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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN
class=115241617-30122001><EM>Congratulations on your CS
degree. </EM></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN
class=115241617-30122001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN
class=115241617-30122001><EM>This link may be helpful to you: <A
href="http://www.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk/GenomeWeb/docs-bioinf-course-info.html">http://www.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk/GenomeWeb/docs-bioinf-course-info.html</A></EM></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN
class=115241617-30122001></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT color=#0000ff face="Comic Sans MS" size=2><SPAN
class=115241617-30122001>It seems to me that there are three broad areas of
study: 1) information technology for bioinformatics, 2) computer science
for bioinformatics, 3) predictive biosimulations.</SPAN></FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=115241617-30122001></SPAN><FONT size=2><FONT
face=Tahoma><EM><SPAN class=115241617-30122001><FONT color=#0000ff
face="Comic Sans MS">1) seems to be about how to use existing products ie
Oracle 9 to manage bohunkin' (that's a technical term: HUGE) databases for
sequencing etc projects</FONT></SPAN></EM></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><EM><SPAN class=115241617-30122001></SPAN><FONT size=2><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><SPAN class=115241617-30122001>2) seems
to be about what's the best algortihm or method for figgerin' where the protein
needle is in this sequence haystack</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><SPAN class=115241617-30122001></SPAN><FONT size=2><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><SPAN class=115241617-30122001>3) to me
is where it all comes together. i confess to physics envy: how do we
use all this data to predict disease and successful
therapy?</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><SPAN
class=115241617-30122001></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></EM> </DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><SPAN
class=115241617-30122001>I'm a fan of what these people are doing and how they
are doing it: <A
href="http://www.cse.ucsc.edu/research/compbio/">http://www.cse.ucsc.edu/research/compbio/</A></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><SPAN
class=115241617-30122001></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></EM> </DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><SPAN
class=115241617-30122001>This guy, <A
href="http://www.cse.ucsc.edu/~kent/">http://www.cse.ucsc.edu/~kent/</A>, in
addition to having godlike cognitive abilities and a saint-like philosophy
regarding credit and sharing his work, would probably spare you an email to give
you good advice based on what you h</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></EM><EM><FONT
size=2><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><SPAN
class=115241617-30122001>ave specifically done, what you think you want to do,
and what the community as a whole needs
done.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></EM></DIV>
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class=115241617-30122001></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></EM> </DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><SPAN
class=115241617-30122001>Please let me know if you might be interested in
project-based opporuntities during your academic
interphase.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><SPAN
class=115241617-30122001></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></EM> </DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><SPAN
class=115241617-30122001>Best regards!</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><SPAN
class=115241617-30122001></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></EM> </DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><SPAN
class=115241617-30122001>Greg Deocampo - CEO, Applied Biocomputing
Incorporated aka Tekadence Incorporated.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><SPAN
class=115241617-30122001> 323 252
3863</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></EM></DIV>
<DIV><EM><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><SPAN
class=115241617-30122001> 2175 Hercules Drive, Los Angeles, CA
90046</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></EM></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=115241617-30122001> </SPAN>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
bio_bulletin_board-admin@bioinformatics.org
[mailto:bio_bulletin_board-admin@bioinformatics.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Gabriel
Eichler<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, December 23, 2001 11:35 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
bio_bulletin_board@bioinformatics.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [BiO BB] Graduate
Programs In Bioinformatics<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I recently completed a computer
science degree from the </SPAN></FONT><st1:place><st1:PlaceType><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">University</SPAN></FONT></st1:PlaceType><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> of
</SPAN></FONT><st1:PlaceName><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Pennsylvania</SPAN></FONT></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><FONT
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> and I am
currently applying to graduate schools in Bioinformatics. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I was wondering if people could comment
on the different programs in the
</SPAN></FONT><st1:country-region><st1:place><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">United
States</SPAN></FONT></st1:place></st1:country-region><FONT face=Arial
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> and perhaps compare
some of the major differences or highlights between
them<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Thank
you,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Gabriel
Eichler<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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