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External Advisory Committee and Steering Committee MeetingApril
19, 2010
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Joint program with the University of Arkansas at Little Rock
(UALR) and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
(UAMS)Conceived in 2002; approved October 2004, first graduates in
May 2005Currently 24 students accepted into program13 on graduate
assistantships (9 grant funded)2 working full time6 starting this
Summer/FallApril 19, 2010*AR INBRE Bioinformatics
Corehttp://bioinformatics.ualr.edu/grad
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Participating facultySixty participants from two universities,
four collegesRepresenting more than two dozen departmentsCurrently
considering expansion to incorporate medical informaticsThrough
2009, 13 MS and 5 PhD graduates78% of graduates are still in
Arkansas doing bioinformatics!7 more MS and 1 PhD expected to
graduate in 2010
April 19, 2010*AR INBRE Bioinformatics
Corehttp://bioinformatics.ualr.edu/faculty
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MS Graduates9 continued on into PhD program1 completed internal
medicine residency last May (Austin)1 pursing biophysics PhD (U
Maryland)1 still managing UAMS DNA Sequencing Facility1 continued
employment in computer sciencePhD Graduates2 working at National
Center for Toxicological Research1 FDA Commissioners Fellow and 1
post-doc2 working at UAMS1 post-doc and 1 working in new
Pharmacogenomics Center1 working at Yale Center for High-Throughput
Biology
April 19, 2010*AR INBRE Bioinformatics Core
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Founded in 2002; 1st two conferences hosted in Little
RockIncorporated with Board of Directors and Local Chapters; strong
student emphasis
April 19, 2010*AR INBRE Bioinformatics Core
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Eighth Annual ConferenceApril 1/2 at Texas A&M
Seventh Annual ConferenceFebruary 19/20 at Arkansas State
University234 attendees including 132 studentsAttendees from 15 US
states and CanadaIncluding CA, MD, PA, and SDApril 19, 2010*AR
INBRE Bioinformatics Corewww.MCBIOS.org
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Full-time Technical Director and half-time administrative
assistantCore users: 21 faculty and 40 studentsMoving to 1600 sqft
of space in new UALR building in June 2010April 19, 2010*AR INBRE
Bioinformatics Corehttp://bioinformatics.ualr.edu/mbc
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Wednesday Lunch Seminars Feb 24 xNix File GuruMar 3 HTML Forms
and CGI BasicsMar 10 Perl Library Examples (1)Mar 31 Perl Library
Examples (2)Apr 7 HTML Forms and CGI BasicsApr 28 xNix File
GuruFriday afternoon Laptop WorkshopsFeb 26 Intro to PerlMar 12 R
Statistical ProgrammingApr 2 Systems with Bioperl and MySQLApr 16
NCBI eUtils Web ServicesApr 30 From Zero to Hero: Learn to Publish
PerlApril 19, 2010*AR INBRE Bioinformatics Core
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Continue supporting Bioinformatics Graduate ProgramContinue
supporting MCBIOSContinue strong workshop offeringsContinue
national/international outreachISCB Education CommitteeISCB
Affiliates CommitteeNetwork of IDeA-funded Core
LaboratoriesParticipation in regional/national NCRR programsNew
collaboration with Jackson State UniversityApril 19, 2010*AR INBRE
Bioinformatics Core
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May: week-long, intensive, workshop on LAMP (Linux, Apache,
mySQL, and Perl) by UALR MBC Technical Director and several BINF
graduate students at JSU and work with students on individual,
bioinformatics-related projects.June: JSU Bioinformatics Research
Associate and four MS/advanced undergraduate students at UALR to
work on individual research projects. Tutorials will be offered at
this time as needed.September: MBC Technical Director returns to
JSU to conduct training on the R Statistical Analysis package
during the 3-5pm weekday timeslots and to consult with students on
their projects earlier in the day.After new EIT building opened,
online workshops for JSU, other RCMIs, and INBRE PUIs.April 19,
2010AR INBRE Bioinformatics Core*
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The UAMS CTSA supportsthese efforts at UALR:Design, implement,
and evaluate information quality management processes for
translational researchDevelop collaboration tools and systems for
biomedical researchersDevelop a short course entitled Data Quality
Issues and Solutions in Clinical Translational Research April 19,
2010AR INBRE Bioinformatics Core*
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April 19, 2010AR INBRE Bioinformatics Core*Little Rock Central
High School Junior Ms. Kamakshi L. Duvvuru recently presented her
year-two results for Bioinformatic Identification of Novel Protein
Domains at the Central Arkansas Regional Science Fair. The partial
results are from a planned three-year project under the direction
of Mr. Roger Hall, Technical Director of the MidSouth
Bioinformatics Center at UALR. Ms. Duvvuru was awarded 1st Place
for Senior Division Computer Science on her way to 1st Place
Overall and the first Arkansas invitation to the 2010 International
Science Fair in San Jose, CA this May. Additionally, Ms. Duvvuru
won the Army Math/Computer Science Award, Intel Excellence in
Computer Science Award, and a UALR Excellence in Information or
Computing Award. Ms. Duvvuru is currently being considered for the
NIH Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research, and plans to
complete her project before entering the Siemens Competition in
Math, Science & Technology as a Senior in December 2010.
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