Project Overview
This project aimed to establish a sustainable computational biology culture in Asia by providing hands-on training, HPC access, and international networking through the "CompBio Asia" Advanced Studies Institute (ASI) and two satellite workshops in Indonesia and Bangladesh. The training model, derived from a similar NSF-funded initiative in the U.S., offered 90+ hours of formal and informal instruction in bioinformatics and computational biology to postgraduate and undergraduate students from TEIN beneficiary countries.
High priority was given to participants from LDCs and to gender equity, targeting 50% female representation. Students continued their research after the events using TEIN network-supported access to international HPC facilities. This model fostered collaboration, upskilled regional talent, and demonstrated potential for replication and long-term sustainability across Asia.
Training Workshops
🇹🇠CompBio Asia (Thailand)
🇮🇩 Indonesia Bioinformatics
🇧🇩 CompBio Bangladesh
Key Statistics
Partner Organizations
Lead & Academic Partners
- University Putra Malaysia (Lead)
- University of Montana, USA
- Perdana University, Malaysia
- University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
- University of Nottingham, UK
Research Institutions
- Bezmialem Vakif University, Turkey
- Bose Institute, India
- A*STAR Bioinformatics Center, Singapore
- National Biobank of Thailand
- Nusantara Plantation Research, Indonesia
Beneficiary Countries
- 🇲🇾 Malaysia
- 🇧🇩 Bangladesh
- 🇮🇳 India
- 🇧🇹 Bhutan
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
- 🇵🇰 Pakistan
- 🇳🇵 Nepal
- 🇰🇠Cambodia
- 🇱🇦 Laos
- 🇹🇠Thailand
- 🇻🇳 Vietnam
- 🇮🇩 Indonesia
Project Activities
HPC Provisioning
402,000 CPU hours offered via University of Montana and NSCC Singapore. 34,608 CPU hours utilized during the project duration for computational biology research.
Curriculum Development
Instruction modules and website development by independent experts. All materials made available online at compbioasia.org for continued learning.
Network Building
Established Slack community for ongoing collaboration and mentorship. Follow-up workshops like CompBio Asia 2023 in Singapore maintained momentum.
Quality Assessment
Comprehensive feedback collection through participant surveys. Achieved 100% recommendation rate across all workshops.
Capacity Building
Trained regional champions expected to mentor and organize future Advanced Studies Institutes across Asia.
Sustainable Development Goals
SDG 4
Quality Education - Providing advanced computational biology training and HPC access across Asia
SDG 5
Gender Equality - Targeting 50% female participation and promoting women in STEM fields
SDG 9
Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure - Building computational research capacity and HPC networks
SDG 17
Partnerships for the Goals - Fostering international collaboration in computational biology