Programming for Biology

Last week I had the pleasure of acting as a teaching assistant for the Programming for Biology course at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. As I worked for 13 years at CSHL before joining UA, it was nice to get back to the campus and see old friends. It was either my third or fourth time to participate in the course — I’ve lost count over the years. My first boss at CSHL, Lincoln Stein, created the course, and it’s now run by Simon Prochnik and Sofia Robb. I was honored that they asked me to help out again, and, as usual, I was highly impressed by the course organization and the high caliber of the students. Bonnie and I have aspirations to create a similar course at UA.