Integrative Graduate Training in Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics--IGERT Full Proposal

998755 barbara Sherry -北卡罗莱纳州立大学IGERT：生物信息学和功能基因组学综合研究生培训这项综合研究生教育和研究培训（IGERT）奖支持建立生物信息学和功能基因组学教育和研究的多学科研究生培训计划。该计划以四个战略举措为基础：(1)1999年秋季开始的新的基因组科学研究生计划；(2)基因组研究室、森林生物技术研究室、生物信息学研究中心、兽药研究塔，1999 - 2004年建成；(3)统计学、动物科学、植物遗传学和林业研究人员之间的长期合作；(4)与邻近的三角研究园和大学百年校园的工业合作伙伴结盟。作为新课程的一部分，34名IGERT学员将学习15学分的共同核心课程，然后是功能基因组学或生物信息学的专门课程。学术课程强调北卡罗来纳州立大学在农业、林业、统计学和兽医学方面的独特优势。学员还将有行业实习、联合期刊俱乐部和一系列研讨会。目前还没有农业、生物统计学、兽医学和林业方面的国家级基因组学中心。北卡州立大学是为数不多的能够在这些领域提供高水平智力资源的机构之一。该计划旨在创建一个大学和私人调查员在基因组科学研究前沿共同工作的社区。新药物、农产品、微尺度技术和统计建模和分析方法都是预期的结果。IGERT是一项nsf范围内的计划，旨在满足培养具有多学科背景和未来职业需求所需的技术，专业和个人技能的博士科学家和工程师的挑战。该项目旨在通过建立新的、创新的研究生教育和培训模式，在一个超越传统学科界限的合作研究的肥沃环境中，促进研究生教育的文化变革。在该计划的第三年，奖项将颁发给19个机构，这些机构的项目涵盖了NSF支持的所有科学和工程领域。这一特殊奖项的智力焦点集中在生物科学、计算机与信息科学与工程、数学与物理科学、教育与人力资源等部门。

9987555Barbara Sherry - North Carolina State UniversityIGERT: Integrative Graduate Training in Bioinformatics and Functional GenomicsThis Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) award supports the establishment of a multidisciplinary graduate training program of education and research in bioinformatics and functional genomics. The program builds on four strategic initiatives: (1) A new Genomic Sciences graduate program, beginning fall 1999; (2) Genome Research Laboratory, Forest Biotechnology Laboratory, Bioinformatics Research Center and Veterinary Medicine research tower, being completed 1999 through 2004; (3) Longstanding collaborations among researchers in statistics, animal sciences, plant genetics and forestry; and (4) Alliances with industrial partners in neighboring Research Triangle Park and on the University's Centennial Campus. As part of the new curriculum, 34 IGERT trainees will take a 15-credit common core of courses, followed by specialized offerings in functional genomics or bioinformatics. The academic program emphasizes NC State University's unique strengths in agriculture, forestry, statistics and veterinary medicine. Trainees also will have industry internships, a joint journal club and a seminar series. Currently no national genomics center focuses on agriculture, biostatistics, veterinary medicine and forestry. NC State University is one of a very few institutions that can bring high caliber intellectual resources to bear in these areas. The program is designed to create a community of university and private investigators working together at the frontiers of genomic sciences research. New medicines, agricultural products, micro-scale technologies and methods of statistical modeling and analysis are among the expected results.IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to meet the challenges of educating Ph.D. scientists and engineers with the multidisciplinary backgrounds and the technical, professional, and personal skills needed for the career demands of the future. The program is intended to catalyze a cultural change in graduate education by establishing new, innovative models for graduate education and training in a fertile environment for collaborative research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries. In the third year of the program, awards are being made to nineteen institutions for programs that collectively span all areas of science and engineering supported by NSF. The intellectual foci of this specific award reside in the Directorates for Biological Sciences, Computer and Information Science and Engineering, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, and Education and Human Resources.