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The 800 MHz NMR also provides educational opportunities for the next generation of scientists through the Keck Center for Computational and Structural Biology. The Keck Center comprises a regional group of scholars from institutions including UH, Rice University, Baylor College of Medicine, and several health institutions in the University of Texas System. One of the center's missions is to train scientists who are at the interface of biology and computational sciences.

"In the past, our students in biology have received less mathematical training than students in other sciences, such as physics, chemistry and geology," Pettitt said. "In the past 20 years, though, biology has become more computable, and those students now need to know the same quantitative methods as other science students. It's a wonderful revolution, but it took our educational system somewhat by surprise, as did the demand by industry for students with this kind of training. So we established this center in order to educate students at this interface."

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9-May-2003