NSF Org:	DUE Division Of Undergraduate Education
Recipient:	UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
Initial Amendment Date:	June 30, 1999
Latest Amendment Date:	June 30, 1999
Award Number:	9950689
Award Instrument:	Standard Grant
Program Manager:	Virginia Carter vccarter@nsf.gov  (703)292-4651 DUE  Division Of Undergraduate Education EDU  Directorate for STEM Education
Start Date:	July 15, 1999
End Date:	June 30, 2002 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount:	$319,710.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date:	$319,710.00
Funds Obligated to Date:	FY 1999 = $319,710.00
History of Investigator:	Eric Jakobsson (Principal Investigator) jake@ncsa.uiuc.edu Bertram Bruce (Co-Principal Investigator) Scott Lathrop (Co-Principal Investigator) Samuel Donovan (Co-Principal Investigator) Raul Zaritsky (Co-Principal Investigator)
Recipient Sponsored Research Office:	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 506 S WRIGHT ST URBANA IL  US  61801-3620 (217)333-2187
Sponsor Congressional District:	13
Primary Place of Performance:	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 506 S WRIGHT ST URBANA IL  US  61801-3620
Primary Place of Performance Congressional District:	13
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI):	Y8CWNJRCNN91
Parent UEI:	V2PHZ2CSCH63
NSF Program(s):	TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAM, CCLI-EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS DEV
Primary Program Source:	app-0499
Program Reference Code(s):	7427, 9177, 9178, SMET
Program Element Code(s):	734800, 742700
Award Agency Code:	4900
Fund Agency Code:	4900
Assistance Listing Number(s):	47.076

ABSTRACT

The products from this project include: 1) the Biology Student Workbench, an educational front-end to the powerful suite of bioinformatics tools comprising the Biology Workbench,; and 2) a set of inquiry-based curricular materials based on use of the workbench. The Biology Student Workbench brings the advanced computational infrastructure used by today's scientists to any student desktop machine with a web browser. The basis of this new tool for undergraduate students and faculty, the Biology Workbench (http://bioweb.ncsa.uiuc.edu/), provides researchers a suite of interactive tools based on a number of biology databases including: sequence bioinformatics; computational studies of biological membranes; a database of neuronal pattern analysis; and a computational environment for studying ion movement in biological systems. The site has been used to: compare molecular sequences; visualize and manipulate molecular structures; and generate phylogenetic hypotheses (Kaiser, 1998). This access to a multiplicity of research analysis tools and data sources provides a rich environment for promoting student inquiry as exemplified by the eight curricular modules developed for student use: biodiversity/conservation, genology/phylogeny, molecular basis for disease, drug design, phylogenetic probes, environmental remediation, developmental biology, and agricultural applications.

Please report errors in award information by writing to: awardsearch@nsf.gov.