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The Departments of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Microbiology &Tropical Medicine in cooperation with the Department of Computer Sciences at The George Washington University, with participating faculty from The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) together with The Children's National Medical Center (CNMC)and The National Institutes of Health (NIH) have established an exciting degree program (M.S. Degree in Genomics and Bioinformatics) in the areas of functional genomics which provides a basic understanding of genomics, proteomics, and bioinformatics. This was one of the first in the U.S. devoted exclusively to important genome-wide approaches to medicine and biology. The McCormick Genomics Center (MGC) at GW, named in honor of Dr. Catharine Birch McCormick, is dedicated to the study of the genomics of human disease and has been coordinating and facilitating gene-based research, education, diagnosis and therapeutic guidance. The mission of the MGC is to promote research, education, and clinical practice in the genomics and pharmacogenomics at GW. The faculty and the research laboratories of the Center serve as an intellectual resource for interdisciplinary research and training in genomics for this program. Genomics & proteomics just recently began to emerge as an intellectual discipline in the early 1990's. These two areas have already revolutionized the biological and biomedical sciences. New information provided by genomics of primitive organisms has radically altered our understanding about how eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms first diverged. Genomics & proteomics is providing new insights about the biodiversity of life on our planet. Because of its immediate and considerable impact, there have been heavy new demands placed on the workforce, leading to an absence of highly qualified individuals with training in the field. This particularly is true in the country and the Washington DC DNA alley area, where genomics/proteomics was developed and pioneered. There is a steady demand for individuals with this specialized training area biotechnology companies such as TIGR, Human Genome Sciences, MEDImmune, and Entremed, as well as all of the branches of the NIH, FDA, and other HHS related agencies. |
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Dr. Jack Vanderhoek
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