Arkansas
10th Annual Arkansas Bioinformatics Consortium Approaches
From Feb. 26 – 27, the Arkansas Bioinformatics Consortium (AR-BIC) will meet at the Wyndham Riverfront in North Little Rock. The two-day event, which was first launched to foster collaboration among the state’s bioinformatics community, has grown in both scope and size since its inception in 2014.
“More than two hundred people attend AR-BIC, and we expect those numbers to grow every year,” said Bryan J. Barnhouse, President and CEO of ARA, a sponsor of AR-BIC. “This is the most important gathering of the bioinformatics community in the region, which is reflected by the quality of speakers that headline the event.”
This year, FDA Chief Scientist and Principal Deputy Director Dr. Namandjé Bumpus serves as the event’s keynote speaker along with National Institute of Environment Health Science (NIEHS) Director Dr. Richard Woychik. These renowned experts in their respective fields are joined by several other leaders in science and discovery, including Dr. Thomas Hartung of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Dr. Shuk-Mei Ho of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Dr. Li Shin of Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania and Dr. Ruth Roberts, Director of Drug Discovery at the University of Birmingham, UK.
“AR-BIC brings together some of the most important voices in bioinformatics worldwide,” Barnhouse said. “It’s an essential meeting not just for academic professionals, but students and members of the business community as well.”
This year’s AR-BIC theme is “Real-World Impact of AI,” with discussions centered on the significant mark artificial intelligence is making in the field of bioinformatics. Dr. Tong believes that AI can help advance research related to an infinite number of research disciplines.
“Bioinformatics is reliant on an incredible amount of data. AI is a ground-breaking tool that helps us interpret data and create scientific models that have real-world benefits to our quality of life,” Barnhouse said. “Attendees of AR-BIC can expect to learn and understand just where AI is taking science, and how it will impact discoveries moving forward.”
In addition to speakers and breakout sessions, AR-BIC will once again sponsor its popular Poster Contest, which affords cash prizes to undergrad students, graduate students and postdocs.
“It’s a rewarding experience to see what the next generation of academics brings to the table,” Barnhouse said, regarding the poster contest. “AR-BIC has become a must-attend event for college students, and the poster contest is a big part of that.”
Registration for AR-BIC is now open.
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Wally Hall
Wally Hall is assistant managing sports editor for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. A graduate of the University of Arkansas-Little Rock after an honorable discharge from the U.S. Air Force, he is a member and past president of the Football Writers Association of America, member of the U.S. Basketball Writers Association, past president and current executive committee and board member of the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame, and voter for the Heisman Trophy. He has been awarded Arkansas Sportswriter of the Year 10 times and has been inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame and Arkansas Sportswriters and Sportscasters Hall of Fame.
Will Garrett Nussmeier’s size hold him back in the NFL?
LSU QB Garrett Nussmeier will look to impress scouts at the NFL Combine despite size concerns.
Move over, Anthony Richardson. There’s a new quarterback athletic marvel at the NFL scouting combine.
On Saturday in Indianapolis, Arkansas’ Taylen Green broke Richardson’s top marks at the position since 2003 for both the vertical leap and broad jump. Green’s 43½-inch vertical topped Richardson’s previous high by three inches, while his 11-2 broad jump beat the Indianapolis Colts signal-caller’s measurement by five inches.
Then, Green reeled off a 4.36-second 40-yard dash time. That stood as the second-best time for any quarterback since 2003, trailing only Reggie McNeal in 2006 (4.35 seconds). Richardson, for comparison, logged a 4.43-second mark in 2023.
Green didn’t even bother with a second attempt after his initial time.
The testing profile created quite the stir around the 6-6, 227-pound passer, who had widely projected as a developmental option for teams on Day 3.
NFL Network’s Charles Davis said Green told him that no teams had approached him about working out as a receiver, adding that he would not be interested in a position switch.
Green started for the Razorbacks for the last two seasons after playing the first three years of his career at Boise State. Known for his running ability and ample arm strength, Green threw for 2,714 yards and 19 touchdowns last year while adding 777 yards and eight scores on the ground.
It was a banner day for Arkansas, as running back Mike Washington Jr. also stood out among his peers with a group-leading 4.33-second 40-yard dash as well as strong marks in the vertical leap (39 inches) and broad jump (10-8).
Rex Nelson
Rex Nelson has been senior editor and columnist at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette since 2017, and he has a biweekly podcast called “Southern Fried.”
After graduating from Ouachita Baptist University in 1981, he was a sportswriter for the Arkansas Democrat for a year before becoming editor of Arkadelphia’s Daily Siftings Herald. He was the youngest editor of a daily in Arkansas at age 23. Rex was then news and sports director at KVRC-KDEL from 1983-1985.
He returned to the Democrat as assistant sports editor in 1985. From 1986-1989, he was its Washington correspondent. He left to be Jackson T. Stephens’ consultant.
Rex became the Democrat-Gazette’s first political editor in 1992, but left in 1996 to join then-Gov. Mike Huckabee’s office. He also served from 2005-09 in the administration of President George W. Bush.
From 2009-2018, he worked stints at the Communications Group, Arkansas’ Independent Colleges and Universities, and Simmons First National Corp.
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