Date Compiled: June 2006
University |
Degrees |
Department(s) |
Degree Requirements |
Sampling of Research Interests |
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Professional MS with bioinformatics-genomics track |
The Sloan Foundation of Computational Biosciences in
the Department of Life Sciences |
30 credit hours of courses, 6 credits of internship,
and 6 credit hours of professional development or advanced study. 42
credit hours total. |
Computational algorithms for the effective
utilization of imaging modalities (e.g., PET) in the study of Alzheimer's
Disease. The design of efficient, scalable algorithms for image deformation,
reconstruction, and quantitative analysis (with Computer Science and |
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PhD - Structural and Computational Biology and
Molecular Biophysics, MD/PhD |
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PhD: Collection of program-specific coursework,
graduate school core curriculum, lab rotations, qualifiying exam, thesis MD/PhD:
first 2 years of med school (includes clinical clerkship), followed by grad school
coursework, lab rotations, thesis completion finishing with final year of med
school. |
The faculty research activities include development of structural and computational techniques, protein design and engineering, biophysical chemistry of macromolecules, membrane biophysics, neuroscience and genome informatics,quantitative and physical approaches to molecular and cell biology, biophysics, genomics, proteomics, neuroscience, nanobiology, molecular design, drug design, and medicine |
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BS of Informatics w/ Bioinformatics major |
Department of Computer Science, Biology Department |
124 credit hours required including Humanities and
Social Science, Computer Science and Biology, and Mathematics and Chemistry. |
Unsupervised learning methods, automation of learning, especially in the applications knowledge discovery in science, such as bioinformatics and astrophysics; interplay among routing services, transport protocols, and information dissemination problem domains |
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Ph.D. degree in Biology with
Bioinformatics/Computational Biology track |
Biology Department |
Minimum curriculum for Ph.D. students consists of
four Graduate Core Courses (BI611 Advanced Genetics, BI612 Graduate
Biochemistry, BI614 Graduate Molecular Biology, BI615 Advanced Cell Biology,
and BI616 Graduate Bioinformatics); five additional Biology-approved Graduate
Elective Courses (e.g., BI500+, BI800+), at least three of which must be
Graduate Seminars (e.g., BI800+); and a seminar on Responsible Conduct of
Research and Professional Development, (BI880). Comprehensive examination,
dissertation. |
Study of genetic variations, human population and medical genetics (Prof. Gabor Marth), comparative genomics and gene regulation (Prof. Jeff Chuang), and computational RNA and protein structure predictions (Prof. Peter Clote). |
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Department of Bioinformatics |
MS: 32 credits required and internship. MD Track: 32 credists required
and thesis. PhD: (Post-Bachelor's) - 64 credits required and exam (32
course credits, 16 research credits); (Post-Master's) 32 credits required (16
course credits, 16 research credits) and exam (For all: no lower than
"B" in core courses) |
Computational modeling of regulatatory and metabolic networks, docking, comparative genomics, protein design, genomic and proteomic biotechnology, microarray engineering and analysis, pharmacogenomics, structural biology, large scale modeling of biological systems, RNA, computational studies of cancer and neurological disorders and functional genomics, synthetic gene networks and molecular computing and genetics |
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MS Bioinformatics, Graduate Certificate in
Bioinformatics |
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MS: 36 credits; Certificate: 21 credits. All
include core courses and courses in programming, scripting language and database
management. |
List of faculty and research at http://www.brandeis.edu/facguide/department?deptid=2 |
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MS Degree program in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics
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Biology Program |
33-34 units total, bioinformatics emphasis (18 units
(9 courses)) |
No specific research available on webpage |
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BS |
Department of Computer Science |
37 courses (128 credits) required. Full
undergraduate curriculum. |
Artificial Intelligence (Logic, Knowledge Representation, Reasoning, Natural Language Understanding, Robotics), Cognitive Science, Computer Science Education, Bioinformatics. |
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BS Minor |
Department of Biological Sciences |
Biology, Genetics, Evolution, Biostatistics, 2
courses in Bioinformatics |
Rare Plants, Neurophysiology, Microbial Pathogenesis, Viral Genetics, Evolutionary and Ecological Genetics |
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MA, PhD- both degrees in Biomedical Informatics with
option of concentration in Bioinformatics |
Department of Biomedical Informatics |
MA: 30 credits required, oral exam; PhD: 60 credits, comp exam,
dissertation, seminar presentation on research; an oral presentatiom; a dissertation. |
Standards for encoding and sharing clinical guidelines, diabetes informatics, clinical data mining |
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BS in Biomedical Informatics |
Technology - Biomedical Informatics |
126 credits (largest concentration in Biomedical and
Healthcare Informatics: 28 credits, Programming: 19 credits,
Mathematics and Sciences: 16 credits) |
No specific research mentioned. |
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Undergraduate minor
program, MS-both degrees have concentrations in bioinformatics; PhD in
Integrated Bioinformatics |
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Undergraduate minor: 2 core classes and 2 senior
research project courses, MS and PhD: No specific requirements available on
webpage |
Medical and biomedical sensors, Three-dimensional
tissue engineering, Biomedical |
