Enhancement of a Molecular Biology/Bioinformatics Program

增强分子生物学/生物信息学项目

• 批准号: 0088089
• 负责人: Daphne Pham
• 金额: $ 16.68万
• 依托单位: University of Wisconsin-Parkside
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-06-01 至 2006-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0088089&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Enhancement; Molecular; Biology; Bioinformatics; Program

Biological Sciences (61) Today's biologists need powerful computer applications to tackle the molecular haystacks of information. To prepare biology students for this challenge, the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Wisconsin- Parkside (UWP) is further developing an innovative, multidisciplinary undergraduate curriculum in Molecular Biology & Bioinformatics (MBB). The objective of the MBB program is to give our students hands-on facility with molecular biology laboratory techniques, a grasp of mathematical and physical concepts underlying MBB and the ability to apply them, and a proficiency with computational tools and skills of bioinformatics. The effort is an adaptation of problem-based learning pioneered by the BioQuest group centered at Beloit College. To accomplish these tasks, we are expanding and improving our department's expertise through faculty development, redesigning our curriculum, and improving the infrastructure of the department. New equipment and software essential for the development of our program is being acquired to keep our program at the cutting edge. We are also expanding our faculty development program in the area of bioinformatics.

生物科学（61）今天的生物学家需要强大的计算机应用程序来处理信息的分子干草堆。为了让生物学学生做好迎接这一挑战的准备，威斯康星州-帕克赛德大学（UWP）生物科学系正在进一步开发分子生物学和生物信息学（MBB）的创新，多学科本科课程。MBB计划的目标是让我们的学生动手设施与分子生物学实验室技术，数学和物理概念的基础MBB和应用它们的能力，并与计算工具和生物信息学技能的熟练掌握。这项努力是对以贝洛伊特学院为中心的BioQuest小组开创的基于问题的学习的适应。为了完成这些任务，我们正在扩大和提高我们部门的专业知识，通过教师发展，重新设计我们的课程，并改善部门的基础设施。新的设备和软件对我们的计划的发展至关重要，正在收购，以保持我们的计划在最前沿。我们还在生物信息学领域扩大我们的教师发展计划。