Developing Skills in Research Bioinformatics

描述(由申请人提供)： 生物科学图书馆员职位是盖特健康科学图书馆的一个新职位。它是专门为支持范伯格医学院(FSM)的基础科学研究和研究生教育社区的信息需求而创建的，方法是为国家生物技术信息中心(NCBI)在国家医学图书馆(NLM)提供的生物信息学工具提供教育和支持等。这笔奖学金将帮助我支持图书馆的研究支持使命，特别是通过为我提供在生物信息学工具和趋势方面进行专门指导和培训的手段。 奖学金将由三个部分组成。首先，在使用生物信息学数据的实验室中的沉浸体验将为我提供与FSM生物科学教职员工和学生发展工作关系的机会。其次，我在基础科学研究方面已经拥有很强的背景，但我将受益于生物信息学方面的正规培训和教育。这项培训将包括通过参加西北大学计算生物学和生物信息学(MCBB)项目，获得和使用评估和应用计算机化分子生物学分析方法的技能。第三，我将把这种培训和经验带回图书馆，通过访谈和调查对范伯格医学院教职员工和研究生的生物信息学需求进行评估。这次培训和评估的高潮将是我成为一名信息专家，开发各种生物信息学工具使用的课程整合和独立课程。 我通过这一奖学金获得的技能和教育将应用于帮助西北大学范伯格医学院的研究和教育社区。我将为遗传医学中心、卢里癌症中心和其他一些中心提供支持，以满足他们在生物信息学方面的研究和发现需求。这项贡献将有助于使盖特健康科学图书馆成为培训未来研究科学家的更不可或缺的贡献者，这些科学家反过来将贡献他们的知识，以了解和解决疾病和治疗的分子机制。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Biosciences Librarian position is a new position at Gaiter Health Sciences Library. It was created specifically to support the information needs of the basic science research and graduate education communities at the Feinberg School of Medicine (FSM), by providing education in and support for the bioinformatics tools offered by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the National Library of Medicine (NLM), among others. This fellowship will assist me in supporting the library's mission of research support, specifically by providing me the means to pursue specialized instruction and training in bioinformatics tools and trends. The fellowship will consist of three components. First, an immersion experience in a lab that uses bioinformatics data will provide me with the opportunity to develop working relationships with FSM's biosciences faculty and students. Second, I already possesses a strong background in basic science research, but would benefit from formal training and education in bioinformatics. This training will consist of the acquisition and utilization of skills in evaluating and applying computerized molecular biology analysis methods through participation in Northwestern University's program in computational biology and bioinformatics (MCBB). Third, I will bring this training and experience back to the library by conducting an assessment of the bioinformatics needs of the faculty, staff and graduate students at the Feinberg School of Medicine through the use of interviews and surveys. The culmination of this training and assessment will be my emergence as an expert informationist, developing course-integrated and stand-alone classes in the use of various bioinformatics tools. The skills and education I obtain through this fellowship will be applied to assist the research and education communities of Northwestern's Feinberg School of Medicine. I will be equipped to support the Center for Genetic Medicine, the Lurie Cancer Center and a number of other centers for research and discovery in their bioinformatics needs. This contribution will help make Gaiter Health Sciences Library a more integral contributor to the training of future research scientists who, in turn, will contribute their knowledge to understanding and addressing the molecular mechanisms underlying disease and treatment.