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PhD in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (CBB) |
Duke Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy |
Core classes, electives, exams, graduate seminars,
rotations, and dissertation |
Computational & discrete geometry, computational biology, spatial databases, robotics, developmental biology, list at http://cbb.genome.duke.edu/faculty |
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Both in bioinformatics: graduate Professional Science
Master's, and a Graduate Certificate. |
Mulitple participating departments: departments of Biology,
Chemistry, Computer Science and Mathematics in the |
M.S.:requires 34-36 credit hours of work; Certificate: requires 18
credit hours of course work spanning the fields that make up the Masters
subjects. The certificate can be used as a gateway to the MS program for
students who may not be certain they want the MS degree. |
No specific research available on website |
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MS, PhD in Computer Science w/Specialization |
Department of Computer Science |
MS-15 credits of required CS classes and 15 electives
or 9 electives, and option of thesis; PhD- 6 required CS classes, 6
electives, 24 dissertation credits, 2 credit hours of seminar |
Pattern Discovery in sequences and structures, micro-array data analysis, primer and probe design, phylogenetic analysis, image processing - conducted by BioRG |
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MS/PhD in Biomedical Mathematics |
Department of Mathematics |
MS: 36 hours of coursework and seminars PhD: MS
degree requirements, comp exam, dissertation |
Mathematical physiology, protein structure determination, human brain mapping, DNA topology |
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Associate Degree, Career Certification |
Biological and Health Sciences Division
(BIO/Health divisions) in conjunction with the Computer Technology and
Information System (CTIS) Division |
53 credits for Associate Degree, 49 for Certificate |
N/A |
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MS, PhD, graduate Cer |
School of Computational Sciences |
MS: 31 credit hours including research project or
master's thesis. PhD: 72 credits total, 48 course credits and 24
credits of thesis research. Certificate-15 credit hours |
Integration of genomic, gene expression and clinical databases, protein structure and function analysis, models of cellular and metabolic processes, and models of microbial consortia. Research in the Program addresses fundamental computational methods with applications in bioinformatics, including computational geometry, image processing, pattern recognition, and data mining |
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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 |
Multiple participating departments |
BS: 130 credit hours required along prescribed
curriculum, Dual BA: 133 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 in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology with
specialization in Biotechnology and an emphasis in Bioinformatics |
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An individualized program. As well as Biotechnology
program courses, students can take courses in bioinformatics, computer
science, and also intern in bioinformatics. This internship can be in
academia or in industry. 6 core classes. . |
No specific research available on webpage |
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MS, PhD in Bioinformatics |
MS-School of Biology, PhD Bioinformatics-multiple
participating schools |
MS-37 credits, three semesters of specific courses in
biology, mathematics, computer programming, and chemistry. PhD Bioinformatics-36
course credits, 24 research credits |
DNA and protein sequence analysis, comparative genomic analysis, systems analysis and structure analysis, and prediction. |
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M.S. in Medical and Bioinformatics |
School of Computing and Information Systems |
36 credits and internship in partnering workplace
organizations, non-thesis |
Computer industry analysis,
Information systems policy in management, |
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MS Medical Informatics |
Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and
Technology |
Core courses and thesis requirement |
Information processing in medicine, communication in medicine. |
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PhD |
Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and
Technology |
Core courses and thesis requirement,
interdisciplinary courses among both schools. |
No information available on specific research interests |
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MS bioinformatics, Ph |
School of informatics, Department of Biology |
MS: 36 credits, 6 core credits, 6 credits
bioinformatics, 18 credits of electives, 6 credits project/thesis/internship;
PhD minor: 12 credits |
Sequence pattern recognition (transcriptomics, regulatory region prediction and characterization, splicing site recognition, gene prediction); comparative genomics (complete genome comparisons, biolinguistics, phylogenetic analysis); structural genomics (DNA, RNA and protein secondary structure prediction related; frament assembly in DNA sequencing; systems biology (biological networks, proteomics, protein annotation); models of evolution (quantitative or population genetics, molecular evolution, biochemical theories for the origin of life); molecular modeling and drug design. |
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MS |
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MS: 36 credits, 6 core credits, 3 credits
bioinformatics, 21 credits of electives, 6 credits project/thesis/internship |
See IUB (above) |
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PhD |
Program in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
with multiple participating departments |
Courses in genetics, molecular biology, mathematics
and statistics, computer science, with research rotation in first year,
interdisciplinary thesis research project completed the second year. 72
credits are required. |
Intelligent searching, data warehouses, analytical tools, high performance computing in genomics |
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Master of Health Science (MHS) |
