Biochemistry, UCLA Illuminating Compartmentalized Regulation of Cellular Metabolism
Johannes Schoeneberg, Department of Pharmacology, UCSD 4D Cell Biology: Drug Discovery using Advanced Microscopy, Organoids, Digital Twins, and AI
Naveen Vaidya, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, SDSU Threshold Dynamics of Disease Transmission via Math-model Informed Neural Networks (MINN)
Shahab Vahdat, Bioengineering Department, UCR Simultaneous Imaging of Brain and Spinal Cord Circuits in humans
Yixian Wang, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, CSULA Nanoscale Imaging of α-Synuclein-Induced Membrane Disruption in SH-SY5Y Neuroblastoma Cells Using Scanning Ion Conductance Microscopy
Max Wilson; Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology; UCSB Optogenetic Engineering of Cell Behaviors for Discovery and Therapy
Katherine Xue, Departments of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry & Ecology & Evolution, UCI Ecology of colonization in the human gut microbiome

Schedule

8:00 a.m. Check-in & Refreshments
8:45 a.m.

Welcome & Introduction
Session I  •  9:00 - 10:40 a.m.  •  Chair: Mark Alber (UCR)
9:00 a.m.

Manuchehr Aminian (Cal Poly Pomona)

 Data-driven characterization of influenza-like illnesses and predicting time of exposure
9:20 a.m. Amjad Askary (UCLA) Identifying and Interpreting Patterns in the Cellular Architecture of Complex Tissues
9:40 a.m. Shahab Vahdat (UCR) Simultaneous Imaging of Brain and Spinal Cord Circuits in humans
10:00 a.m.

David Frankhouser (City of Hope National Medical Center)

 Longitudinal single cell RNA-sequencing reveals evolution of micro- and macro-states in chronic myeloid leukemia
10:20 a.m. Johannes Schoeneberg (UCSD) 4D Cell Biology: Drug Discovery using Advanced Microscopy, Organoids, Digital Twins, and AI
10:40 - 11:10 a.m. Coffee Break
Session II  •  11:10 a.m. - 12:10 p.m.  •  Chair: Stacey Deleria Finley (USC)
11:10 a.m. Uduak George (SDSU) Sculpting Organs: The Role of Molecular and Biomechanical Cues in Morphogenesis
11:30 a.m. Carlos Lois (Caltech) Reliability, variability and resilience of neuronal function
11:50 a.m. Max Wilson (UCSB) Optogenetic Engineering of Cell Behaviors for Discovery and Therapy
Lightning Talks Session  •  12:10 - 12:50 p.m.  •  Chair: Weitao Chen (UCR)
12:50 - 2:10 p.m. Lunch & Poster Session (Poster Dimensions - On the conference day, please bring your poster and set it up before 12:50 p.m. in the Rivera Library Walkway)
Session III  •  2:10 - 3:30 p.m.  •  Chair: Alexander Hoffmann (UCLA)
2:10 p.m. Francesco Marangoni (UCI) Synergy of biological and mathematical models to optimize checkpoint immunotherapy
2:30 p.m. Paul Newton (USC) Gaming the cancer-immunity cycle by synchronizing the dose schedules
2:50 p.m. Karen Paco, (KGI) Large Language Models Accurately Predict Antigen-Specific B Cell Receptors from Unselected Immune Repertoire Sequencing
3:10 p.m. Danielle Schmitt (UCLA) Illuminating Compartmentalized Regulation of Cellular Metabolism
3:30 - 4:00 p.m. Coffee Break
Session IV  •  4:00 - 6:20 p.m.  •  Chairs: Adam MacLean (USC) & Russell Rockne (City of Hope)
4:00 p.m. Yanping Ma (LMU) Modeling the Disparate Impact of Epidemics on Disadvantaged Populations
4:20 p.m. Christina J. Edholm (Scripps College) Control Theory Applied for Infectious Diseases
4:40 p.m. Naveen Vaidya (SDSU) Threshold Dynamics of Disease Transmission via Math-model Informed Neural Networks (MINN)
5:00 p.m. Alfonso Landeros (UCR) A modified tau-leaping method for gene regulatory networks
5:20 p.m. Yixian Wang (CSULA) Nanoscale Imaging of α-Synuclein-Induced Membrane Disruption in SH-SY5Y Neuroblastoma Cells Using Scanning Ion Conductance Microscopy
5:40 p.m. Katherine Xue (UCI) Ecology of colonization in the human gut microbiome
6:00 p.m. Sihem Cheloufi (UCR) Engineering cell fate through manipulating RNA and chromatin pathways

Organizing Committee

Sponsors