Bioinformatics
Programs Summary 2004Date
Compiled: June 2003
This
page summarizes the bioinformatics programs that are currently operating in the
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Institution |
Host Department |
Degrees Granted |
Degree Requirements |
Research Interests |
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The Sloan Foundation of Computational Biosciences,
Department of Life Sciences |
Professional MS |
30 credit hours of courses, 6 credits of internship, and 6
credit hours of professional development or advanced study. 42 credit hours
total. |
Mathematical biology, cell biotechnology, protein
structure and enzyme kinetics, genetic engineering issues |
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Department of Computer Science, Department of Biology |
BS of Informatics w/ Bioinformatics major |
124 credit hours required including Humanities, Computer
Science and Biology, and Mathematics and Chemistry. |
Natural language processing, parallel computation |
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Department of Bioinformatics |
MS, PhD |
MS: 32 credits required and internship. PhD: 64 credits
required and exam |
System biology, microarray
analysis, genomics and proteomic biotechnology, etc. |
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Office of Continuing Studies - practictioners
from outside Brandeis teach the certificate courses. |
MS Software Engineering/MS Bioinformatics Dual Degree;
Graduate Certificate in Bioinformatics |
MS: 3 core courses, with 7 electives chosen from a list.
45 credits total. Certificate: 1 core course (Statistics), and 4 electives
chosen from a list |
Pharmaceutical biotechnology, systems biology, protein
structure, genomics, proteomics, computational biology, functional genomics, microarrays |
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Department of Computer Science |
BS |
37 courses (128 credits) required. Full undergraduate
curriculum. |
N/A |
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Department of Biological Sciences |
BS Minor |
Biology, Genetics, Evolution, Biostatistics, 2 courses in
Bioinformatics |
Rare Plants, Invertebrate Neurophysiology, Viral Genetics,
Evolutionary Influences on Codon Usage |
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Department of Biomedical Informatics |
BA, MA (applied), MA (research), PhD |
MS (applied): 30 credits required, MS (research): Previous
PhD and 30 credits, PhD: 60 credits required |
Standards for encoding and sharing clinical guidelines,
diabetes informatics, clinical data mining |
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Drexel Biomed Integrated
Bioinformatics Program |
All degrees with Concentrations in Bioinformatics, BS, MS,
PhD |
BS: 2 core classes and senior thesis, MS: 4 required
classes, electives, and optional thesis, PhD: 4 required courses, electives,
and thesis. |
Cell adhesion and signaling, molecular profiling |
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Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology |
PhD; Certificate for PhDs in other departments at Duke |
PhD: Core classes, electives, graduate seminars,
rotations, and dissertation; Certificate: Four courses in bioinformatics and
seminars. |
No information available on specific research interests |
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Department of Computer Sciences |
MS in Computer Science w/Specialization |
15 credits of required CS classes, 9 electives, and option
of thesis |
N/A |
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Biological and Health Sciences Division, Computer
Technology and Information System Division |
Associate Degree; Career Certification |
53 credits for Associate Degree, 49 for Certificate |
N/A |
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MS in Biochemistry with emphasis in Bioinformatics |
9 courses specific to the bioinformatics track. Internships
are also possible. |
Developmental genetics, DNA replication in E. coli, DNA
damage, second messengers |
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School of Computational Sciences |
MS, PhD |
MS: 31 credit hours with master's thesis. PhD: 72 credits
total, 48 course credits and 24 credits of thesis research. |
Protein structure analysis, computational neuroscience,
biomedical genomics, data mining, human genetic variation, viral genomics |
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Multiple participating departments |
BS in Computer Science or Biology w/ concentration in
Bioinformatics or Dual BA in CS and Biology, MS in Genomics and
Bioinformatics with tracks in Biology or CS |
BS: 130 credit hours required along prescribed curriculum,
Dual BA: 132 credit hours required Biology MS: non-thesis option, 35 credits
required with a final project. Thesis option: 32 credits plus thesis. CS MS:
38 credits required. |
Phylogenetics, information systems, genomics and
proteomics of HIV and cardiovascular disease |
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MS, PhD in Biology w/Specialization and PhD in
Bioinformatics |
37 credits, three semesters of specific courses in
biology, mathematics, computer programming, and chemistry. |
Protein structure analysis, molecular genetic databases,