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Students are required to take 16 credits each term in
their first year, including at least 12 credits outside of Biostatistics. A
minimum of 64 credits are required to graduate and includes a culminating
project, and a web portfolio. |
Mechanisms of genetic and epigenetic gene regulation in plants, human genetics, statistical genetics, survival analysis, clinical trials, epidemiological studies, bioterrorism surveillance, microarray data analysis, biomarker discovery and validation, statistical methodology, longitudinal data analysis, genomics, environmental epidemiology. |
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Pre- and post-doctoral candidates in computional
biology |
Institute for Biophysical Research |
Candidates for graduate school apply |
Protein and RNA: folding, energetics, and dynamics, computational mechanics of large proteins, conformational statistics of biological macromolecules, applied mathematics, computational biophysics of membrane systems, biomolecular modeling, compuational protein design and ligand binding |
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MS in Bioinformatics (option to complete MS in
Bioinformatics degree fully online) |
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A total of 11 courses to complete degree
requirements: five core courses, four concentration courses, an elective from
bioscience and an elective from computer science. After completion of the
core and concentration courses, students may choose an independent study
project as one or both of their electives. Students have up to five years to
complete the program. |
No specific research available on webpage |
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M.S. in Biotechnology w/ Bioinformatics Concentration |
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38-42 credits, written
research project paper, presentation of research in a public forum. |
No specific research available on webpage |
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Professional Masters of Bioscience, PhD Computational
and Systems Biology |
PhD: KGI and the |
MS: Two academic years of work, with internship over
the summer and master's paper, PhD: 72 units of coursework, dissertation |
optimization of yeast recombinant protein production; genomic, proteomic, and cell-based microarray technologies; DNA amplification and analysis methods; microfluidics; molecular and computational analysis of regulatory networks; rational design of multidrug HIV therapy, and structural genomics |
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MS |
Departments of Mathematics, Statistics, Computer
Science, Bio, and Electrical Engineering (MU), Bioinformatic and Biomedical Research
(UWM) |
Thesis: 24 credit hours required plus thesis (6
credit hours). Non-thesis: 36 credit hours. Core courses required
for both options. |
Systems identification applied to neuromuscular control of movement; cybernetics and learning; rehabilitation robotics; design of computer-based medical instrumentation; telehealth; neurofuzzy computing; computer modeling of biomedical systems, image processing and analysis, modeling of pulmonary hemodynamics, integral equations; listed at http://gp.bbc.mcw.edu/people/faculty.html. |
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MS, PhD |
Department of Biometry and Epidemiology |
MS: 5 core courses and 6
required courses for bioinformatics track; PhD: 7 core courses, three lab
rotations with different mentors, Basic Written Examination, Advanced Written
Qualifying Exam and all students have to demonstrate proficiency in at least
one computer language. |
The group research activities are focused on theory identification and algorithm development with particular emphasis on Systems Biology, S-Systems modeling of dynamic processes such as metabolism and regulatory networks, machine learning, including artificial intelligence, namely artificial neural networks, Bayesian networks and exploratory analysis by mutivariate statistics. |
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BS |
Department of Biological Sciences |
74 credits of bioinformatics work and mandatory
cooperative work experience required. |
Immunology, microbial toxicology and biochemistry, molecular diagnostics |
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BS Concentration in Bi |
Department of Computer Science |
124 total credit hours (66 credit hours combined
of core computer science and biology courses) |
No specific research available on website |
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Certificate |
Department of Continuing Professional Education |
4 courses (12 credit hours) - 3 core, 1 elective |
No specific research available on website |
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MS (non-thesis), PhD, Minor (for students pursuing a
Ph.D. in Functional Genomics or another discipline; there is no minor offered
for M.S. degrees) |
Program in Genomic Sciences |
MS: 33-36 credit hours: 15 Genomic Sciences core, 9
Bioinformatics Core, 9 credits of electives, with oral exam, non-thesis
degree. PhD: 72 credit hours: 15 Genomic Science, 9 Bioinformatics
Core, 48 Bioinformatics and thesis. |
Using genomics tools to identify quantitative trait loci, developmental quantitative genetics and molecular evolution, molecular population and evolutionary genetics, application of Information Theory to genetics, fungal molecular genetics, nucleic acid design, molecular biology and biophysics |
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MS |
Department of Biology's Program in Bioinformatics
with multiple participating departments |
32 credits required. Core courses with
electives, internship required, some background in basic disciplines can be filled in
with extra work. |
Genetic pathway of red blood cell formation, sensory physiology of microorganisms, methods of theoretical and computational analysis of biological macromolecules, development of computer front-end bioinformatics application for visualization and analysis, future electronic information systems for scientific research literature, understanding the molecular basis of transmembrane signaling by G protein-coupled receptors, nanoparticles, quantum systems |
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MS Specialization, Certification |
