Training Program in Bioinformatics

生物信息学培训计划

• 批准号: 8880237
• 负责人: BRIAN David ATHEY
• 金额: $ 18.25万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-07-01 至 2016-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8880237
• 关键词: Bioinformatics; Training Programs

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a proposal to renew and grow the University of Michigan (UM) Bioinformatics Training Program (BTP), which currently funds 6 trainee slots/year for 2-3 years of pre-doctoral training, within our University of Michigan-wide Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics (CCMB). The BTP is an interdisciplinary graduate training program in bioinformatics and computational biology, drawing faculty from the School of Medicine, College of Engineering, Literature, Sciences and the Arts (LS&A; Including the Departments of Mathematics, Statistics, Chemistry, and Physics), the School of Public Health, the College of Pharmacy, and the School of Information. The goal of the BTP is to train students in bioinformatics and applied computational biology by engaging them in a rigorous curriculum and pre-doctoral training experience, all the while engaging in cutting-edge collaborative research featuring a strong "driving biological problem" (DBP) application, often leading BTP trainees to have a strong T1 Translational Research orientation. The BTP dissertation training utilizes a "dual-mentor" approach, which combines quantitative/computational and DBP application elements. The UM-based NIH National Center for Integrative Biomedical Informatics (NCIBI), cancer bioinformatics, proteome informatics activities, and CTSA Biomedical Informatics Program have all achieved national recognition, and are a natural magnet for our trainees and faculty. Since its inception in 2001, the BGP has now grown to 38 Ph.D. students and 6 MS, with 17 Ph.D. and 14 MS degrees conferred. Now in its fifth year, the BTP has now contributed to the support of 13 of these students, with the its first 3 graduates expected this academic year. Renewing the UM BTP will enable us to sustain our ability to train promising students in this highly specialized domain who will develop the skills and knowledge necessary to launch successful and independent careers in basic and applied research in academia, industry, and government. The CCMB, BGP, and the BTP are all very actively building a robust minority recruitment pipeline in partnership with the Research Centers for Minority Institutions (RCMI) program institutions across the nation. Institutional support for bioinformatics and computational biology at the U-M is very strong, forming a stable base for the BTP to thrive in this proposed 5-year period and beyond into the foreseeable future.

描述（由申请人提供）：这是一项更新和发展密歇根大学 (UM) 生物信息学培训计划 (BTP) 的提案，该计划目前每年资助 6 个实习生名额，在我们的密歇根大学计算医学和生物信息学中心 (CCMB) 内进行 2-3 年的博士前培训。 BTP是一个生物信息学和计算生物学跨学科研究生培养项目，吸引了来自医学院、工程学院、文学学院、科学与艺术学院（LS&A；包括数学系、统计系、化学系和物理系）、公共卫生学院、药学院和信息学院的教师。 BTP 的目标是通过严格的课程和博士前培训经验，对学生进行生物信息学和应用计算生物学方面的培训，同时参与以强大的“驱动生物学问题”（DBP）应用为特色的尖端合作研究，通常使 BTP 学员具有强大的 T1 转化研究方向。 BTP论文培训采用“双导师”方法，结合了定量/计算和DBP应用元素。位于密歇根大学的 NIH 国家综合生物医学信息学中心 (NCIBI)、癌症生物信息学、蛋白质组信息学活动和 CTSA 生物医学信息学项目都获得了国家认可，对我们的学员和教师来说具有天然的吸引力。自 2001 年成立以来，BGP 现已发展到 38 名博士。硕士生6名，博士生17名。并授予 14 个硕士学位。 BTP 现已进入第五个年头，现已为其中 13 名学生提供了支持，预计本学年将有首批 3 名毕业生。更新 UM BTP 将使我们能够保持在这个高度专业化领域培养有前途的学生的能力，他们将培养在学术界、工业界和政府的基础和应用研究领域成功和独立开展职业所需的技能和知识。 CCMB、BGP 和 BTP 都非常积极地与全国少数族裔机构研究中心 (RCMI) 项目机构合作，建立强大的少数族裔招聘渠道。密歇根大学对生物信息学和计算生物学的机构支持非常强大，为 BTP 在拟议的 5 年期间以及可预见的未来蓬勃发展奠定了稳定的基础。