Krawetz S A, Womble D D
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 253 C. S. Mott Center, 275 E. Hancock, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
Mol Biotechnol. 2001 Jan;17(1):27-41. doi: 10.1385/MB:17:1:27.
Formal training in computational biology was initiated at Wayne State University in 1990 to meet the needs of the faculty. This was still at a time when the molecular databases and analysis tools could be housed in what is now equivalent to a modern but dated desktop computer. In 1995 the course was expanded to include graduate students to provide these senior students with a foundation in computational biology. This course has armed our students with a requisite set of basic skills that are necessary for a successful career in molecular genetics. It is now an integral component of the graduate program of the Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics and our experiences in course delivery have been detailed (BioInformatics Methods and Protocols, S. Misener and S. A. Krawetz, eds., Humana Press, Totowa, NJ, 2000.). The course was expanded to a campus-wide unlimited enrollment program for the summer of 2000 to address the needs of our student body. In this review we present our experience with delivering a multidisciplinary campus-wide computational biology course to a new and widely diverse student body.
1990年，韦恩州立大学开展了计算生物学方面的正式培训，以满足教师的需求。当时，分子数据库和分析工具还可以存储在现在相当于一台现代但过时的台式计算机中。1995年，该课程进行了扩展，将研究生纳入其中，为这些高年级学生提供计算生物学基础。这门课程为我们的学生提供了一套必要的基本技能，这些技能是分子遗传学领域成功职业所必需的。它现在是分子医学与遗传学中心研究生项目的一个组成部分，我们在课程交付方面的经验已有详细介绍（《生物信息学方法与协议》，S. 米塞纳和S. A. 克拉韦茨编，人类出版社，新泽西州托托瓦，2000年）。2000年夏天，该课程扩展为全校范围内不限人数的课程，以满足学生群体的需求。在这篇综述中，我们介绍了为一个新的、广泛多样的学生群体提供多学科全校范围计算生物学课程的经验。