Department of Biological Sciences |
30 credits required for MS with specialization, 16-17
required for certificate |
Arabidopsis BLAST searches, enzyme rate studies, similarity matrices, Rice chromosome studies |
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MS |
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3 core courses, seminar sequence, five electives, 3 units of
independent research with one quarter spent in an industrial setting, thesis
required. |
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PhD (program encourages all applicants to go for a Ph.D.;MS
automatically received by all all students who pass their general exams (approximately
after their second year) ) |
Biophysics Program's Division of Computational
Biology and Molecular Biophysics |
Programs are highly individual and are worked out
with your advisor in contract form. Before the end of the tenth quarter
of residence, the student must complete both the written preliminary exam and
the general exam. 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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All degrees in Biomedical Informatics: MS (research)
and MS (professional), PhD; Graduate Certificate |
Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical
Epidemiology |
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; PhD: Core classes
(48 hours), advanced research methods (12 hours beyond minimum in MS),
Cognate-area outside informatics (12 hours), qualifying exam, symposium (3
hours), doctoral seminar (12+ hours, 2 hrs/term), dissertation research (48
hours), mentored teaching (up to 6 hours); Certificate: Eight courses
(3 credits each) required. |
Areas of research include electronic medical records, information retrieval, information needs assessment, human-computer interfaces, consumer health informatics, telemedicine, clinical epidemiology and consortium-based research |
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Portland
State University and Oregon Health & Science University |
Five year, dual degree program: B.S. Computer Science
degree and a Master of Biomedical Informatics degree at the end of five years |
PSU's Computer Science Department and OHSU's Department of Medical
Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology |
B.S. degree in Computer Science from PSU requirements
and Master of Biomedical Informatics from OHSU requirements. See course
page. |
No specific research mentioned on webpage. Faculty listing/research: http://www.cs.pdx.edu/facultyIndex.php |
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BS |
School of Theoretical and Applied Science |
128 credits, 65 core credits with option for
Bioinformatics research with faculty or internship in industry |
Client-server applications, peptide synthesis methodology, nucleic acid research, molecular genetics and physiology, database design |
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BS, MS in Applied Science w/Concentration in
Bioinformatics, PhD in Biology with Concentration in Bioinformatics,
Certificate in Bioinformatics |
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Certificate: 13-14 |
Regulation of gene expression, protein folding and structure, data mining, molecular simulations, drug design |
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MS in Computer Science w/ Concentration |
Department of Computer Science |
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BS, MS (professional), BS/MS (The existing BS program
may be combined with the MS program in Bioinformatics, allowing undergraduate
majors to acquire both degrees in as few as five years.) |
Department of Biological Sciences |
BS: 187 credits including completio |
No specific research mentioned (webpage in development) |
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Rockefeller
University/New York University's Courant Institute |
PhD, or MD/PhD |
Department of Biology ( |
No specific information available. |
Systems Biology and Prot |
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BS |
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52 credits of core courses, with 13 elective credits
required in bioinformatics |
N/A |
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MS (academic--full-time on-campus program ), MS
(professional--part-time, online, distance program), MS (coterminal, Stanford UG's only), PhD, Coterminal MS
program (Stanford undergraduates only), Certification |
Department of Biomedical Informatics; |
MS (Academic): thesis in addition to completing a
minimum of 45 course units; MS (Professional): identical to Academic MS,
except no thesis requirement; PhD: minimum of 135 course units in Biomedical
Informatics, Biomedical Domain Knowledge, Computer Science, Probability,
Statistics, and Social and Ethical Issues; Qualifying Oral examination (no
later than end of 3rd year) and doctoral dissertation around the fifth year. |
Diverse topics including: biomedical informatics, biomedical imaging, ontologies engineering, electronic medical records, pharmacogenetics/pharmacogenomics, information retrieval; Descriptions of the affiliated research projects available at http://bmi.stanford.edu/affiliatedproj.htm |
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BS, MS, PhD in Chemical Biology w/concentration;
Certificate |
Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology |
MS: 30 credits required (thesis not required, but is
encouraged); PhD; Ninety credits of graduate work in an approved program of
study are required beyond the bachelor's degree; this may include up to 30
credits obtained in a master's degree program, if the area of the master's
degree is relevant to the doctoral program. Those with a master's degree who
wish to transfer those credits toward the Ph.D. must be aware that only one
master's degree can be used toward the Ph.D., doctoral dissertation and
defense included. Certificate: 12 credits (4 courses), all of which are
transferable to the appropriate Master's degree program. |
Polymer synthesis and characterization, methods of instrumental analysis, medicinal chemistry and structural chemistry (theoretical as well as experimental) are areas of chemistry in which the department has attained international recognition. |
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Univ of Arkansas at Little Rock &
Univ of Ark.
