RECRUIT ACADEMIC FACULTY AND DEVELOP RESEARCH PROGRAM IN BIOINFORMATICS

该子项目是利用NIH/NCRR资助的中心赠款提供的资源的许多研究子项目之一。子项目和研究者（PI）可能从另一个NIH来源获得了主要资金，因此可以在其他CRISP条目中表示。所列机构为中心机构，不一定为研究者机构。我们在这一举措中努力的重点是雇用一个在计算机科学方面有坚实背景和生物科学方面有全面背景的人。当Guylaine Poisson博士于2005年1月加入我们部门时，我们取得了成功。泊松医生有学士学位和史密斯生物学博士学位在计算机科学。她的论文工作主要集中在通过机器学习和微阵列数据分析进行BPI锚定蛋白预测。除了这一研究背景，她还在私营部门拥有丰富的经验，在Warnex Inc.的基因组研究企业担任高级生物信息学家。在拉瓦尔魁北克，并作为一个显微镜研究员在Sema分析显微镜在蒙特利尔，魁北克。 为了补充Poisson博士的背景，我们聘请了Susanna Still博士，她是一位神经科学家，在机器学习方面有很强的背景。此外，我们最近完成了两个额外的终身教职教师的成功搜索。亨利·卡萨诺瓦博士将于2005年8月加入我们。他的背景是高性能计算，他的研究将支持使用超级计算机进行生物信息学研究。此外，Kyungim Baek博士将于2005年8月加入我们。她对计算机视觉的研究和她在计算机图形学方面的背景将增加我们的数据可视化能力，以支持生物信息学研究。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. The focus of our effort in this initiative was to hire a person with a solid background in computer science and a well rounded background in the biological sciences. We were successful when Dr. Guylaine Poisson joined our department in January 2005. Dr. Poisson has both a B.S. and M.S. in Biology and a Ph.D. in Computer Science. Her thesis work was focused on BPI-anchored protein prediction by machine learning and Microarrays data analysis. In addition to this research background, she has a wealth of experience in the private sector as a senior bioinformatician at the Genomic Research Enterprise of Warnex Inc. in Laval Quebec and as a microscopy researcher at Sema Analyses Microscopiques in Montreal, Quebec. To complement Dr. Poisson's background, we have hired Dr. Susanna Still, a neuroscientist who has a strong background in machine learning. In addition, we have recently concluded a successful search for two additional tenure track faculty. Dr. Henri Casanova will join us in August 2005. His background is in high performance computing and his research will support the use of supercomputers for bioinformatics research. In addition, Dr. Kyungim Baek will join us in August 2005. Her research on computer vision and her background in computer graphics will add to our data visualization capabilities in support of bioinformatics research.