A bioinformatics track with outreach components

Authors:
Mingrui Zhang;Chi-Cheng Lin;Gayle Olsen;Barbara Beck
Affiliations:
Winona State University;Winona State University;Winona State University;Rochester Community and Technical College
Venue:
Proceedings of the 12th annual SIGCSE conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education
Year:
2007

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Abstract

Bioinformatics is a discipline that uses computational tools and computer technologies to model, analyze, present, and visualize biological data. In this paper, we discuss the design of a bioinformatics track within the computer science curriculum at Winona State University's Rochester campus. We also developed a bioinformatics course and used it as a mechanism for computer science outreach. Our outreach program is designed to target 6th to 12th grade science teachers and help them develop K-12 science projects with bioinformatics components.