Time:
Sunday 6/27/2005, 1:30-5pm
Description: After
four years of successful running, the ISMB SIG:
Workshop on Education in Bioinformatics (WEB)
has gone mainstream and is now an integral part
of ISMB. This workshop is presented jointly by
WEB and the ISCB Education Committee, bringing
the latest global updates in Bioinformatics Education
to the ISMB community.
Chair: Shoba Ranganathan
| 1:30-1:50pm |
Shoba Ranganathan:
Bioinformatics Education Today! |
| 1:50-2:10pm |
Steve Jennings:
A Conceptual Framework for Classifying Bioinformatics
Programs
|
| 2:10-2:30pm |
Bruno Gaeta:
Education in bioinformatics - undergraduate
or postgraduate?
|
| 2:30-2:50pm |
Lynda Ellis:
Graduate Training in Bioinformatics: Success
and Challenges
|
| 2:50-3:10pm |
Wolfgang Bluhm:
Structural Bioinformatics Education
from the RCSB PDB
|
| 3:10-3:40pm |
Break |
| 3:40-4pm |
Susan Trapp: Education
Session from Rocky 2004
|
| 4-4:20pm |
Tin Wee Tan: Effective
S* PBL for global bioinformatics education
over the Internet
|
| 4:20-4:40pm |
Ueng-Cheng
Yang: A nation-wide promotion of bioinformatics
education
|
| 4:40-5pm |
Laxman Iyer: Educating
the Educated: practical training in bioinformatics
for graduate students and beyond
|
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Time:
Monday 6/27/2005, 12:15-1:45pm
Description: Representatives
from NIH, NSF, NASA, and DOE will discuss ongoing
Agency programs in bioinformatics and computational
biology. Various funding opportunities will be
presented, and attendees will be given the opportunity
to ask questions of the panelists. |
Peter
Lyster, Ph.D. (CHAIR)
Program Director
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
National Institutes of Health
Semahat S. Demir, Ph.D.
Program Director
Biomedical Engineering & Research to Aid Persons
with Disabilities
Division of Bioengineering and Environmental Systems
National Science Foundation
Ronald J. White, Ph.D.
Program Scientist, Digital Astronaut
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Bret Peterson, Ph.D.
Health Science Administrator
Biomedical Technology Division
National Center for Research Resources
National Institutes of Health
David G. Thomassen, Ph.D.
Chief Scientist
Office of Biological and Environmental Research
Office of Science
U.S. Department of Energy
|
Irene
Anne Eckstrand, Ph.D.
Program Director
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
National Institutes of Health
Peter Good, Ph.D.
Program Director
National Human Genome Research Institute
National Institute of Health
Jennie Larkin, Ph.D.
Health Scientist Administrator
Bioengineering and Genomic Applications Scientific
Research Group
Division of Heart and Vascular Diseases
National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute
National Institutes of Health
Peter A. Covitz, Ph.D.
Director, Core Infrastructure
National Cancer Institute Center for Bioinformatics |
Time:
Tuesday 6/28/2005, 12:15-1:45pm
Description: We
will present information on the grant review process
at NIH, NSF, and DOE along with tips for writing
successful grant applications to these agencies.
This will be an informal session with a significant
amount of time allocated to panel discussion and
questions/answers. This workshop is geared particularly
towards students, postdocs, and first time grant
writers. |
Marc
L. Rigas, Ph.D. (CHAIR)
Scientific Review Administrator
Center for Scientific Review
National Institutes of Health
Peter Lyster, Ph.D.
Program Director
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
National Institutes of Health |
Semahat
Demir, Ph.D.
Program Director
Division of Bioengineering and Environmental Systems
National Science Foundation
David G. Thomassen, Ph.D.
Chief Scientist
Office of Biological & Environmental Research
Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy
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