PSB Workshops
Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing
Big Island of Hawaii - January 3-7, 2027
PSB is offering four workshops during the meeting. These workshops were created to provide an opportunity for a gathering that will not be based on peer-reviewed papers included in the proceedings book. The workshops will consist of presentations by invited speakers. Abstract submissions for the workshops will be evaluated by the workshop co-chairs.
Each workshop has a chair who is responsible for organizing submissions. Please contact the specific workshop chair relevant to your interests for further information. Links on each of the titles below lead to more detailed calls for participation.
- Digital Health and Precision Medicine in Reproductive Health in the AI Era: Data, Methods, and Translation
- From Infrastructure to Impact: Developing Actionable Solutions and Community Challenges in Biomedical Cyberinfrastructure
- Multi-modal Spatial-Omics: From AI Models to Translational Applications
- Next‑Generation Biocomputing Doctoral Training in the Era of AI
- The Art of Scientific Surprise: Using Humor, Magic, and Art to Enhance Communication and Thinking
Digital Health and Precision Medicine in Reproductive Health in the AI Era: Data, Methods, and Translation
Organizers: Shefali Setia Verma, Samantha Piekos, Tomiko Oskotsky, Roxana Daneshjou, Digna R. Velez Edwards, Marina Sirota
This workshop will bring together researchers, clinicians, and industry partners working at the intersection of AI and reproductive health. The workshop will highlight advances in predictive modeling, multimodal data integration, and clinical decision support, with a focus on translation across fertility, pregnancy, and menopause and the challenges of achieving robust and equitable impact.
Contact:Shefali Setia Verma
Email: shefali.setiaverma at pennmedicine.upenn.edu
From Infrastructure to Impact: Developing Actionable Solutions and Community Challenges in Biomedical Cyberinfrastructure
Organizers: Sarah Biber, Susan Gregurick, Tim Hohman, Jennie Larkin, Sean D. Mooney, Nick Weber
Building on a workshop at PSB 2026, this session shifts from awareness to action by engaging participants in structured prioritization and solution development for high-impact biomedical cyberinfrastructure challenges. Through invited talks and collaborative breakout activities, attendees will define concrete solution pathways and potentially launchable community challenges across three themes: AI-enabled infrastructure, secure and interoperable computing, and government–academic partnerships. Outputs will include a community summary or white paper to inform future research agendas, infrastructure investments, and cross-sector collaborations
Contact: Nick Weber
Email: nick.weber at nih.gov
Multi-modal Spatial-Omics: From AI Models to Translational Applications
Organizers: Lana Garmire, Ben Raphael, Xiuwei Zhang, Cong Ma
This workshop will bring together researchers developing and applying AI methods for multi-modal spatial omics, including spatial transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, epigenomics, and histology-integrated data. It will highlight computational approaches for cross-modal integration, mechanistic and predictive modeling, and translational applications, through invited talks, selected presentations, and discussion.
Contact: Xiuwei Zhang
Email: xiuwei.zhang at gatech.edu
Next‑Generation Biocomputing Doctoral Training in the Era of AI
Organizers: Graciela Gonzalez‑Hernandez, Steven E. Brenner
This workshop convenes PhD students, postdocs, faculty, and program leaders to rethink doctoral training in Health AI, biomedical informatics, computational biomedicine, and related biocomputing fields in the era of modern AI/ML and LLMs. Participants will hear from leaders of diverse program models and engage in structured discussion on how AI is reshaping curricula, mentoring, and assessment, leaving with concrete experiments they can try in their own labs, courses, and programs.
Contact: Graciela Gonzalez‑Hernandez
Email: Graciela.GonzalezHernandez at csmc.edu
The Art of Scientific Surprise: Using Humor, Magic, and Art to Enhance Communication and Thinking
Organizers: Jason McDermott, Jonathan Chen
Join us for a workshop that explores how humor, magic, and art can improve science communication and understanding of complex scientific concepts. Session will include talks on the value of such creative skills to serve your own your own scientific communication and thinking. The second half will provide hands-on experience where participants draw their own science comics, learn magic tricks with a science basis, and discuss science communication ideas in a fun, informal environment.
Contact: Jason McDermott
Email: Jason.McDermott at pnnl.gov