DOE EPSCoR Initiative in Structural and computational Biology/Bioinformatics

Wallace, Susan S.

University of Vermont, Burlington, VT

关键词: Computational Biology;    Seeds Structural Biology;    59 Basic Biological Sciences;    Biology;    Structural Biology;   

DOI  :  10.2172/924036
RP-ID  :  ER45828
RP-ID  :  FG02-00ER45828
RP-ID  :  924036

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The overall goal of the DOE EPSCoR Initiative in Structural and Computational Biology was to enhance the competiveness of Vermont research in these scientific areas. To develop self-sustaining infrastructure, we increased the critical mass of faculty, developed shared resources that made junior researchers more competitive for federal research grants, implemented programs to train graduate and undergraduate students who participated in these research areas and provided seed money for research projects. During the time period funded by this DOE initiative: (1) four new faculty were recruited to the University of Vermont using DOE resources, three in Computational Biology and one in Structural Biology; (2) technical support was provided for the Computational and Structural Biology facilities; (3) twenty-two graduate students were directly funded by fellowships; (4) fifteen undergraduate students were supported during the summer; and (5) twenty-eight pilot projects were supported. Taken together these dollars resulted in a plethora of published papers, many in high profile journals in the fields and directly impacted competitive extramural funding based on structural or computational biology resulting in 49 million dollars awarded in grants (Appendix I), a 600% return on investment by DOE, the State and University.