for Medical Scien
(UALR/UAMS) |
ULAR Undergraduate minor, MS, PhD, Professional
Certificate in Bioinformatics (PCB) and a Graduate Certificate in
Bioinformatics (GCB) are under development |
UALR/UAMS Joint Graduate Program in Bioinformatics;
ULAR Undergraduate Minor: Biology and Information Science Departments |
Minor: For majors in Information Science and Computer
Science: 18 credit hours. MS: Approximately 34 total credits of
coursework in 10 courses, 4 total credits of seminar over 4 semesters, and 2
total credits for 4 research lab rotations over 2 semesters. PhD: Requires
completion of the MS in Bioinformatics. Subsequently, students concentrate
almost exclusively upon their research and must complete a minimum of 36
additional credit hours |
Understanding receptor mediated signal transduction and intracellular signaling mechanisms in relation to environmental changes or in disease states; Molecular Systematics and Evolution, Ecology, and Biostatistics; Software Engineering Domain Oriented High Level Architecture, Component-based Software Development, Intelligent User Interface Agent Based Development Data Mining, see http://bioinformatics.ualr.edu/academics/bioinformatics_graduate_faculty.html |
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Specializations for MS, PhD, M.S./Ph.D. program (intended for students
whose ultimate goal is the Ph.D. degree but who do not currently hold an M.S.
degree in computer science, students receive an M.S. degree on the way to the
Ph.D. when the requirements for an M.S. have been met but this will usually
occur much later than if you are studying directly for the M.S. as you will
be expected to be heavily involved in research which counts toward the Ph.D.
degree but not toward an M.S. degree) |
Department of Computer &
Information Sciences; Opportunities are available for a Ph.D. specialization
in bioinformatics in collaboration with the |
MS: With a specialization, students take 15 hours in
the area of specialization (6 required hours, 9 elective hours) and 21 hours
of other computer science courses, for a total of 36 hours; must fullfill
requirements for Exit Exam and Breadth requirment. PhD: flexible
study options that have no required courses, but rather emphasize
individualized training that is suitable for the specific prospective
candidate and his or her area of specialization; PhD requires qualifying and
comprehensive exams, dissertation and defense |
Joint research projects wit |
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BS in in bioinformatics and computational biology (BCB) |
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Students in the program complete a full major
in their area of concentration and also take additional courses important to
bioinformatics in disciplines that complement their concentration. All
students take courses in calculus, statistics, molecular biology, organic
chemistry, and databases, as well as a core course in bioinformatics. In
addition, students enroll in a bioinformatics seminar and complete an
interdisciplinary project during their senior year. 120 total credits
required. See
http://undergrad-catalog.buffalo.edu/academicprograms/bioinfo.shtml for
specific course requirments
and credit hours. |
Computational biology, pr |
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Professional Sequence (Professional Sequence in
Bioinformatics: Quantitative and Computational Methods) w/Certificate given |
UC Berkeley Extension - Continuing Education |
Three 2-semester unit/30-hour credit courses and one
0.7 ceu
course, for a total of 97 hours (6 semester units and 0.7 ceu). All coursework must be
completed within two years, with a minimum grade point average of 2.5 and no
grade lower than a C in any one class. There are no substitutions or waivers |
No specific research mentioned on website. |
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MS, PhD, both 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. Paper Requirement for the Ph.D. Degree. Each
student must write a survey paper and a research paper of publishable
quality. |
Research in bio/medical informatics include: Medical Information Access; Knowledge Representation for Health-Care Guidelines; Structure in Biomedical Data; Biomedical Simulations; Discovery of Gene Expression Control; Knowledge Discovery in Clinical Databases; Computational Biology; Bioinformatics and Probabilistic Modeling |
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BS in Cybernetics w/Concentration in |
Mult. Depts:
Biomathematics, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Statistics, Computer Science et
al. |
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Predicting membrane protein structure, analyses of genome evolution, microarrays |
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PhD in Genomics and Bioinformatics (GGB) with a subspecialization
in Genomics/Bioinformatics track. The GGB Program also administers a full
undergraduate curriculum in Genomics/Bioinformatics within the Biological
Sciences major. |
Genetics, Genomics and Bioinformatics (GGB) Graduate
Program |
BS: Life Sciences core requirements (65–68 units),
Computer Science and Mathematics (16 units). Ethics and Science (4 units),
Upper-division requirements (a minimum of 45 units), Breadth electives,
Independent study or research in the field of bioinformatics or genomics is
recommended; PhD: Normative Time to Degree 15 quarters: Specific course
requirements are selected on the basis of the subdiscipline and the student’s
particular needs and objectives. Students are strongly encouraged to
participate in lab rotations, select a major professor and begin research
