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Bongsoo Park
Ph.D program in Integrative Biosciences
Bioinformatics and Genomics option
The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
The Pennsylvania State University
312 Buckhout Lab, University Park, PA 16802, USA
Ph.D Advisors & Commitee members
- Evolutionary Genomics
- Functional Genomics
- Computational Genomics
- Plant Pathology and Statistics
Intro & Research Interests
Computational Biologist, Academic Careers
Thinker, Dreamer, Blogger
and Friend of yours! My Facebook Page 
I will be a storyteller and genome scientist to contribute to society. It will be a positive influence on the science education.
For example, I hope that I will be writing a beautiful scientific fiction, so many kids would have dream to be good scientists.
I finished my B.S in Applied Biology & Chemistry and B.A in Information & Cultural studies at Seoul National University in South Korea.
After arrival in U.S., I've been recognized as expertise at designing and constructing cyber-infrastructure platform for the scientific communities.
Genome sequence analyses are mega-trend in life science researches, and I've learned about bioinformatics and genomics at Pennsylvania State
University. Currently, I'm a graduate research fellow in USDA-NRI Plant Biosecurity program (2006-2011).
Bioinformatics & Genomics Books
Involved projects(2004-2010)
I have involved in multiple projects as scientific programmer and database administrator since 2004.
- Global Phytophthora Networks
| Toward the goal of enhancing our ability to detect, diagnose, monitor, and manage Phytophthora diseases, we have been systematically cataloging genotypic and phenotypic data of Phytophthora spp. in a web-based database that can be easily accessed and utilized by the global community of plant health professionals. |
| The long-term goal of CiF is to build a community resource that supports the archiving, integration and utilization of data from diverse areas of Fusarium research, ranging from genomics, phylogenetics, and population genetics to epidemiology. |
- Comparative Fungal Genomics Platform (2008 NAR DB)
- SNUGB (Seoul National University Genome Browser)
- Phyloviewer (Web-based Phylogenomics Platform)
- IMGD (Insect Mitochondria Genome Database)
- FCPD (Fugal Cytochrome P450 Database)
- LIMS (Lab Information Management System)
- Departmental Blog System at Penn State
- Wikipedia for Plant Pathology
- Cultural studies for Genome Sciences
| Genome will be major keyword in near future because life scientists are interested in genetic information and many people also are interested in their genomes. As growing number of genome sequencing projects, it will impact the culture of society in the forms of movies, comics, games, and designs. It will likely to change our life style someday. |
Ph.D course works(2008-2010)
| Integrative Biosciences | Integrative Biosciences Colloquium (Dr. Pamela J. Mitchell) Bioinformatics and Genomics Journal Club (Dr. John E. Carlson) Ethics in the Life Sciences (Dr. John W. Hanold) Thesis Research (Dr. Seogchan Kang) |
| Biology | Molecular Evolution (Dr. Katrina Makova) Genomics (Dr. Ross Hardison) Bioinformatics I (Dr. Webb Miller) Systems Biology (Dr. Reka Albert) |
| Statistics | Applied Statistics (Dr. Mosuk Chow) Sampling Methods (Dr. Mosuk Chow) Regression Methods (Dr. Andrew Wiesner) Bioinformatics II (Dr. Yu Zhang) |
| Plant Pathology | Microbe-Plant Interactions (Dr. Frederick E. Gildow) Fundamentals of Phytopathology (Dr. Maria Jimenzes Gasco) Biology of Fungi (Dr. David M. Geiser) Epidemiology of Plant Diseases (Dr. Seogchan Kang) |
| Computer and Information Sciences(Undergrad) |
Computer Programming, Database, Data Structure, Web Programming, Engineering Mathmatics, Discrete Mathmatics, Human Computer Interaction, Virtual Reality, Mobile Computing, Mass Communication, Information Society, Visual Communication, Educational Technology, Agricultural Information System |
Presentations(2009-2010)
Presentation : (2/4)
Colloquium Presentation 2009 Fall Bongsoo
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University Park(2006-2010)
(University Park Campus)
- PP(Peter Park, Nickname)
- PP(Plant Pathology, Working place)
- PP(Pattee & Paterno Library, It's nice place to study at Penn State.) ^^*
- PP(Perl,PHP & Python, Oh these are the computer languages I've used mainly.) ^^;
- PP(Passion & Patience, I need to have more passion & patience.)
- PP(Prayer & Prayer)
"In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps." - Proverbs 16:9