Bioinformatics Programs at Minority Institutions

少数群体机构的生物信息学项目

• 批准号: 8610323
• 负责人: HUGH Blackard NICHOLAS
• 金额: $ 66.77万
• 依托单位: CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-02-01 至 2016-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8610323
• 关键词: Base Sequence; Bioinformatics; Biology; Biomedical Research; Chemistry; Computer software; Data; Development; Discipline; Educational Curriculum; Educational Materials; Educational process of instructing; Environment; Faculty; Funding; Genomics; Goals; Grant; Institutes; Institution; Instruction; Internships; Learning; Mentors; Minority; Minority-Serving Institution; Multimedia; Principal Investigator; Publications; Recruitment Activity; Research; Research Activity; Research Project Grants; Research Technics; Resources; Scientist; Series; Stream; Structural Protein; Students; Supercomputing; Teacher Professional Development; Techniques; Training; Work; base; biomedical resource; computer science; improved; multidisciplinary; programs; skills; symposium; tool

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of this project is to increase minority participation in biomedical research through an educational and research program that is formulated to assist minority serving institutions establishing bioinformatics programs ranging in size from a single course to a degree program. We will assist five primary partners that have established a sequence based bioinformatics course in developing a more extensive bioinformatics program consisting of multiple courses, degrees/certificates, publications and grant support. In addition, we will continue to assist in establishing initial courses with a rotating series of informal partners. We will also enhance our support with an online, educational computational center and learning environment. This center will facilitate educational initiatives with a stand-alone streaming set of multimedia modules covering critical bioinformatics concepts ranging from basic biology to advanced bioinformatics topics to applying bioinformatics software in optimal ways. In addition, the center will serve as a self paced interdisciplinary bioinformatics resource for students and faculty at minority serving institutions enabling bioinformatics resources to be accessed through an environment that provides educational support. Specifically we will achieve this goal through a four component program that includes: 1) Improving the curriculum at minority serving institutions by adding bioinformatics components into multiple courses and in multiple departments, and integrating bioinformatics into research projects. 2) A summer institute which trains faculty from minority serving institutions in bioinformatics teaching and research techniques. 3) An Online Educational Center and learning environment featuring online interdisciplinary teaching resources supplemented with multimedia modules, bioinformatics software and problem sets. 4) An eight week research internship focused on publishable research results. This four component program assists minority serving institutions by embedding aspects of bioinformatics into a broad swath of scientific disciplines in both coursework and research activities. RELEVANCE: This project assists minority scientists in making their research more effective and efficient by training them to make use of modern bioinformatics techniques to exploit the large amount of sequence, genomics, and protein structural data being generated in biomedical research.

描述（由申请人提供）：该项目的目标是通过制定教育和研究计划，以帮助少数民族服务机构建立生物信息学项目，从单一课程到学位课程，以增加少数民族参与生物医学研究。我们将协助已经建立了基于序列的生物信息学课程的五个主要合作伙伴开发更广泛的生物信息学课程，包括多个课程，学位/证书，出版物和赠款支持。此外，我们将继续协助与一系列轮流的非正式伙伴建立初步课程。我们还将通过一个在线教育计算中心和学习环境来加强我们的支持。该中心将通过一套独立的多媒体模块流来促进教育活动，这些模块涵盖了从基础生物学到高级生物信息学主题的关键生物信息学概念，以及以最佳方式应用生物信息学软件。此外，该中心将作为一个自定进度的跨学科生物信息学资源，为学生和教师在少数民族服务机构，使生物信息学资源通过提供教育支持的环境中访问。具体来说，我们将通过四个组成部分的计划，其中包括实现这一目标：1）通过将生物信息学组件添加到多个课程和多个部门，并将生物信息学整合到研究项目中，改善少数民族服务机构的课程。2)一个暑期研究所，对少数民族服务机构的教师进行生物信息学教学和研究技术的培训。3)一个在线教育中心和学习环境，提供在线跨学科教学资源，并辅以多媒体模块，生物信息学软件和问题集。4)为期八周的研究实习专注于可验证的研究成果。这四个组成部分的计划通过将生物信息学的各个方面嵌入到课程和研究活动中的广泛科学学科中来帮助少数民族服务机构。 相关性：该项目通过培训少数民族科学家利用现代生物信息学技术，利用生物医学研究中产生的大量序列、基因组学和蛋白质结构数据，帮助他们提高研究效率和效益。