work early in their training (during the first year of residence). Written
preliminary examination and an oral qualifying examination, teaching
requirement (at least one quarter of teaching experience), and dissertation
and final oral examination. |
Genetic manipulation of insects of commercial importance; translational regulation; molecular responses to environmental stress, molecular microbial ecology of pests, pathogens, and ecosystem; combinatorial algorithms; computational molecular biology, computational molecular biology; data compression; data mining; information hiding and others at http://www.genetics.ucr.edu/genomics_bioinformatics_faculty.html |
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BS Computer Science with a Specialization in
Bioinformatics, PhD, also PhD in Neuroinformatics |
BS: Computer Science and Engineering
Department, Division of Biology, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and
Department of Bioengineering: PhD: Mult. Depts:
7 participating departments and graduate programs- Bioengineering, Biology,
Biomedical Sciences, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Computer Science and
Engineering, Mathematics, and Physics |
BS: The Computer Science and Engineering
requirements: 152 units;
the bioinformatics series: 24 units; PhD: Biological Data and
Analysis Tools, Sequence Analysis, Genomic Analysis, and Statistics are areas
emphasized; Three quarters of work required, one four-unit course in each
quarter will be a research rotation in the laboratory of a Program faculty
mentor. The remaining 9 courses will include 4 compulsory core courses and 5
courses to be chosen from a list of electives approved by the Advising
Committee. Upon completion of formal course requirements, each student will
be required to take a written and oral Qualifying Examination that
will admit the student to the candidacy of the Ph.D. program. Each graduate
student admitted to the Ph.D. program in Bioinformatics is mandated to serve
as a Teaching Assistant (TA) for at least 2 quarters. Dissertation and final
oral exam required. |
Synthetic gene regulatory networks, algorithms for Computational molecular biology, structural bioinformatics, artificial intelligence, enzymes, genomics etc http://bioinformatics.ucsd.edu/faculty/index.htm# |
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MS – The M.S. program is open only to students with a
health sciences-related graduate or professional degree (e.g., M.D., Pharm.D., M.S. in epidemiology);
PhD |
Graduate Program in Biological and Medical
Informatics |
MS: A total of 36 academic units and
final research project;
Ph.D:
there is no unit requirement for PhD, but requirements include oral
qualifying examination and thesis. |
Structure, function, and folding of proteins, chromosomes, and centrosomes; Applications of computer technology to clinical medicine and imaging; Bioinformatic and experimental analysis of protein superfamilies for understanding protein structure-function relationships and developing strategies for protein engineering, etc http://www.bmi.ucsf.edu/faculty.html |
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All degrees in bioinformatics: BS (bioinformatics
students may apply in their senior year for combined B.S./graduate program),
minor ( this minor is suitable for biology and chemistry majors or for
computer science and computer engineering majors.), MS and PhD |
Department of Biomolecular Engineering |
Minor: 15 courses; Both M.S. and Ph. D. students must
complete nine 5-credit courses (seven core courses and two electives) and a
3-credit research and teaching course. In addition, M.S. students must
complete 4 seminar credits, while Ph. D. students must complete 8 seminar
credits. Also, M.S. students must complete two (1-credit or 2-credit)
research project courses and Ph.D. students must complete three research lab
rotations with different supervisors. Thesis required for both MS and PhD. |
Gene finding methods, RNA detection techniques, proteomics, estimation of amino acid distributions. More specific descriptions at http://www.cbse.ucsc.edu/research/research_bioinfproject.shtml |
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PhD in Biomedical Engineering with
Specialization in Bioinformatics |
Department of Biomedical Engineering |
138 credits, written and oral qualifying examination
at end of 2nd year, last 2-3 years devoted to completion of dissertation |
Computational neuroscience, computer learning, genomics, proteonomics, computational modeling and computational software development and applications to healthcare. Bioinformatics brings together researchers in computer engineering, computer science, genomics, proteonomics, neuroscience |
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Certificate in Computational Biology |
Center for Computational Biology |
15 credits |
Image processing and radiation therapy, Population genetics, Algorithm design for problems in DNA mapping, Computational mechanics |
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PhD in Analytical Health Science/ Bioinformatics |
CU |
To apply for candidacy in the AHS/Bioinformatics PhD
track, students must complete a minimum of 30 semester credit hours of course
work (mimimum
of 10 semester credit hours of Bioinformatics courses)(including academic credits
transferred from other programs) and a minimum of 30 semester credit hours of
doctoral dissertation research. While the PhD program only has three required
courses, students quite often have to backfill areas of deficiencies with
additional elective/recommended courses beyond their prior graduate-level
academic work. Dissertation Examination. |
