Computation and Informatics in Biology and Medicine

描述（由申请人提供）： 我们提出了一个生物信息学培训计划，为16个前和4个博士后 学生每年集中在计算机科学系， 威斯康星州大学生物化学、统计学和遗传学。 具有生物学知识的计算机科学家将加入生物学家的行列， 定量背景，在跨学科的方法，与每个学生 有一个主要的和一个次要的导师。我们将建立在历史的基础上， 计算/生物医学合作，多年来， 当代生物信息学家的几位领导者。学生 较强的定量技能和对生物学的兴趣将主要被招募 从主要部门和相关部门的申请人库中。培训将 严格但适合学生的需求和兴趣。新课程 生物信息学和基因组学最近开始由教员将是一个组成部分， 这是培训的一部分，但培训员以项目为导向的密切指导将 形成学生的核心培训体验。Predoc支持三个 年和博士后支持两年。警察教授 乔治菲利普斯，最近担任科学和培训主任的NLM支持的 赖斯大学凯克计算生物学中心， 在设想的培训方案类型方面具有丰富的经验。的 共同警察计算机科学教授裘德·沙夫利克和弗雷德·布拉特纳， 遗传学教授，多年来一直参与跨学科 在校园生物信息学培训，并通过其强大的网络， 互联协会在U.W.麦迪逊，将有助于牢固地锚， 在生物学和计算学方面平衡程序。 管理将通过基因组中心/生物技术中心与 Deborah Faupel的财务/行政技能以及 路易丝·佩普博士的教育/行政技能，他是一个敏感的 学生顾问、研究员和教师。太阳中心的计算机资产 在基因组计算方面，Condor“网格计算”资源包括 数百个工作站，先进的芯片设施，和DNA测序， 位于基因组中心的设施将提供核心资源。一个新 基因组中心正在建设中。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose a bioinformatics training program for 16 pre and 4 postdoctoral students per year focused in the departments of Computer Sciences, Biochemistry, Statistics, and Genetics at the University of Wisconsin. Computer scientists with knowledge of biology will join biologists with strong quantitative backgrounds, in a cross-disciplinary approach, with each student having a major and a minor mentor. We will build on a history of computation/biomedical collaborations, which over the years have trained several leaders of the current generation of bioinformaticists. Students with strong quantitative skills and an interest in biology will be recruited mainly from applicant pools of primary and associated departments. Training will be rigorous but tailored to the students' needs and interests. New courses in bioinformatics and genomics recently started by trainers will be an integral part of the training, but close project-oriented mentoring by trainers will form the core training experience for the student. Predoc support of three years and postdoc support for two years is proposed. The P.D., Professor George Phillips, recently served as Scientific & Training Director of the NLM-supported Keck Center for Computational Biology at Rice University, and brings a wealth of experience with the type of training program envisaged. The Co-P.D.'s, Jude Shavlik, Professor of Computer Sciences, and Fred Blattner, Professor of Genetics, have for many years participated in cross disciplinary training in bioinformatics on campus and, through their strong network of interconnected associations at U.W. Madison, will help to firmly anchor and balance the program in its biological and computational aspects. Administration will be through the Genome Center/Biotechnology Center with the able financial/administrative skills of Deborah Faupel and the educational/administrative skills of Dr. Louise Pape, who is a sensitive student adviser, researcher and teacher. Computer assets of the Sun Center of Excellence in Genome Computing, the Condor "grid computing" resource including hundreds of workstations, the advanced chip facility, and the DNA sequencing facility located in the Genome Center will provide core resources. A new building housing the Genome Center is being constructed.