MITACS and the CIHR/MSFHR Strategic Training Program in Bioinformatics collaborating to develop algorithms to further health research

MITACS and the CIHR/MSFHR Strategic Training Program in Bioinformatics have agreed to collaborate on the research project - "Improving genome annotation, molecular structure and interaction prediction: an algorithmic study of biomolecular functions".

Computational methods have transformed biological research.   The ability to computationally predict the structure of proteins and to design molecules with particular structures will be important for many health research applications. The program's students, who have both computational and biological training, will be a good fit for this research project.

The Bioinformatics Training Program has agreed to provide funding for this project, and in return, MITACS will offer 6- 4 month research training projects to the program's students. Students will contribute significantly to the advancement of these projects, while having the opportunity to learn advanced techniques in computer modeling and algorithm development under the direction of leading computational scientists.   This exciting initiative will aid in the development of new tools available to scientists in furthering health care research in Canada .