Cracking the (bio)Code: How to Start a Research Career in Computational Biology

Friday, October 17, 2014: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
LACC 405 (Los Angeles Convention Center)
Chair:
Tracy Heath, PhD, Assistant Professor (2015), Iowa State University
Presenters:
Emilia Huerta-Sanchez, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of California, Merced , Felipe Zapata, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher, Brown University and Conner Sandefur, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Description: In this session, we will discuss how computational skills can enhance research in biology, describe the skills needed to start a research career in computational biology, and illustrate the workflow of a research question from beginning to end and what tools/skills are needed to get there.