TRAINING PROGRAM IN COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY

产品说明：（由申请人提供）我们请求培训补助金支持一个新的计划，在计算生物学，最近已被批准的生物学和生物医学科学在华盛顿大学分部。该计划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。专业课程将为学生提供当前分子生物学研究的广泛培训，以及可应用于重要生物学问题的计算机科学，数学和统计学的基本方法。该课程将包括课程工作，包括高级和专题课程，在“湿”和“干”实验室轮换，教学经验，在研究，期刊俱乐部和其他机会，目前在公开讲座研究负责任的行为指令。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。提出了招收优秀候选学生的计划，包括来自代表性不足的少数民族的学生。该计划将与现有计划协同互动，扩大该部门内的机会范围，并促进计算生物学学生和教师与传统学科之间的互动。我们要求每年增加学生支持的数量，在第一年3开始，在第二年4，和6此后随着新计划的规模和教师之间的参与，包括新聘教师的增加。

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.