When:

Saturday, November 11, 2000
8:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m.
**Lunch will be provided**

Where:

Beloit College Campus
700 College Street
Beloit, Wisconsin  53511

Who:

All Biology Educators and their Students--We especially seek teams that include an instructor and 3 or 4 students.
Space is limited--apply early.

What:

A 1-Day workshop exploring biology through bioinformatics.  Workshop participants will have an opportunity to pursue biological inquiry using innovative bioinformatics research and analysis tools that are being specially adapted for use by biology educators at the high school and college levels.

We will be posting the workshop schedule and other information shortly. In the mean time, please contact us if you have questions.

Please e-mail the following information to reserve your spot at the workshop. Applications received by Oct 15 will have full consideration. After Oct 15, applications will be accepted as space permits. We will notify you of your acceptance.

Name:

Institution:

Level: (High school student, Undergraduate student, Graduate student, High school teacher, Professor, Other)

E-mail address:

Phone:

How familiar are you with the emerging field of bioinformatics? (very, somewhat, not very)

Additional persons attending with you:

Kathleen Greene
greene@beloit.edu
608-363-2340

Sam Donovan
donovans@beloit.edu
608-363-2012

Jessica Saykally
saykally@stu.beloit.edu
608-363-4345

Beloit College
700 College Street
Beloit, WI 53511

This workshop is supported by the

    U.S. Department of Education
through their program, Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology

with additional support from

    EOT-PACI
Educational Outreach & Training-Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure

& the

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

from Trends Guide to Bioinformatics, 1998 Elsevier Science.

• As the amount of biologically relevant data is increasing at such a rapid rate, knowing how to access and search this information is essential. (p 3)

• The amount of biological information accessible via the World Wide Web (WWW) is truly astonishing, and the volume of data is increasing at a fast pace.  It is important for the bench scientist to have easy and efficient ways of wading through the data and finding what is important to his or her research. (p 3)

• The new wealth of biological data generated by ongoing genome projects is being used to develop database tools for biologists.  This basic biological information can then be interpreted from many viewpoints--from molecular interactions to interactions among organisms. (p 24)

• Bioinformatics has become an essential tool not only for basic research but also for applied research in biomedical sciences. (p 26)

• Predicting the future of any scientific discipline is almost impossible, especially for one as young as bioinformatics, but in my view the future of biology will increasingly be shaped by the interplay of bioinformatics and 'classical' biology.  Currently, the field is undergoing an enormous expansion, as witnessed by the astonishing increase in the number of advertisements for bioinformatics personnel during the past year. (p 30)
TOP

8:30-8:45  Registration
8:45-9:00  Welcome and Introduction of Workshop & Participants
9:00-9:20  Bioinformatics
9:20-9:40  Introductory activity
9:40-10:00  HIV-AIDS Biology
10:00-10:10  Break
10:10-10:40  "Is He Guilty?" activity
10:40-11:00  Discussion
11:00-11:30  Biology Workbench activity
    Framing question
    Intro to Workbench
11:30-12-00  Work in small groups designing projects
12:00-1:00  Lunch (Weeks Lounge) (free of charge for all registered
    workshop participants)
1:00-1:30  Proposal/Project/Progress reports
1:30-2:15  Continue to work in groups
2:15-3:00  Group presentations
3:00-3:20  Bioinformatics and biology education: a look ahead
3:20-3:30  Wrap-up