Ontologies in biomedicine, bio-molecular dynamics, genomic sequence and polymorphism, gene expression analysis, biochemical pathway analysis |
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MS, PhD Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
(BCB) |
Initiative for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary
Studies (IBEST) |
Both degrees require: Core courses, depth courses,
lab rotation, seminars, teaching experience, and thesis. MS: 32 credits
(9 credits of thesis research), PhD: 78 credits (at least 30 hours of thesis
research). |
Research in three disciplines: biological, mathematical and computational sciences. Sampling of projects: Spatial Dynamics of Plasmid-Bacteria Interactions, Microbial Community Analysis, Decision Theoretic Approach to Model Selection, Evolving Ecological Networks, Potato Genetic Map. List at http://styx.ibest.uidaho.edu/ibest/research.html |
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BS in Bioengineering with Bioinformatics Concentration;
MS, PhD Bioinformatics |
Department of Bioengineering |
BS: 128 credit hours (12 Bioinformatics
Concentration Area Elective hours); Graduate: 36 credits minimum of specific
courses in biochemistry, mathematics, statistics, and bioengineering for MS,
108 credits for PhD. Thesis required for both. |
Structural Bioinformatics--cutting-edge computational methods for analyzing binding protein surfaces and core packing of proteins; Cheminformatics--developement of novel shape descriptors for molecular data mining for drug discovery; Research in Computational Biology, Machine Learning & Data Mining Combinatorial and Global Optimization. |
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MS Biotechnology Studies w/ Bioinformatics Track;
Certificate |
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MS: 36 credits (18 credits-core bioinformatics
courses, 15 credits-electives, 3 credit capstone course) Certificate: 15
credits (5 courses) |
Biomedical research, geno |
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Degrees in specified areas available with Bio/Cheminformatics
Option: BS, MS, PhD |
Department of Computer Science collaborating with Depts of Biology,
Chemistry, Mathematics and the |
BS: 120-124 credits depending on major; MS: 30 total
credits; PhD: 42 total credits (24 credits-thesis) |
Data mining, visualization of data, applied computational geometry, combinatorial optimization, medical informatics, computer graphics, virtual environments, user interfaces, computational complexity, applied algorithms |
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MS/PhD certificate |
Informatics Institute of UMDNJ, The |
MS: A certificate documenting completion of the
Concentration in Bioinformatics will be awarded to students earning the M.S.
degree from their graduate program upon completion of 12 Credit Hours in
consultation with the Program Supervisor; PhD: the Ph.D. degree from their
graduate program upon successful completion of the entire Bioinformatics Core
Curriculum including appropriate Research and Electives for a total of 18
Credit Hours. |
No specific research available on webpage |
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MS Computer Science or Mathematical Sciences
w/Concentration |
Department of Mathematical Sciences's Computer Science Division |
With PhD: 30 credits, without: 33 credits
required. Thesis required for both. |
Supercomputer design and construction for bioinformatic and e-commerce applications, random number generation, analysis of exchangeable data, distribution theory, statistical risk assessment and meta-analysis |
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MS: Professional Mast |
MS: Bioinformatics Program through |
MS: 31 credits of core courses and electives,
Professional MS: Internship in industry required; Research MS: rotation in a
laboratory required, thesis encouraged. PhD: 68 credits required with
two full research rotations the first year, preliminary exam and
dissertation. |
Theory of protein folding, including structure, thermodynamics, and kinetics; statistical and computational methods for analysis of high-throughput genomic and proteomic expression data, intracellular proteases, theoretical and computational topics at the interface between structural molecular biology and physical chemistry, finding genes involved in behavioral and neurological and psychiatric diseases |
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minor is available to master’s (M.A. and M.S.) and
doctoral students |
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology |
Minor requires core courses, 9 credits for master's,
15 credits for doctoral minor. |
Pharmacology: molecular genetic mechanisms of DNA
repair and recombination in mammalian cancer cells; Computer Science: complex,
scientific databases; Animal Science: quantitative genetics, including
statistical analysis for mapping disease genes and quantitative trait loci,
Laboratory Medicine and Pathology: bioinformatics tools; Biochemistry,
Molecular Biology and Biophysics: using and developing functional genomics
tools, others at http://www.binf.umn.edu/faculty.html |
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BS in Biology w/ Bioinformatics Emphasis; M.S. in
Computer Science w/ Bioinformatics Emphasis; PhD in Informatics w/
Bioinformatics Emphasis |
BS: Department of Biology; MS, PhD: School of
Computing & Engineering: Department of Computer Science & Electrical
Engineering |
BS: Biology or CS degree
requirements combined with the mathematics, chemistry and physics components
(see course url)
MS: Thesis and non-thesis option (both must satisfy all common requirements).
