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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Dear Colleagues,</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">The following survey has been created to assess the skills requirements necessary to find employment in the field of bioinformatics. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Please assist us and complete the survey at the following link: </FONT><A HREF="http://bioinformatics.bioengr.uic.edu/survey/"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman">http://bioinformatics.bioengr.uic.edu/survey/</FONT></U></A><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> </FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">The survey takes only a few minutes to complete. Your responses to this survey are critical in assessing the near-term skills requirements of this growing industry. We plan to use the findings from this survey to guide new curriculum development for the BiTmaP program. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">All respondents can elect to receive an emailed summary of the report findings. We also plan to post the summary report on the bioinformatics.org site. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Best regards,</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Ann Reed</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Franklin Gothic Book">Director, BiTmaP: Bioinformatics Training Program</FONT>
<BR><U></U><A HREF="file://www.BiTmaPchicago.com"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Franklin Gothic Book">www.BiTmaPchicago.com</FONT></U><U></U></A><U></U><U></U><U></U><U></U>
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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">BiTmaP is tuition-free online bioinformatics certificate training program sponsored by the U.S. Dept. of Labor, the Chicago Technology Park and the University of Illinois at Chicago.</FONT></P>
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