TRAINING PROGRAM IN COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY

描述：（由申请人提供）我们为华盛顿大学生物和生物医学科学部最近批准的一个新的计算生物学项目申请培训资助。该项目将吸引来自传统生物学背景的学生，以及来自计算机科学、数学、工程等非传统背景的学生。一个专门的课程将给予学生广泛的训练，在当前的分子生物学研究，以及基本的方法，计算机科学，数学和统计学，可以应用于重要的生物学问题。课程将包括课程作业，包括高级和专题课程，在“湿”和“干”实验室的轮转，教学经验，负责任的研究行为指导，期刊俱乐部和其他在公开演讲中展示研究的机会。论文研究将在积极参与计算生物学研究的教师的指导下进行。提出了招收优秀学生的计划，包括那些来自代表性不足的少数民族的学生。该项目将与现有项目进行协同互动，扩大该部门的机会范围，并促进计算生物学的学生和教师与传统学科的学生和教师之间的互动。我们要求每年增加学生支持的数量，从第一年的3个开始，第二年4个，之后随着新项目的规模和教师参与的增加，包括新聘用的教师，增加6个。

DESCRIPTION: (provided by applicant) We request training grant support for a new Program in Computational Biology that has recently been approved by the Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences at Washington University. The program will attract students from traditional biological backgrounds and also from non-traditional backgrounds such as computer science, mathematics, engineering, and others. A specialized curriculum will give the students broad training in current molecular biology research as well as fundamental methods computer science, mathematics and statistics that can be applied to important biological problems. The curriculum will include course work, including advanced and special topics courses, rotations in "wet" and "dry" labs, teaching experience, instruction in the responsible conduct of research, journal clubs and other opportunities to present research in public talks. Thesis research will be performed under the guidance of faculty actively involved in computational biology research. Plans are presented for the recruitment of top candidate students, including those from under represented minorities. This program will interact synergistically with existing programs, broadening the scope of opportunities within the Division and fostering interactions between students and faculty in computational biology with those in more traditional disciplines. We request an increasing number of student support per year, beginning with 3 in the first year, 4 in the second, and 6 thereafter as the new program increases in size and participation among the faculty, including newly hired faculty.