Student/Faculty Research Models in Computational Biology
organized by:
Suzy Renn, Albyn Jones, Jim
Fix (Reed
College),
Andre Cavalcanti, Jo
Hardin (Pomona College), &
Brian Tjaden (Wellesley College)
June 18 - 20th, 2008
Workshop attendees:
top row: Brett Pellock,
Brian Tjaden, Andre
Cavalcanti, Albyn Jones,
Ralph Morelli, David
Matthes, Wi-Jen
Chang.
front row: Bryan Head,
Dan Bernstein, Jim Fix,
Jo Hardin, Peter Dolan,
Suzy Renn, Peter Otto.
not pictured: James
Bernhard
It is our goal to increase undergraduate student engagement in
computational biology at
the research level. As a step towards that goal we conducted a three-day
workshop to
explore different models for student/faculty research collaborations
in computational
biology that are currently in place at liberal arts colleges. Twelve
faculty members from,
math, computer science, and biology departments, representing eight liberal
arts colleges,
convened on the Reed College campus June 18th - 20th of 2008. Beyond
the simple
description of different academic models, included in our agenda was
the aim to learn
how different institutions might adopt a successful strategy without
having to "reinvent
the wheel." Discussions addressed the degree to which significant and
minor changes
would be required of the academic infrastructure.
Download a .pdf summary of our discusions and recommendations