Bioinformatics Graduate Minor Program records

Collection

Identifier: 2012-0066

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection contains the administrative records of the Bioinformatics Graduate Minor Program. Contents include meeting minutes, letters of support, curriculum and faculty information, and reports on the program. This collection reflects the creation of the program in 2002, its transfer from its original home in the Medical School to the College of Biological Sciences in 2009, and the program's termination in 2012.

The collection also contains presentations on the program intended for potential graduate students, as well as copies of emails sent by the program director, Lynda Ellis, to faculty members in regards to status changes of the program.

Dates

Creation: 2001-2011

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

The digital files are available upon request for use in the Elmer L. Andersen Library reading room or for remote use. Please contact the University Archives to arrange access to these materials.

Conditions Governing Use

This collection may be protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code). It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and to obtain all necessary permissions prior to the reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials. Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law.

Biographical / Historical

The Graduate Minor in Bioinformatics was established in February 2002. Initially, the program was administered by the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology in the Medical School, and subject to Gradute School policies and procedures. The BI program offered interdisciplinary graduate training in bioinformatics, a research area that applies computer and information science to solve biological problems.

In 2009, the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology removed administrative support for the BI minor program. The administrative home of the program was transferred to the Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics in the College of Biological Sciences. The move was effective July 1, 2009.

The program terminated on July 1, 2012, following a vote by the BI faculty members to discontinue the program. When the BI program moved to the College of Biological Sciences, the College was also offering masters and doctoral degrees in Biomedical Informatics and Computational Biology (BICB). The similarities in the programs initially raised questions of a merger, but BI faculty ultimately decided on dissolution of the BI program.

Lynda Ellis served as the Director of Graduate Studies for the Graduate Program in Bioinformatics for the duration of the program's existence.