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Activities - Centers for Cancer Systems Biology
Broad Institute/Dana Farber
Contact: Jesse Boehm
1. Developing and disseminating advanced yet accessible computational tools, Website
2. Hands-on training at the interface of cancer biology and computational science
Full- and half-day hands-on software workshops
2-week long experimental workshop for computational scientists (year 2/3)
3. Producing and disseminating videos for the research community and general public
4. Sponsor high-school students and post-docs from underrepresented backgrounds
Columbia University
Contact: Richard Friedman
friedman@cancercenter.columbia.edu
Georgetown University
Contact: Leena Hilakivi-Clarke
1. Workshop on “Systems Biology in Cancer Research” for GU graduate school MS, MD and PhD students
2. Finalize developing “Systems Biology” track for our existing Tumor Biology MS program
3. Train MS and PhD students at GU who rotate in Clarke, Weiner and Hilakivi-Clarke labs in systems biology approaches
4. Computational Cell Biology program at Virginia tech will offer a short course in mathematical modeling ("Network Dynamics and Cell Physiology") for GU students
5. Offer Electrical and Computer Engineering or Computational Cell Biology students from Virginia Tech (our U54 partner institute) hands-on laboratory internship at the Department of Oncology at GU
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
Contact: Claire Tomlin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Contact: Bruce Tidor
Education
1. Interdisciplinary PhD Programs (Biological Engineering; Computational and Systems Biology)
2. Coursework to Support Interdisciplinary Graduate Education (span Departments)
“Algorithms in Computational Systems Biology”
“Analysis of Biomolecular and Cellular Systems”
“Biomolecular Kinetics and Cellular Dynamics”
“Cancer Biology”
“Chemical Tools for Assessing Biological Function”
“Eukaryotic Cell Biology”
“Foundations of Computational Systems Biology”
3. Short Tutorials
“Analysis of Gene Expression Patterns”
“Introduction to Genome and Protein Sequence Analysis”
“Systems Biology Network Modeling (KroneckerBio)” Large Multivariate Data Sets (Datarail)”
Website: http://web.mit.edu/icbp/education
Outreach
Within MIT
1. Weekly Supergroup Meeting
2. Retreat with External Advisory Board
3. Program-wide Meetings each Semester
4. Seminars
Within Program
5. Program-wide Investigator’s Meetings
6. Junior Investigator’s Meetings
Global
7. Summer Undergraduate Research Program
8. SACNAS and Related Recruiting Meetings
9. Organization of International Meetings (often with Boston-area systems biology community)
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Contact: Joao Xavier
1. CCSB monthly seminar series (current)
2. Bioinformatics and Programming Walk-in Clinics (current)
3. Cancer Systems Biology graduate classes (current)
4. Systems Biology lecture at The City College of New York (CCNY) (planned)
5. Workshop on Cancer Systems Biology in collaboration with other Northeast ICBP (proposed)
Methodist Hospital Research Institute (Baylor)
Contact: Michael Lewis
1. Salary support for two multidisciplinary postdoctoral trainees under the education component
2. Biweekly R&D workshop
3. Summer undergraduate research program
4. Center web site
Ohio State University
Contact: Pearlly Yan
1. Tutorial entitled “Epigenomics and Cancer” at BIBM2010 conference (Dec. 18-21, 2010). Data presented in this tutorial are generated by our ICBP center.
Sage Bionetworks
Contact: Jonathan Izant
St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center
Contact: Heiko Enderling
1. Internal Seminar Series
2. Spring/Fall Public Evening Lectures
recorded and posted on the website with speaker’s approval.
3. Annual workshop on specific topic in cancer systems biology (July 25-28, 2011 on tumor dormancy)
4. Summer science camp for 5th graders (tentative for next summer)
5. ICBP Summer Research Program (for undergraduates)
6. Website
Stanford University
Contact: Andrew Gentles
1. Internal CSB Seminar Series
2. Undergrad/Grad course systems biology (next spring)
3. Workshop next spring (May ?)
Vanderbilt University (CCSB@V)
Contact: Lourdes Estrada
lourdes.estrada@vanderbilt.edu
1. Cancer Systems Biology Graduate Course –
2. Internal Seminar Series
recorded and posted on the website with speaker’s approval.
3. Annual Center Retreats
4. Hands-on Workshops – summer 2012 if we can secure funds.
5. Undergraduate Summer Research Program
6. Pilot Exchange Program with High School Math Teachers
7. Website