x-ray crystallography |
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Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology |
MS in Medical Informatics |
Core courses and thesis requirement |
Information processing in medicine, communication in
medicine. |
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Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology,
Medical Engineering and Medical Physics Program |
PhD |
Core courses and thesis requirement, interdisciplinary
courses among both schools. |
No information available on specific research interests |
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MS, PhD minor |
MS: 36 credits, 6 core credits, with thesis, PhD minor: 12
credits |
FlyBase/Drosophila research. |
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Departments of Informatics and Biology |
MS |
9 core credit hours, and then 21
credit hours of electives, culminating with 6 credit hours of work on
master's thesis. |
Intelligent systems, neural networks, bioinformatics, gene
regulation |
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Departments of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology,
Biology, Computer Science, Mathematics et al. |
PhD |
Courses in genetics, molecular biology, mathematics,
computer science, statistics and physics with interdisciplinary thesis. 72
credits are required |
Intelligent searching, data warehouses, analytical tools,
high performance computing in genomics |
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N/A |
Professional MS in Bioscience |
Two academic years of work, with internship over the
summer and master's paper |
Recombinant protein expression, biomaterials, molecular
computation |
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Departments of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer
Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Biology; and Biomedical
Engineering (MU), Bioinformatic and Biomedical
Research (UWM) |
MS |
Thesis: 24 credit hours required plus thesis. Non-thesis:
36 credit hours. Core courses required for both options. |
Development of systems to aid in the genomics, proteomic
research ongoing. |
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Department of Biometry and Epidemiology |
PhD track |
7 core courses with electives beyond that. Lab rotations
strongly encouraged. |
Computational science systems for analysis of biological
data, protein interactions, metabolic pathway identification |
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Department of Biological Sciences |
BS |
74 credits of bioinformatics work required. |
Immunology, microbial toxicology, comparative genomics |
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Department of Computer Science |
BS Concentration |
81 required credits in CS and biology |
N/A |
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Department of Continuing Professional Education |
Certificate |
4 courses - 3 core, 1 elective |
N/A |
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Statistical Genetics and Bioinformatics, Program in
Genomic Science |
MS, PhD |
MS: 33 credit hours: 15 Genomic Science, 9 Bioinformatics
Core, 9 Bioinformatics, with oral exam, non-thesis degree. PhD: 72 credit
hours: 15 Genomic Science, 9 Bioinformatics Core, 48 Bioinformatics and
thesis. |
Statistical genetics, molecular sequence analysis, genetic
mapping, microarray analysis, protein evolution,
quantitative genetics |
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Departments of Bioinformatics, Biology, Mathematics,
Computer Science, Pharmaceutical Science |
MS |
32 credits required. Core courses with electives,
internship required, some background in basic
disciplines can be filled in with extra work. |
No information available on specific research interests |
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Department of Biological Sciences |
MS Specialization; Certification |
30 credits required for MS with specialization, 16-17
required for certificate |
Arabidopsis BLAST searches, enzyme rate studies,
similarity matrices |
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Multiple participating departments |
MS |
3 core courses, seminar sequence, five electives, 3 units of independent research with one quarter spent in
an industrial setting, thesis required. |
No information available on specific research interests |
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Biophysics Program's Division of Computational Biology and
Molecular Biophysics |
PhD |
Programs are highly individual and are worked out with
your advisor. Thesis defense is required for completion of degree. |
Assembly and function of protein complexes, neural networks,
function of solute transporters in health and disease. |
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Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical
Epidemiology |
All degrees in Biomedical Informatics: MS (research) and
MS (professional), PhD; Graduate Certificate |
MS research: 60 credit hours required, with 48 credits of
course work distributed among four core areas, and 12 credits of thesis
research. MS professional: 52 credit hours required with Capstone Project.
