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Fall 2019 FMN Announcement: Genome Solver Faculty Training in Basic Bioinformatics FMN

Entry #628: 18 Jun 2019; 4:30 pm; Comments off

Genome Solver - Faculty Training in Basic Bioinformatics

Are you feeling underprepared to deliver bioinformatics content to your students? Not sure how to develop lessons and implement them in the classroom? Are you looking for a Classroom-Based Undergraduate Research Project that you and your students can get involved in? Are you interested in microbial genomics? Then Genome Solver is the place for you!

We will teach you some basic tools and resources, all available for free, and most available on the web. We'll take a look "under the hood" to explain how the tools work, but no coding or scripting is required. This entry-level course can get you started in bioinformatics with a friendly community.

Join us in Fall 2019 for the Genome Solver Faculty Mentoring Network (FMN).

Applications are due August 1, 2019 Please visit https://qubeshub.org/community/groups/gsfmn for additional information and instructions on how to apply.

About the author

Deborah Rook

Deputy Director

Dr. Deborah Rook is an evolutionary biologist and paleontologist. She has a bachelor's degree in Biology and Evolutionary biology from Case Western Reserve University and a masters in Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology from Ohio State University, having studied evolutionary and ecological dynamics of Cenozoic mammals. For her PhD, she moved into Geoscience at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, focusing on dynamic interactions of the rock and fossil records. Biology education has always been a focus for her, having taught and studied pedagogical techniques throughout her graduate studies and beyond. She joined the QUBES team in September 2017 as the FMN Project Manager, where she is working with the Faculty Mentoring Networks to enhance student experiences with quantitative biology, and the Professional Development Manager as our opportunities expanded. Since September 2021, she moved to Deputy Director, where she continues to work in the professional development space but now also manages staff and assists the Executive Director with business aspects of the organization.