This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. Dr. Morris' project is curriculum related. He proposes to develop a course that will cover an introduction to bioinformatics in a fresh and new venue. It will be aimed at non-computer science majors. The course will feature about a month of computer programming and software use. It will not be in the traditional computer science methodology but in a manner that will focus on results and not theory. For example, computer science courses typically spend several weeks teaching the theory behind several different sorting methods, analyze their speed and decide which one is best. In the proposed course, Dr. Morris plans to introduce the best one immediately and show the students how to use it without regard to why it works, thus presenting them with a new tool to analyze bio information that was previously unavailable to them. Dr. Morris also plans to spend some time on mathematics and mathematic symbols that the students might encounter as they prepare for future research. Incidental topics such as how to use LaTech, the preferred typesetting program of most scientists, will be addressed. A familiarity with databases and database searching tools such as SQL will be included. Other items will be incorporated to give the students access to BioInformatic and some foundations for later research in the sciences.
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