NSF EPSCoR Workshop in Bioinformatics to Foster Collaborative Research, March 3-5, 2013.

该奖项将促进为期两天半的生物信息学研讨会，该研讨会将于2013年3月3-5日在阿肯色州小石城举行。这次研讨会将把生命科学家和计算科学家聚集在一起，讨论生物信息学不同领域之间的交叉受精需求。该研讨会还将使EPSCoR管辖区之间在生物信息学研究和教育方面形成有效的合作。研讨会还将向与会者介绍美国国家科学基金会的跨学科、计算和数据支持科学、网络基础设施资源和epscor相关机会。智力优势：生物信息学正变得越来越多的数据和计算密集型。生物学家和计算机科学家面临着计算和大数据相关的挑战。本次研讨会将重点关注四个主题研究领域：(1)下一代测序和数据分析；(2)蛋白质结构预测与应用；(3)系统生物学；(4)分子生态学。研讨会将为生命和计算机科学家之间的跨学科互动和合作提供机会，并弥合互补的知识差距。与会者将讨论并更好地理解计算挑战的生物学背景和生物学家可用的计算工具。更广泛的影响：研讨会将促进和促进不同EPSCoR辖区的生物信息学研究人员和教育工作者之间的信息交流和潜在合作。研讨会议程包括跨学科的培训和辅导，面向不同层次的参与者，包括学科研究人员、技术人员、初级科学家和学生。将编制一份生物信息学研究和教育活动汇编，其中包括EPSCoR辖区内的生物信息学研究和教育活动以及现有资源，并通过讲习班网站广泛传播。将通过对讲习班经验的参与者调查和对讲习班发起的生物信息学网络跨学科合作进展的后续行动来评估讲习班活动和成果。

This award will facilitate a two-and-a-half day workshop on Bioinformatics which will be held in Little Rock, Arkansas during March 3-5, 2013. This workshop will bring life scientists and computational scientists together and address the need for cross-fertilization among different domains of bioinformatics. The workshop will also enable forming effective collaborations among EPSCoR jurisdictions in bioinformatics research and education. The workshop will also inform the participants of the interdisciplinary, computational and data- enabled science, cyberinfrastructure resources, and EPSCoR-related opportunities at the National Science Foundation. Intellectual Merit: Bioinformatics is becoming increasingly data and computationally intensive. Biologists and computer scientists face computational as well as large data-related challenges. This workshop will focus on four thematic research areas: (1) Next Generation Sequencing and Data Analysis; (2) Protein Structure Prediction and Applications; (3) Systems Biology; and (4) Molecular Ecology. The workshop will provide opportunities for cross-disciplinary interactions and collaborations among life and computer scientists and to bridge the complementary knowledge gap. Participants will discuss and better understand the biological background of the computational challenges and computational tools available to biologists. Broader Impacts: The workshop will enable and foster exchange of information and potential collaborations among bioinformatics researchers and educators in different EPSCoR jurisdictions. The workshop agenda includes cross-disciplinary training and tutorials for participants at different levels, including disciplinary researchers, technicians, junior scientists, and students. A compilation of bioinformatics research and education activities in EPSCoR jurisdictions and available resources will be prepared and broadly disseminated through the workshop website. Workshop activities and outcomes will be assessed through participant surveys on workshop experience and follow-up on the progress of interdisciplinary collaborations of the bioinformatics network initiated at the workshop.