Six credit on-campus requirement. Certificate: Eight courses required. |
Information needs and seeking of biomedical researchers,
information retrieval in genomics |
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School of Theoretical and Applied Science |
BS |
128 credits, 65 core credits with option for internship. |
Client-server applications, peptide synthesis methodology |
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BS, MS in Applied Science w/Concentration in
Bioinformatics, PhD in Biology w/Concentration in Bioinformatics |
Not on website |
Regulation of gene expression, protein folding and
structure, data mining, molecular simulations |
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Department of Computer Science |
MS in Computer Science w/ Concentration |
Specific courses listed on website. 14 courses required. |
No specific research mentioned. |
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Department of Biological Sciences |
BS and MS (professional) |
No specific information available. |
No specific research mentioned. |
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Rockefeller
University/New York University's Courant Institute |
No information |
PhD and MD/PhD |
N/A |
N/A |
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Department of Molecular Computational Biology |
PhD track |
No set number of credits beyond core courses. Individual
curriculums are determined upon admission |
Protein expression and structural genes, DNA topology,
evolutionary trees, discrete mathematics in biology |
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BS |
52 credits of core courses, with 13 elective credits
required in bioinformatics |
N/A |
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Department of Biomedical Informatics |
MS (academic), MS (online professional), MS (coterminal, Stanford UG's
only), PhD; Certification |
Projects required for MS, thesis for PhD, two years of
residence and completion of appropriate courses. |
Biomedical Informatics |
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Department of Chemistry |
MS Chemical Biology w/concentration; Certificate |
MS: 30 credits required; Certificate: 12 credits |
N/A |
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Department of Computer & Information Sciences |
Specializations for MS, PhD |
MS: 6 core credits, 9 elective, PhD: individualized
training to be worked out with your advisor. |
Medical informatics |
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College of Arts and Sciences |
BS |
N/A |
No information available on specific research interests |
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UC Berkeley Extension - Continuing Education |
Professional Sequence w/Certificate given |
4 courses in two possible sequences. |
Genetic engineering, Perl, Data Mining |
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Department of Biomedical Engineering |
MS and PhD in Biomedical Engineering with Track in
Bioinformatics |
MS: 32 credits, w/ 3 core courses, and thesis. PhD: 48
credits, w/ 4 core courses, and dissertation. |
DNA mechanics, mathematical modeling of pathways |
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Both the MS and PhD have research areas in Informatics in
Biology or Medicine |
Three core courses, plus at least 6 additional courses,
and courses to satisfy a breadth requirement. Other core courses required for
ICS school. |
Data mining, prediction of protein sequences, gene
expression data analysis |
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BS in Cybernetics w/Concentration in |
Biomathematics, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Statistics,
Computer Science et al. |
Statistics, Genomics, Computational Biology, Research |
Predicting membrane protein structure, analyses of genome
evolution, microarrays |
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Graduate Program in Genetics |
PhD in Genetics with track in Genomics/Bioinformatics |
N/A |
Plant gene expression, environmental stress tolerance,
population genetics |
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Departments of Biology, Biomedical Sciences, Computer
Science & Engineering, Mathematics et al. |
BS, PhD; also PhD in Neuroinformatics |
Biological Data and Analysis Tools, Sequence Analysis,
Genomic Analysis, Statistics areas, three quarters of work required |
Structure and evolution of proteins, Enzymes, genomics,
etc http://bioinformatics.ucsd.edu/faculty/index.htm |
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Graduate Program in Biological and Medical Informatics |
MS – only for those getting a second
health-related masters (or MS with PhD), and PhD |
36 credits required for MS, projects required for both MS
and PhD |
Protein structures, Computer imaging, etc
http://www.bmi.ucsf.edu/faculty.html |
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Currently under Department of Computer Engineering – moving to Department of Biomolecular
Engineering |
BS, MS and PhD |
Six core courses with three electives, optional
internship, 52 credits for MS, 56 for PhD, Thesis required for both MS and
PhD |
Gene finding, RNA detection techniques, proteomics |
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Department of Biomedical Engineering |
MS and PhD in Biomedical Engineering with Track in
Bioinformatics |
148 credits required over 3 years of work, with thesis |
Computational neuroscience, clinical applications of
bioinformatics |
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PhD track |
90 credits total: 45 credit hours of course work and 45
credits of thesis work |
Structure of proteins, computational biology, molecular
neurobiology, etc. |
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N/A |
BS minor |
15 credits and thesis required. |
N/A |
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Initiative for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies |
MS, PhD |
Core courses, depth courses, lab rotation, seminars,
teaching experience, and thesis required. MS: 32 credits, PhD: 78 credits. |
No information available on specific research interests |
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Department of Bioengineering |
MS, PhD |
36 credits minimum of specific courses in biochemistry,
mathematics, statistics, and bioengineering for MS, 96 credits for PhD.
