Computation and Informatics in Biology and Medicine

描述(由申请人提供)： 我们建议对16名博士后和4名博士后进行生物信息学培训 每年集中在计算机科学系的学生， 威斯康星大学生物化学、统计学和遗传学。 具有生物学知识的计算机科学家将加入生物学家的行列 量化背景，以跨学科的方法，每个学生 有一个主要的和一个次要的导师。我们将建立在历史的基础上 计算/生物医学合作，多年来一直在培训 当代生物信息学家的几位领袖。学生与 主要招聘具有较强的数量化能力和对生物感兴趣的人员 从初级和相关部门的申请者池中。培训将是 严谨，但根据学生的需要和兴趣而量身定做。的新课程 培训人员最近开始的生物信息学和基因组学将是不可或缺的 作为培训的一部分，但培训者以项目为导向的密切指导将 形成学员的核心培训体验。支持三个预科医生 建议提供为期两年的博士后支持。警局，教授 乔治·菲利普斯，最近担任美国国家航空航天局支持的科学和培训主任 莱斯大学凯克计算生物学中心，并带来了 对所设想的培训计划类型有丰富的经验。这个 协警S、计算机科学教授裘德·沙夫利克和弗雷德·布拉特纳， 遗传学教授，多年来参与跨学科研究 在校园内进行生物信息学培训，并通过其强大的 在U.W.麦迪逊，相互关联的协会将有助于牢牢锚定和 在生物学和计算方面平衡程序。 管理将通过基因组中心/生物技术中心与 具备德博拉·福佩尔和 路易丝·佩佩博士的教育/管理技能，她是一位敏感的 学生顾问、研究人员和教师。太阳中心的计算机资产 卓越的基因组计算，秃鹰“网格计算”资源包括 数百个工作站，先进的芯片设施和DNA测序 位于基因组中心的设施将提供核心资源。一种新的 基因组中心所在的大楼正在建设中。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose a bioinformatics training program for 16 pre and 4 postdoctoral students per year focused in the departments of Computer Sciences, Biochemistry, Statistics, and Genetics at the University of Wisconsin. Computer scientists with knowledge of biology will join biologists with strong quantitative backgrounds, in a cross-disciplinary approach, with each student having a major and a minor mentor. We will build on a history of computation/biomedical collaborations, which over the years have trained several leaders of the current generation of bioinformaticists. Students with strong quantitative skills and an interest in biology will be recruited mainly from applicant pools of primary and associated departments. Training will be rigorous but tailored to the students' needs and interests. New courses in bioinformatics and genomics recently started by trainers will be an integral part of the training, but close project-oriented mentoring by trainers will form the core training experience for the student. Predoc support of three years and postdoc support for two years is proposed. The P.D., Professor George Phillips, recently served as Scientific & Training Director of the NLM-supported Keck Center for Computational Biology at Rice University, and brings a wealth of experience with the type of training program envisaged. The Co-P.D.'s, Jude Shavlik, Professor of Computer Sciences, and Fred Blattner, Professor of Genetics, have for many years participated in cross disciplinary training in bioinformatics on campus and, through their strong network of interconnected associations at U.W. Madison, will help to firmly anchor and balance the program in its biological and computational aspects. Administration will be through the Genome Center/Biotechnology Center with the able financial/administrative skills of Deborah Faupel and the educational/administrative skills of Dr. Louise Pape, who is a sensitive student adviser, researcher and teacher. Computer assets of the Sun Center of Excellence in Genome Computing, the Condor "grid computing" resource including hundreds of workstations, the advanced chip facility, and the DNA sequencing facility located in the Genome Center will provide core resources. A new building housing the Genome Center is being constructed.