In 2007 CIS piloted the Science Educators´ Network for Professional Growth, or SEN, a program designed to train experienced classroom science teachers with the skills for providing professional development to their colleagues – classroom teachers from their schools, school districts, and across the Puget Sound region – to more effectively teach research-based science instructional materials in their classrooms. … More

In 2007, the Center provided research experiences for high school and undergraduate students. Both of these programs were designed to target female and under represented minorities in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields who are interested in careers in research. In 2007, the high school research experiences program was composed of 100% girls; the undergraduate research experiences program was composed of 25% girls and (another) 38% underrepresented minorities. … More

In collaboration with the Accelerator Corporation, Center Postdoctoral Fellowships help prepare scientists for leadership positions in entrepreneurial biotechnology. … More

In collaboration with Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the departments of Biochemistry and Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Washington (UW), Center Faculty have developed "Introduction to Systems Biology and Quantitative Approaches to Biomedical Sciences" for graduate students, offered at UW in the winter quarter. … More

We offer professional development courses attended by an interdisciplinary and international audience. In addition toIntroduction to Systems Biology and Proteomics Informatics Courses. … More

As a complement to the educational opportunities made, the Center hosts a series of ad hoc events for the purpose of contributing to a Systems Biology culture. Our goals are two-fold: we aim to contribute to the professional development of the research and administrative/support staff and promote the community values of education, cross-fertilization and collaboration within a cross-disciplinary environment. … More