Training Program in Bioinformatics

描述(由申请人提供)：该提案要求为密歇根大学生物信息学项目的博士前培训提供资金。这是一个生物信息学和计算分子生物学的多学科研究生培训计划，吸引了来自医学院、工程学院、文学科学和艺术学院、公共卫生学院、药学学院和信息学院的教师。计算生物科学已成为一个新的多学科领域，对生物学和医学的方方面面都有贡献，国家迫切需要精通计算生物学和生物信息学的科学家。生物信息学项目的使命是进行博士教育，为独立研究人员的职业生涯做准备。参加该项目的学员可以接触到广泛的研究，并通过参加专门的每周期刊俱乐部、两周一系列的研讨会、每月的学生演示系列、讲座、迷你课程、座谈会和包括所有学员及其顾问的年度务虚会，获得超出标准研究生项目的培训。正式咨询从注册前的情况介绍开始，并在整个培训过程中持续深入。密歇根大学是国际公认的研究生教育中心，拥有支持真正的多学科培训所需的实力和广度。生物信息学计划受益于并反过来通过协作式课程、研讨会和迷你课程加强校园内的许多其他培训计划。该机构对生物信息学有着广泛的承诺，并于2000年设立了生物信息学课程，授予硕士和博士学位。最近和继续在校园内招聘教师，以及为该项目建设专门的空间，加强了这一承诺。NIH多学科生物信息学培训计划的建立将提高教师的生产力，并促进在实现国家卫生研究院目标方面的进展。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal requests funding for predoctoral training in the Bioinformatics Program at the University of Michigan. This is a multidisciplinary graduate training program in bioinformatics and computational molecular biology drawing faculty from the Schools of Medicine, Engineering, Literature Science and Arts, Public Health, Pharmacy, and Information. Computational bioscience has emerged as a new multidisciplinary field contributing to all aspects of biology and medicine and there is an urgent national need for scientists skilled in computational biology and bioinformatics. The mission of the Bioinformatics Program is doctoral education in preparation for a career as an independent investigator. Trainees in the program are exposed to a wide range of research and receive training above and beyond the standard graduate programs through participation in dedicated weekly journal clubs, a biweekly seminar series, a monthly student presentation series, lectures, mini-courses, symposia and an annual retreat that includes all trainees and their advisers. Formal advising begins with orientation in advance of registration and continues intensively throughout the training experience. The University of Michigan is an internationally recognized center for graduate education with the strength and breadth necessary to support truly multidisciplinary training. The Bioinformatics Program benefits from and in turn enhances numerous other training programs on campus through synergistic course offerings, seminars and mini-courses. The institution has a broad commitment to bioinformatics strengthened by the establishment in 2000 of a Program in Bioinformatics with degree granting authority at the masters and doctoral levels. This commitment is reinforced by recent and continuing faculty recruitment across the campus and the construction of dedicated space for the program. The establishment of an NIH multidisciplinary Bioinformatics Training Program will enhance faculty productivity and facilitate progress toward attaining the goals of the National Institutes of Health.