TRAINING GRANT IN COMPUTATIONAL GENOMICS

计算基因组学培训补助金

• 批准号: 6181600
• 负责人: Warren J. EWENS
• 金额: $ 42.5万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-07-16 至 2004-05-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6181600
• 关键词: TRAINING; GRANT; COMPUTATIONAL; GENOMICS

The University of Pennsylvania aims to create a program in Computational Genomics that extends existing Computation Biology and Bioinformatics programs. Currently, three schools at Penn-Arts and Sciences, Engineering and Applied Science, and Medicine- have joined to create a comprehensive program that spans undergraduate training leading to a BS or BE in Computational/Mathematical Biology, a Master's degree in Bioinformatics, a Ph.D. in Computational Biology, and Post-Doctoral training in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics. The combined enrollment in all of these programs numbers more than 20 students with a sustained rapid growth in the number and quality of applicants. The program in Computational Genomics will build on the existing programs for doctoral and post-doctoral trainees in Computational Biology, and add a unique new training component-a combined post-doctoral experience and career conversion program for Ph.D. students in biology leading to a Master's of Science and Engineering in Computer and Information Sciences. The career conversion program is especially important for functional genomics because it taps into a large talent pool of skilled biologists who will be essential for understanding the intricacies of biological systems. Penn has an expanding presence in broad areas of genomics from genomic sequence of Arbidopsis thaliana to mRNA transcription expression analysis to polymorphism analysis. The Computational Genomics Program will complement both local efforts in genomics and national efforts in areas such as genome annotation, giving students exposure to a range of training in both computational and experimental genomics.

宾夕法尼亚大学的目标是创建一个计算基因组学项目，以扩展现有的计算生物学和生物信息学项目。目前，宾夕法尼亚大学的三所学院--文理学院、工程与应用科学学院和医学学院--已经联手创建了一个全面的项目，涵盖了获得计算/数学生物学学士学位或学士学位的本科培训、生物信息学硕士学位、计算生物学博士学位以及计算生物学和生物信息学博士后培训。所有这些项目的总招生人数超过2万人，申请者的数量和质量持续快速增长。计算基因组学计划将建立在计算生物学博士和博士后实习生现有计划的基础上，并增加一个独特的新培训组成部分--生物学博士后经验和职业转换计划，最终获得计算机和信息科学科学和工程硕士学位。职业转换计划对功能基因组学尤其重要，因为它利用了大量熟练的生物学家人才库，这些人对于理解复杂的生物系统至关重要。从拟南芥的基因组序列到mRNA转录表达分析，再到多态分析，宾夕法尼亚州立大学在基因组学的广泛领域都有广泛的应用。计算基因组学计划将补充地方基因组学方面的努力和国家在基因组注释等领域的努力，使学生获得计算基因组学和实验基因组学方面的一系列培训。