Invited Presentations

Leung, M.-Y., Johnson, K. L., Guerrero, F., FY 2012 New Project Directors' Training, "Bioinformatics Education in Agricultural Science (BEAS)," National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), USDA, Washington, DC. (October 19, 2012).

Leung, M.-Y., INFORMS 2011 Annual Conference "Transformation", "Panel Discussion: Computational Biology and Bioinformatics," Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), Charlotte, North Carolina. (November 13, 2011).

Leung, M.-Y., NSF STEM Scholars Seminar Series, "Finding Mathematics in Genes and Diseases," National Science Foundation, UTEP. (October 22, 2011).

Leung, M.-Y., Viswakula, S.*, Taufer, M., Johnson, K. L., IFORS 2011 Conference, "Inversion Distributions in RNA and Their Roles in Secondary Structures," International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS), Melbourne, Australia. (July 11, 2011).

Leung, M.-Y., NSF-UBM PIs Meeting 2011, "Mathematical and Computational Methods in RNA Secondary Structure Prediction," Colorado State University at Fort Collins, Fort Collins, CO. (March 11, 2011).

Leung, M.-Y., MARC Seminar Series 2010, "Introduction to Bioinformatics," MARC Program, UTEP, El Paso, Texas. (November 15, 2010).

Schwartz, R., Holder, A., Leung, M.-Y., 2010 INFORMS Annual Meeting, "Opportunities for OR in Biology and Medicine," Austin, Texas. (November 8, 2010).

Cruz-Cano, R., Leung, M.-Y., 2010 INFORMS Annual Meeting, "Effect of Data Set Size on Support Vector Machine Feature Selection for O-Glycosylation Sites," Austin, Texas. (November 7, 2010).

Leung, M.-Y., A Workshop on High Throughput / High Content Screening and, "Bioinformatics Tools and Statistical Analyses for Proteomics and RNA Structure Prediction," The Gulf Coast Consortia, El Paso, Texas. (October 29, 2010).

Chew, D. S., Choi, K.-P., Leung, M.-Y., 2010 International Workshop in Applied Probability, "D2 statistics for word composition around replication origins of viral DNA," Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Colmenarejo Campus. (July 2010).

Leung, M.-Y., Second NCIBI/RCMI Workshop on Translational Bioinformatics, "Developing Computational Tools for RNA Structural Prediction, Proteomics Analysis, and Mammogram Enhancement," University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. (July 29, 2010).

Leung, M.-Y., Taufer, M., Johnson, K. L., Frontiers in Mathematical Biology: NSF-NIH PIs Meeting 2010, "Mathematical and Computational Methods in RNA Secondary Structure Prediction," University of Maryland, College Park, MD. (April 25, 2010).

Contributed Presentations

Das, R.*, Rajamanickam, V.*, Leung, M.-Y., 12th Joint UTEP/NMSU Workshop on Mathematics, Computer Science, and Computational Sciences, "IEDB: An Bioinformatics Tool for Epitope Analysis," NMSU and UTEP, El Paso, Texas. (October 27, 2012).

Sarma Garimella, S. A.*, Rajamanickam, V.*, Leung, M.-Y., 12th Joint UTEP/NMSU Workshop on Mathematics, Computer Science, and Computational Sciences, "Prediction Of Protein-protein Interaction Sites Using Bioinformatics Tools," NMSU and UTEP, El Paso, Texas. (October 27, 2012).

Rajamanickam, V.*, Sarma Garimella, S. A.*, Leung, M.-Y., Guerrero, F., 12th Joint UTEP/NMSU Workshop on Mathematics, Computer Science, and Computational Sciences, "Rhipicephalus microplus Bm86 cattle tick vaccine structure prediction and GPCR target identification," NMSU and UTEP, El Paso, Texas. (October 27, 2012).

Vest, E.*, Frederick, J.*, Ramos, M.*, Juarez, I.*, Leung, M.-Y., Johnson, K. L., 12th Joint UTEP/NMSU Workshop on Mathematics, Computer Science, and Computational Sciences, "Understanding the influence of RNA secondary structures within Nodamura Virus RNA 1 on the synthesis of sub-genomic RNA3," NMSU and UTEP, El Paso, Texas. (October 27, 2012).

Aguilar-Bonavides, C.*, Leung, M.-Y., Nakayasu, E. S.*, Gazos-Lopes, F.*, Almeida, I. C., 2012 ACM International Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Biomedicine, "Computational Tool for Large-Scale GPIomic Analysis," Association for Computing Machinery, Orlando, Florida. (October 7, 2012).

Yehdego, D. T.*, Reddy Kodimala, V. K.*, Viswakula, S.*, Zhang, B.*, Vegesna, R.*, Johnson, K. L., Taufer, M., Leung, M.-Y., 2012 ACM International Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Biomedicine, "Secondary Structure Predictions for Long RNA Sequences," Association for Computing Machinery, Orlando, Florida. (October 7, 2012).

Zhang, B.*, Yehdego, D.*, Johnson, K., Leung, M.-Y., Taufer, M., 2012 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine (BIBM), "A Modularized MapReduce Framework to Support RNA Secondary Structure Prediction and Analysis Workflows," IEEE, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (October 7, 2012).

Suman Alluri, V. B.*, Vegesna, R.*, Leung, M.-Y., 2012 New Mexico BioInformatics, Science and Technology (NMBIST) Symposium, "Identification of the Protein Secondary Structure Prediction Server," IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (NM-INBRE),, Sante Fe, New Mexico. (March 22, 2012).

