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Schedule Details

Bootcamp is held in the week prior to the start of Fall classes, from September 15, 2025 to September 19, 2025. Lunch will be provided each day.

Please note the schedule is actively being developed and is subject to change.

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Module
Program Information
Social Event
Break
Other

Monday, September 15, 2025

Opening Remarks

9:30 AM-10:30 AM
Terry Gaasterland, BISB Program Chair

Welcome to the BISB/BMI graduate program! Our program directors will provide an overview of the Bioinformatics and Systems Biology graduate program.

BISB Administrative Overview

10:45 AM-12:00 PM
Location: MET 204
Terry Gaasterland, BISB Program Chair

Lunch

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

UAW Union Presentation

1:00 PM-1:30 PM
Location: MET 204

Understanding Virtual Environments

1:30 PM-2:30 PM

How to choose an advisor/international student breakouts

2:30 PM-3:30 PM

Mini module: Course Recommendation

3:30 PM-4:00 PM

Tuesday, September 16, 2025

DBMI Intro

9:30 AM-9:45 AM
Amy Sitapati, DBMI Director

For our BMI students, welcome! Dr. Amy Sitapti will introduce the Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) at UCSD. Researchers from BISB and BMI often get to work together so this a great opportunity for both BISB and BMI students to learn more about the DBMI.

Introduction to Stats

9:45 AM-10:30 AM

Module 4: Introduction to Machine Learning

10:30 AM-11:30 AM

Lunch

11:30 AM-1:00 PM

Wednesday, September 17, 2025

PhD-Level Scientific Communication

9:30 AM-10:30 AM

Module 5: Bioinformatics Problem Sets

10:30 AM-11:30 AM

In this module, you and a partner will be given a relatively simple problem to solve from the Rosalind Bioinformatics Project’s textbook track and bioinformatics stronghold track. By the end of this module, you should: 1. Have a working solution for your problem prepared! 2. Have a short slide (in this presentation) explaining your code along with a fun fact about yourselves!

Mental Health in Graduate School

11:30 AM-12:00 PM

Lunch

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Module 6: Data Science (AI & Plotting)

1:00 PM-2:00 PM

Getting Paid: Predoctoral Fellowships

2:00 PM-3:00 PM

Thursday, September 18, 2025

Module 7A: Software - Part 1

9:30 AM-10:45 AM

Module 7B: Software - Part 2

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

Lunch

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

DEI at UCSD and BISB

1:00 PM-1:30 PM

Intro to NGS and Benchwork

1:30 PM-2:30 PM

The BISB Guide to San Diego

2:30 PM-3:30 PM

Friday, September 19, 2025

Module 9: Reproducible Bioinformatics

10:00 AM-11:00 AM

Module 10: Formulating a Scientific Question

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

GBIC Reps

12:00 PM-12:30 PM

Lunch + Exit Survey + Picture + T-Shirts

12:30 PM-1:45 PM