Hi, Tanya, Many thanks for taking the time to write this message. I do have at least one idea [1] that might fit well for this, but I wouldn't be able to participate--at least for this cycle. It is a very nice idea and I hope we could take advantage of it.
Thanks and regards Afif 1. https://lists.debian.org/debian-med/2016/07/msg00088.html على السبت 3 أيلول 2016 17:03، كتب merlettaia: > Hi All, > > I’m writing you in case if someone has a small research > bioinformatics-related project to this academic term and wishes to find > some smart student (or students) to do it. > > Our St.Petersburg’s local bioinformatics school (named Bioinformatics > Institute) provides 1-year study program in bioinformatics for > biologists and software developers (this year ~40 students applied). It > is additional education program, and combines lectures every Saturday > (except holidays) with 1 course project for fall and spring terms + > summer internship. > > For now they are looking mentors, who could provide projects and guide > students to do them. > > Project supervising can be done remotely, for example, via Skype or > email. It would be good if you could provide 1 hour per week. For > student study project should take approximately 10 hours per week. This > semester they start learning bioinformatics, and probably couldn’t do > too complex tasks (of course, it depends on student personality). > > > I should also mention that at my university (named “Academic > University”) this 1-year course is included to Master degree education > program. It means that some of this year’s students are studying at this > program now. > > Since this is a part of main education for them, this course project > means *a lot*. They'll be expelled if they do nothing useful. And that's > why they will do their best not too fail (there is also a very tough > selection to this MSc program and a very saturated program in fall > semester in 1st year of education - so please don't push too hard! 2nd > MSc program students are also interested in course projects - since in > fall they are usually starting to write their thesis and look for thesis > mentor - you may provide project for them also). > > Other students should be also good and most probably could communicate > in English (but you can interview them to be sure). > > Here are basic projects requirements: > > * > > for 1 student, or for a team (1 student with biological + 1 with > software development or CS background) > > * > > project can be done for 3 months > > * > > not very difficult project where you can guide > > * > > educational :) > > I believe there is no fee for mentoring, scholarship for students is > fully optional (in most cases there is no scholarships). But I may be > wrong, because I haven’t tried mentoring before - for sure it is never > mentioned in registration forms for mentors or elsewhere :) > > Projects will be announced at September, 17th. Mentors wish to see them > by September, 10th. > > If you are interested, you can write to team (at) > bioinformaticsinstitute.ru <http://bioinformaticsinstitute.ru> to ask > for details and describe your project. They have a Google Doc for > project descriptions, but for now it is available only in Russian, I > think if you’ll just write them and describe your project it will be ok > (or I can give you a link to it). > > > I could also help you while mentoring since I live in St.Petersburg and > can go at that school at Saturday to find your student and try to > persuade him/her not to be lazy :) Or even I can help them with some > basic knowledge and/or coding - if you’ll decide to provide something > related to structural bioinformatics, I’ll be happy to be involved =) > > > -- > Regards, > Tanya. > > P.S. - I've also told this school's mentors about Outreachy internships > program, but not sure if they'll decide to mention it. Some of my > friends know about it and they are interested in bioinformatics-related > projects. Andreas, I hope you are reading and will use this knowledge > for a great good :) > P.-P. S. - I just thought that it might help some of you to accelerate > your work or research. That's why I finally decided to write this. -- Afif Elghraoui | عفيف الغراوي http://afif.ghraoui.name