Outreach and research communication
This is a work in progress. Whenever possible, I’ll add materials from recent oral presentations in here. Over time, I will also add older materials from older talks.
Talks
2023
- December 27-29, 2023: “Replicating Ford et al.’s investigation on the immune consequences and antibody binding affinity of SARS-CoV-2 variant XBB.1.5 using an in silico approach” by Hannah Zeru, Cameron Jones, and Denis Jacob Machado, a presentation for the 7th International Conference on Interdisciplinary Research on Computer Science, Psychology, and Education (ICICPE’ 2023) (Zenodo)
- November 17, 2023: “How can we reversibly control collagen pliability? An investigation of mutable collagenous tissue in the brittle star Ophiomastix wendtii” by Reyhaneh Nouri, Vladimir Mashanov, and Denis Jacob Machado, presented at UNC Charlotte’s 9th Annual Biological Sciences Research Symposium Program (click here)
- November 17, 2023: “A phylogenomic and machine learning framework for discriminating SARS-CoV-2 variants” by Omkar Marne and Denis Jacob Machado, presented at UNC Charlotte’s 9th Annual Biological Sciences Research Symposium Program (click here)
- July 11, 2023: “Combining phylogenetic and artificial intelligence to unravel viral recombination,” a talk given at the XL Annual Meeting of the Willi Hennig Society – Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., U.S.A. (click here)
- June 15, 2023: “What is phyloinformatics and how can it help us respond faster to health emergencies?,” a talk prepared as response to an invitation from Dr. Jhon Ospina-Sarria – Calima Foundation, Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia (click here)
2022
- September 16, 2022: “What is phyloinformatics and how can it help us respond faster to health emergencies?,” at CCI’s Academic Research Seminar – Charlotte, NC, USA (click here)
Posters
2023
- July 28, 2023: “Replicating Ford et al.’s investigation on the immune consequences and SARS-CoV-2 antibody’s binding affinity using an in silico approach” by C. Jones, H. Zeru, and D. Jacob Machado (click here)
- April 28, 2023: “Are there alkaloid-resistance mutations in Phyllobates terribilis’ sodium channels?” by R. Nouri and D. Jacob Machado. Poster presenter at the Spring graduate poster session of UNC Charlotte’s Dept. of Bioinformatics and Genomics – Charlotte, NC, USA (click here)
- April 28, 2023: “A phylogenomics and machine learning framework for discriminating SARS-CoV-2 variants” by O. Marne and D. Jacob Machado. Poster presenter at the Spring graduate poster session of UNC Charlotte’s Dept. of Bioinformatics and Genomics – Charlotte, NC, USA (click here)
Event organization
The “Phylogenetics as Applied to Infectious Diseases” Symposium at the XL Hennig Meeting
This symposium was organized by Drs. Daniel Janies and Denis Jacob Machado at the The XL Annual Meeting of the Willi Hennig Society (Cornell University, Ithaca, NY July 9th -13th, 2023). The symposium took place on July 11, 2023.
Program
- 1:30-2:10 pm, Janies: “Phylogenetics as applied to infectious diseases”
- 2:10-3 pm, Czech & Stamatakis: “Leveraging phylogenetic placement to understand the environmental drivers of microbial community composition”
- 3-3:40pm, Dornburg, Hassler, and Townsend: “An evolving future for pandemic preparedness: evolutionary medicine and phylogenetic comparative methods inform the durability of SARS-CoV-2 immunity”
- 4:10-4:50 pm, Ocaña, Silva, Coelho, Terra, & Osthoff: “Phylogenetic and evolutionary analysis of dengue virus serotypes in Brazil: User-steering in large-scale phylogenomic workflows”
- 4:50-5:30 pm, Jacob Machado: “Combining phylogenetic and artificial intelligence to unravel viral recombination”
SBE meetings (2020-22)
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, our lab has co-founded and co-organized Virtual Meetings in Systematics, Biogeography, and Evolution (SBE), also known as the SBE meetings.
The main goals of the Virtual Meetings of Systematics, Biogeography, and Evolution are:
- First, provide a high-quality international scientific meeting on systematics, biogeography, and evolution.
- Second, make the event accessible to people that could have difficulty attending other international scientific events due to financial constraints or the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Third, promote diversity and gender equality in science, technology, agronomy, mathematics, and medicine (STEAMM).
For those reasons, the first three editions (2020, 2021, and 2022) of the SBE meeting were 100% online and 100% free for all attendees.