{"id":2193,"date":"2022-08-02T20:53:02","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T20:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/maayanlab\/?page_id=2193"},"modified":"2026-07-17T21:37:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T21:37:03","slug":"virtual-symposium","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/maayanlab\/summer-research-program\/virtual-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3171 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/maayanlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2026\/07\/2026symposium_banner.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"704\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/maayanlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2026\/07\/2026symposium_banner.png 704w, https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/maayanlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2026\/07\/2026symposium_banner-300x115.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On <strong>Thursday, August 6, 2026<\/strong> we will host a virtual symposium featuring the Ma&#8217;ayan Laboratory&#8217;s research trainees in the <strong>2026 Summer Research Training Program in Biomedical Big Data Science<\/strong>. Our nationally acclaimed summer program for undergraduate and master&#8217;s students is a ten-week research intensive training program. The trainees in the program carry out cutting-edge research projects aimed at solving data-intensive biomedical problems with computational methods. The faculty-mentored independent research projects are in the following areas: data harmonization, machine learning, cloud computing, and dynamic interactive data visualization, and are applied to datasets from cancer, diabetes, and aging.<\/p>\n<p>Please <a href=\"https:\/\/mountsinai.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_PSJ_0RIeQgW01LmasW8EJw#\/registration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">register<\/a> in advance for this virtual symposium. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining via Zoom.<\/p>\n<p>All faculty, staff, postdocs, and students are welcome.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"2024\"><strong>2026 Undergraduate Trainees in our Biomedical Big Data Science Program<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3144 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/maayanlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2026\/06\/m_aguiar.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"170\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Mell Aguiar<\/strong><br \/>\nBioinformatics Trainee<br \/>\nChemistry, Princeton University<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3146 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/maayanlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2026\/06\/k_chen.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"170\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Karen Chen<\/strong><br \/>\nBioinformatics Trainee<br \/>\nApplied Mathematics, Brown University<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3148 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/maayanlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2026\/06\/w_dong.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"170\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Winson Dong<\/strong><br \/>\nBioinformatics Trainee<br \/>\nBiometry and Statistics (major), Ecological Biology (minor), Cornell University<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3150 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/maayanlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2026\/06\/j_hadley.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"170\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Jacob Hadley<\/strong><br \/>\nBioinformatics Trainee<br \/>\nApplied Mathematics and Computer Science, Brown University<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3152 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/maayanlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2026\/06\/v_hsiang.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"170\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Vera Hsiang<\/strong><br \/>\nBioinformatics Trainee<br \/>\nApplied Mathematics (major), Biomedical Engineering (minor), Columbia University<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3154 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/maayanlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2026\/06\/a_pan.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"170\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Andrew Pan<\/strong><br \/>\nBioinformatics Trainee<br \/>\nBiomedical Engineering (major), Computer Science (minor), Columbia University<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3155 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/maayanlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2026\/06\/d_park.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"170\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Duncan Park<\/strong><br \/>\nBioinformatics Trainee<br \/>\nMathematics and Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematical Biology concentration, Cornell University<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3157 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/maayanlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2026\/06\/c_qin.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"170\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Chloe Qin<\/strong><br \/>\nBioinformatics Trainee<br \/>\nComputational Neuroscience, Brown University<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3162 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/maayanlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2026\/06\/n_rajpal.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"170\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Nitya Rajpal<\/strong><br \/>\nBioinformatics Trainee<br \/>\nComputational Biology, Brown University<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3159 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/maayanlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2026\/06\/a_rashaeed.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"170\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Aleeza Rasheed<\/strong><br \/>\nBioinformatics Trainee<br \/>\nComputer Science and Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, August 6, 2026 we will host a virtual symposium featuring the Ma&#8217;ayan Laboratory&#8217;s research trainees in the 2026 Summer Research Training Program in Biomedical Big Data Science. 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