1. Southern California Bioinformatics Summer Institute Wendie Johnston, Beverly Krilowicz, Jamil Momand, Sandra Sharp, Nancy Warter-Perez

2. Today Introduction to SoCalBSI Momand, Warter-Perez, Johnston, Sharp Pre-program evaluation-Momand Andrew Clark Campus tour-Ronnie Cheng Golden Eagle cards, NIS accounts Lunch Molecular biology review/Computer programming review

3. SoCalBSI Mission To identify and educate college students for successful careers in bioinformatics Part of NSF-NIH BBSI Project Grant number EEC-0609454

4. Goals of SoCalBSI 1) Software programs 2) Programming skills 3) Career counseling 4) Research experience 5) Professional development 6) Professional relationships

5. Core Bioinformatics  Literature Searching  NCBI Model  Scoring Matrices  Dynamic Programming  Global vs. Local Sequence Alignment  Multiple Sequence Alignment  Molecular Life Science Databases  Protein Modeling  Microarrays  Proteomics Ethics  Privacy  Security  Human Genome Molecular Life Science  Central Dogma  Molecular Basis of Disease  DNA Primary Sequence  Protein Primary, Secondary, Tertiary Structure  Molecular Evolution  Signal Transduction Computer Science  Structured Programming  Data Structures  Algorithms  Complexity Analysis  Software Engineering Statistics  Probability Theory  Hidden Markov Chain  Bayes’ Theory  Expect Value  Rule of Counting

6. Achievement of Program Goals B. Krilowicz Project Evaluation -Research Seminar Speakers: -A. Levine -P. Sternberg - Student Recruitment -WebPage Dev/Maint -Speaker Travel -Scheduling -Student Housing -Student Stipends Coordination of Research Mentors: BioDiscovery CSULA Caltech City of Hope HMRI UCLA USC Allergan House Ear Institute JPL S. Sharp Research Training N. Warter-Perez Didactic Training W. Johnston Professional Development Program Coordinator Ronnie Cheng J. Momand S. Sharp Special Topics Instructors: -R. Johnston

7. Who are you? 7 Males, 3 Females 2 graduate students and 8 undergraduates 4 from CA, 6 from outside CA

8. Open hours Lectures/Workshops 9-12, 1-4 Computer Workstations in Open Lab open from 8 am – 8 pm M-F Eating on campus-Yes Campus Escort Service (323) 343-3700 WiFi hot spots in dormitories, library, eateries.

9. Course logistics Course Website (SoCalBSI)SoCalBSI Bioinformatics manual on-line Power point presentations In-class workshops References

10. Questions?