Reddy Kodimala, V. K.*, Yehdego, D.*, Zhang, B.*, Taufer, M., Johnson, K. L., Leung, M.-Y., 2012 New Mexico BioInformatics, Science and Technology (NMBIST) Symposium, "Predicting Secondary Structures of Long RNA Sequences," IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (NM-INBRE),, Sante Fe, New Mexico. (March 22, 2012).

Rajamanickam, V.*, Suman Alluri, V. B.*, Vegesna, R.*, Saldivar, L.*, Leung, M.-Y., Guerrero, F., 2012 New Mexico BioInformatics, Science and Technology (NMBIST) Symposium, "Sequence and Structural Analysis of Bm86 Cattle Tick Proteins," IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (NM-INBRE),, Sante Fe, New Mexico. (March 22, 2012).

Kodimala, V.*, Viswakula, S.*, Vegesna, R.*, Leung, M.-Y., 2011 UTEP Bioinformatics Annual Poster Session, "Predicting Secondary Structure of Long RNA Sequences," UTEP. (2011).

Lopez, H.*, Vegesna, R.*, Zhang, J., Leung, M.-Y., 2011 UTEP Bioinformatics Annual Poster Session, "Secondary Structure Prediction of p90, a Cancer-Associated Protein," UTEP. (2011).

Alluri, S.*, Rajamanickam, V.*, Saldivar, L., Leung, M.-Y., Guerrero, F., 2011 UTEP Bioinformatics Annual Poster Session, "Sequence and Structural Analysis of Bm86 Cattle Tick Proteins," UTEP. (2011).

Zhang, M.*, Rodriguez, J.*, Leung, M.-Y., Zhang, J., 2011 UTEP Bioinformatics Annual Poster Session, "Use of Bioinformatics Approaches to Analyze How the Tumor-Associated Antigen P62/Imp2 Interacts With Other Proteins," UTEP. (2011).

Lopez, H.*, Leung, M.-Y., Zhang, J., MARC-UPBiT Bioinformatics Symposium 2011, UTEP (April 15, 2011), "Secondary Structure Prediction of P90, a Cancer-Associated Protein," UTEP. (2011).

Wurm, A.*, Singh, K.*, Aguilar, C.*, Marques, A.*, Leung, M.-Y., Almeida, I. C., National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS), "Using Bioinformatics to Efficiently Gather Significant Immunogenic Epitope Sequences in Various Stages of Trypanosoma cruzi," University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee. (October 21, 2011).

Leung, M.-Y., Saldivar, L., Viswakula, S.*, Taufer, M., Johnson, K. L., New Mexico Bioinformatics and Science Symposium, "Mathematical and computational methods in RNA secondary structure prediction.," Santa Fe, NM. (March 24, 2011).

Hartman, M.*, Viswakula, S.*, Leung, M.-Y., New Mexico Bioinformatics and Science Symposium, "Nucleotide Composition of Intronic and non-Intronic MicroRNA Precursors," Santa Fe, NM. (March 24, 2011).

Vegesna, R.*, Leung, M.-Y., Viswakula, S.*, New Mexico Bioinformatics and Science Symposium, "Protein Secondary Structure Prediction Servers and," Santa Fe, NM. (March 24, 2011).

Flores, M.*, Gant, Jr., V. U.*, Leung, M.-Y., Johnson, K. L., Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) National Conference: Science, Technology, and Diversity for a Sustainable Future., "The role of secondary structure in Nodamura virus RNA2 replication.," SACNAS, Anaheim, CA. (October 2010).

Leung, M.-Y., Saldivar, L., Lynx Exhibit "Cracking the Code: Human DNA", "RNA: The Other Genetic Molecule," Lynx Exhibit, El Paso, Texas. (September 20, 2010).

Saldivar, L., Leung, M.-Y., Lynx Exhibit "Cracking the Code: Human DNA", "Sequencing The Human Genome," Lynx Exhibit, El Paso, Texas. (September 20, 2010).

Leung, M.-Y., Summer 2010 Freshman Orientation, "Undergraduate Participation in Bioinformatics Training (UPBiT) at UTEP," El Paso. (June 4, 2010).

Leung, M.-Y., Computational Science Seminar Series, "Computational Methods for Viral Replication Origin Prediction," Computational Science Program, UTEP, El Paso, Texas. (April 29, 2010).

Leung, M.-Y., BBRC Advisory Board Meeting, "Bioinformatics Computing Core Facility," Border Biomedical Research Center (BBRC), UTEP, El Paso, Texas. (April 8, 2010).

Tamma, S.*, Mireles, D.*, Ramirez, G.*, Fuentes, O., Leung, M.-Y., New Mexico Bioinformatics Symposium, "A Permutation Based Genetic Algorithm for RNA Secondary Structure Prediction," Santa Fe, New Mexico. (March 25, 2010).

Quintana, J.*, Fajardo, A.*, Fuentes, O., Leung, M.-Y., Zheng, J.*, New Mexico Bioinformatics Symposium, "Effects of Image Compression Algorithms," Santa Fe, New Mexico. (March 25, 2010).

Zheng, J.*, Fuentes, O., Leung, M.-Y., New Mexico Bioinformatics Symposium, "Hybrid Compression of Mammograms," Santa Fe, New Mexico. (March 25, 2010).

Leung, M.-Y., 2010 Joint Mathematics Meetings, "Poisson Approximations for Palindrome Distributions in DNA Viral Genomes," American Mathematical Society and Mathematical Association of America, San Francisco, CA. (January 15, 2010).

Leung, M.-Y., Aley, S. B., Kreinovich, V. Y., Walsh, E. J., 2010 Joint Mathematics Meetings, "Undergraduate Participation in Bioinformatics Training (UPBiT)," American Mathematical Society and Mathematical Association of America, San Francisco, CA. (January 14, 2010).