EI: Crossing the Interdisciplinary Barrier: An Integrated Undergraduate Program in Bioinformatics

EIA-0122582 Raymer，MichaelWright State UniversityEI：生物信息学综合本科课程本项目涉及生物信息学跨学科综合本科课程的开发。特别是，该项目的目标包括设计一个本科学习计划，该计划体现了毕业生成功从事生物信息学职业所需的计算机科学和生物学主题的跨学科综合。该项目还计划实施、测试和完善学习方案，以便将其作为全国大学类似课程的原型。教学重点是设计，整合和测试生物信息学教学主题的方法，同时为该计划的所有学生提供研究经验。该项目得到了一组学术界、政府和工业界生物信息学研究人员和专业人士的参与，他们作为一个咨询委员会。生物信息学的新兴科学寻求开发用于分析大型生物数据库的计算算法和技术，以搜索可应用于生命科学中特定问题的信息。该项目涉及具有该领域背景的专业人员的教育，并有助于满足全国不断增长的劳动力需求。

EIA- 0122582Raymer, MichaelWright State UniversityEI: An Integrated Undergraduate Program in BioinformaticsThis project involves the development of an interdisciplinary, integrated undergraduate program in bioinformatics. In particular, the project's goal includes the design of a program of undergraduate study that embodies an interdisciplinary synthesis of the topics in computer science and biology required for graduates to successfully pursue careers in bioinformatics. The project also plans to implement, test, and refine the program of study so that it may be used as a prototype for similar curricula at universities nation-wide. Pedagogy foci are to design, integrate, and test approaches for teaching topics in bioinformatics while providing research experiences for all students in the program. The project is strengthened by the participation of a group of academic, government, and industry bioinformatics researchers and professionals who act as an advisory committee. The emerging science of bioinformatics seeks to develop computational algorithms and techniques for analyzing large biological databases in search of information that can be applied to specific problems in the life sciences. This project addresses the education of professionals with a background in this field and contributes to satisfying a nationally growing workforce need.