NextGen | Tribix 2026 Symposium
Join us on Tuesday, November 17th, 2026 for the NextGen | TriBix Fall 2026 Symposium hosted by NGS IEG and Tribix! This is a free event, thanks to our sponsors, for the 3rd year in a row (Tempus, Tribix, NCBiotech Center, Flashpath, Novogene) 🎉.
Mingle with fellow students, local industry and academic professionals in the bioinformatic and computational biology research areas, while enjoying complimentary drinks and refreshments. Learn about exciting areas of research in the Triangle community while sharing your own scientific interests. The evening will include flash talk presentations, keynote talks from Naim Rashid, PhD (Associate Professor, UNC) and Tempus, catered dinner and networking, and a casual mini chalk talk session.
Naim Rashid, PhD will be giving a keynote presentation titled: "AI-guided design of efficient clinical trials with BATON", so come hear about some incredible science happening right here in RTP!
Please RSVP By November 9th, so we can assess the headcount and cater appropriately! By registering, you agree to share your email with event sponsors or other attendees for networking.
Schedule
3:00 - 3:30 PM -- Check-in and nametag pick-up (Hor D'Oeurves & Snacks provided)
3:30 - 5:00 -- Lightning talks (10 minutes of presentation + 5 minutes of Q&A):
Samantha Lane, Johns Hopkins (3:30 PM - 3:45 PM)
Joseph Bundy, Vindhya Data Science (3:45 PM - 4:00 PM)
Derek Fulton, Carolina Cloud (4:00 PM - 4:15 PM)
Micah Hysong, UNC (4:15 PM - 4:30 PM)
Stephanie Charlino, Novogene (4:30 PM - 4:45 PM)
Edward Williams, Tempus (4:45 PM - 5:00 PM)
5:00 - 5:10 -- Break
5:10 - 6:00 -- Keynote speaker (45 minute of presentation + 5 minutes Q&A):
Naim Rashid, UNC (5:10 PM - 6:00 PM): Planning under Uncertainty: AI-Guided Design of Efficient Clinical Trials with BATON
6:00 - 6:30 - Dinner
Taco bar (salad included)
Baked ziti (vegetarian**)
6:30 - 7: 30 - Chalk-talks and networking (drinks provided)
Vincent Perez, Tempus
Karamarie Fecho, Copperline Professional Solutions
Alex Roberts, Elon University
Eric Davis, Vindhya Data Science
Frank Boellmann, Virabiderm
Call for abstracts and sponsors is closed November 1st, thank you all who applied!
Other NGS IEG and TriBix Info
The NextGen & TriBix are grassroots event series that occur each month in the RTP and get together once a year to host the NextGen | TriBix annual Symposium dedicated to fostering and providing a platform for local networking in the Research Triangle Park (RTP) region for life science researchers. We bring together local professionals from a variety of backgrounds (e.g. biotech companies, academic labs, and government research entities) to share their progress and recent advances. This series and symposium is a local event driven by volunteers and provides a unique, targeted platform for direct engagement with a highly relevant audience focused on next-generation sequencing technologies and big data of all kinds. Please let us know if you are interested in discussing any opportunities further or if you have any questions. Please see related links below for NGS IEG and Tribix:
NGS IEG links:
Tribix links