TRAINING GRANT IN COMPUTATIONAL GENOMICS

计算基因组学培训补助金

• 批准号: 6536455
• 负责人: Warren J. EWENS
• 金额: $ 44.49万
• 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 2004-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6536455
• 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，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——艺术与科学学院、工程与应用科学学院和医学院——联合创建了一个综合项目，涵盖了计算/数学生物学学士或学士学位、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。所有这些项目的学生总数超过20人，申请人的数量和质量都在持续快速增长。计算基因组学项目将建立在现有的计算生物学博士和博士后培训生项目的基础上，并增加一个独特的新培训组成部分——一个结合博士后经历和职业转换的项目，为生物学博士学生提供计算机和信息科学科学与工程硕士学位。职业转换项目对于功能基因组学来说尤其重要，因为它可以利用大量熟练的生物学家，这些人对于理解生物系统的复杂性至关重要。宾夕法尼亚大学在基因组学的广泛领域不断扩大，从拟南芥的基因组序列到mRNA转录表达分析到多态性分析。计算基因组学计划将补充本地基因组学和国家在基因组注释等领域的努力，使学生接触到计算和实验基因组学的一系列培训。