Thesis required for both. |
Structural Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Neural
Engineering |
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MS Biotechnology Studies w/ Track |
36 credits, 24 of core courses. |
No information available on specific research interests |
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Department of Computer Science collaborating with Depts of Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and the |
Degrees in specified areas available with Bio/Cheminformatics Option: BS, MS, PhD |
BS: 120-124 credits depending on major, MS, PhD: 9 core
credit hours, 12 credits of course pairs, 9 elective credits |
Data mining, visualization of data, viral-host
interactions, protein composition |
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Department of Mathematical Sciences, Computer Science
Division |
MS Computer Science or Mathematical Sciences
w/Concentration |
With PhD: 30 credits, without: 33 credits required. Thesis
required for both. |
Computational biology and algorithms. |
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Center for Study of Complex Systems, |
MS, PhD |
MS: 31 credits of core courses and electives, with
internship required, non-thesis. PhD: 68 credits required with thesis and
exam. |
Tools for facilitating gene mapping, nanomolecular
modeling, transcription mechanism study, etc. |
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Department of Computer Science and Engineering |
MS minor, PhD minor |
Minor requires core courses, 9 credits for master's, 15
credits for doctoral minor. |
DNA repair mechanisms, quantitative genetics, biopolymers,
etc. |
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Department of Information Systems and Quantitative
Analysis, University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Pathology and
Microbiology |
MS and PhD in Pathology and Microbiology w/Special Track
in Bioinformatics |
MS: Eleven foundation biology, computational sciences
courses, core biological sciences, computational sciences, electives and
independent study. PhD: Similar requirements. |
Cost benefit analysis for systems, computer literacy |
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School of Information and Library Science (MS),
Departments of Biology, Biochemsitry, Biomedical
Engineering, Biostatistics, Genetics, Computer Science, et al (Phd) |
MS Certificate of Specialization, PhD Certificate of
Specialization |
MS: 38 credits of required classes in the 48 required for
a MLS/MIS with research rotation. Phd: Two research
rotations, one semester of teaching, core classes, and research presentation required, completion of Phd in
participating department. Possible internships. |
Structure and function relationships of proteins,
computational protein design, statistical genetics |
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Department of Computational Biology |
BS Biology, Computer Science, or Mathematics
w/Concentration, MS in Biotechnology w/Concentration, PhD in Genomics and
Computational Biology |
MS: 12 courses required. No information on PhD |
Evolutionary population genetics, mathematical tools to
map disease genes, multiple sequence alignments |
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Center for Biomedical Informatics |
Certification, MS in Biomedical Informatics
w/Concentration, PhD in Biomedical Informatics w/Concentration, Biomedical
Informatics Certificate Program |
MS: 44 credit hours, required core courses, electives, and
thesis. PhD: 71 credit hours, core courses, electives, thesis, and
significant research. Certificate: 15 credit hours |
Biomolecular sequence-structure-function
research, oncology informatics, medical simulations |
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Department of Biological Sciences |
PhD |
60 credits and thesis. |
Algorithm development, association mapping with SNPs, cancer genomics |
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MS |
41 credits, with 9 core classes and a thesis. |
No specific research mentioned. |
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Genomic Science and |
MS, PhD |
MS: Similar requirements with thesis at end. PhD: 26
credits minimum, with thesis. |
Microbial pathogenesis, mouse genomics, statistical
methods of gene annotation. |
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Graduate Program in Cell and Molecular Biology |
PhD track |
Two semester core course required along with electives,
and thesis. |
Bioorganic chemistry, mouse genetics, apoptosis, cellular
biosynthesis |
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Department of Biological Sciences |
Professional MS |
2 year, non-thesis program. Core courses required. |
Genome sequencing, bioluminescence, intelligent systems,
molecular mechanisms of pathogens |
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Departments of Biological Sciences, Chemistry &
Biochemistry, Math, Physics and Computer Science |
BS, MS |
22 credits core courses, electives beyond that. |
No specific research mentioned. |
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Department of Medical Education and Biomedical Informatics |
All degrees in Biomedical and Health Informatics; MS
(research and applied), PhD awaiting approval; Certification only available
for current students at |
MS Research: 60 credits minimum with thesis. MS Applied:
60 credits minimum with applied project. |
Clinical informatics, genetic data integration, public
health informatics, structural informatics |
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Department of Computer Science |
MS in Computer Science with Bioinformatics Track |
N/A |
No specific research mentioned |
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Computation and Informatics in Biology and Medicine |
Pre- and post-doctoral candidates |
9 credits minimum. |
Interdisciplinary research interests. |
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MS in Biomedical Informatics and PhD Concentration |
MS: 27-40 credits required with thesis. PhD: 33-46 credits
with teaching experience, and thesis. |
Clinical terminology systems, medical informatics, machine
learning, genetic expression of cancer genes. |
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Program in Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Computational
Biology |
PhD in Genetics, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
to be approved soon |
No specific information available. |
Computational control, statistic analysis of microarrays, functional genomics |
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Department of Computer Science |
BS in Computer Science w/Bioinformatics option, BS in
Biology w/Bioinformatics option |
CS: 195 credit hours required. Bio: 200 credit hours
required. |
Protein binding interactions, data mining, molecular
visualization, forensic analysis |
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Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry |
PhD |
Achieve competency in bioinformatics, biological sciences,
and informatics. Thesis required at end. |
Comparative genomics, data mining, macromolecular motions |