Thesis option: 27 hours of approved coursework, complete a minimum of 3 hours
Research and Thesis, complete a minimum of 9 hours in the emphasis area;
contact a thesis adviser in the semester in which the student completes 12
hours of graduate work, present master’s thesis, pass a general oral
examination Non-thesis: 36 hours of approved coursework, 12 hours in
the emphasis area; contact an adviser after completing 12 hours of graduate
work to complete the program of study. PhD: The amount of work required for
the Ph.D. depends on the student’s level of preparation. Requires qualifying
and comprehensive exams. |
Biological data mining, Intelligent software agents in biology, Modeling biological systems, Parallel Computation, Algorithms, Computational Geometry, Cryptosystem Design, Computer Security, Network Security, others listed at http://www.csee.umkc.edu/student/info/csi-phd-info-f05n.pdf |
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MS in Pathology and Microbiology with Special Track
in Bioinformatics, PhD in Pathology and Microbiology with Special Track in
Bioinformatics |
Department of Pathology & Microbiology at
University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), with support from the
departments of Computer Science and Information Systems and Quantitative
Analysis in the College of Information Science and Technology at University
of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) |
MS: Eleven foundation biology, computational sciences
courses, core biological sciences, computational sciences, electives and
independent study. PhD: Similar course requirements, with addition of
comprehensive exam and thesis |
No information available on specific research interests |
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MS Certificate of Specialization, PhD Certificate of
Specialization |
MS: School of Information and Library Science;
PhD: Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (BCB) Training Program
(affiliated with the Carolina Center for Genome Sciences |
MS Certification: 48 required hours for a MLS/MIS
with completion of a significant project in the area of bioinformatics, and
coursework in Biostatistics: 3 credit hours minimum, Biological Sciences: 6
credit hours minimum; PhD Specialization: Two
research rotations, one semester of teaching, bioinformatics core classes,
and research presentation required in addition to completing PhD requirement
in participating department (over 20 partipcating departments).
Possible internships. |
Digital libraries, new methods of electronic scholarly communications, information seeking behavior of bioinformatics researchers, computer human interfaces to support information seeking of scholarly information; computational and experimental methods to design proteins, physical nature of interactions between atoms, molecules, cells, and organisms; motor proteins and transcriptional regulation; High-performance computing: algorithms, programming languages, compilers and architectures; data mining. Others at http://bcb.unc.edu/bcbresearch.html |
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BS Biology, Computer Science, or Mathematics w/
computational biology/bioinformatics Concentration, MS in Biotechnology (MB)
w/Concentration, PhD in Genomics and Computational Biology |
BS: Departments of Biology, Computer and Information
Science (CIS), and Mathematics, MS: multiple participating departments(
Biology, Chemistry, Genetics, Computer and Information Science, Chemical
Engineering and Bioengineering) from the School of Arts and Sciences and the
School of Engineering and Applied Science; PhD: mulitple participating departments,
program administered by the Biomedical Graduate Studies (BGS) office |
MS: eleven courses: six core courses and five courses
from the bioinformatics track; PhD: Three research rotations (3-4 credit
units total), Eight courses consisting of both core lectures and electives (8
credit units total), One semester-long seminar that focuses on reading and
discussing primary literature, Any combination of additional rotations,
courses, seminars, or independent study for a total of 20 credit units over
four semesters and two summers. Exam and dissertation. |
No information available on website about specific research interests, did note that activities of the participating academic units in GCB are enhanced through association with two additional units: the Penn Center for Bioinformatics (PCBI), which provides a focus for bioinformatics and genomics research and service to Penn, and the Penn Genomics Institute, established to provide intellectual leadership in studying genomes as a whole and undertaking large-scale analysis of gene products by integrating associated disciplines at Penn. |
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Certification, MS in Biomedical Informatics
w/Concentration, PhD in Biomedical Informatics w/Concentration, Biomedical
Informatics Certificate Program |
Center for Biomedical Informatics |
MS: 36 credit hours, required core courses,
electives, oral examination and thesis. PhD: 72 credits (54 credits of
coursework and 18 dissertation credits following admission to candidacy)
required core courses, electives, oral examination and thesis. Certificate:
15 credit hours (includes 2-3 credit research project) |
Bioinformatics, Clinical Trials , Consumer Health Informatics, Health Information System Evaluation, Machine Learning in Biomedical Informatics, Modeling and Simulation of Clinical and Biomedical Processes, Natural Language Processing (NLP) of Clinical Textual Documents, Patient Safety, Public Health Surveillance (details at http://www.cbmi.pitt.edu/content/research.htm) |
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MS |
Administered by the Department of Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology in the College of Medicine with other participating
departments |
41 credits, with 9 core classes and a thesis or
internship |
Structure, function and regulation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase; Biosynthesis of molybdopterin in eukaryotes; molecular biology of polyisoprenol biosynthesis; Structure and function of metalloenzymes and flavoproteins; Regulation of transcriptional activation and intra-cellular signaling; tumor immunology. |
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PhD in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics |
The Department of Biological Sciences ( Molecular and
Computational Biology Section) |
60 credits and thesis. |
Statistical analysis of microarray data and related technologies, the study of protein-protein interactions and protein function prediction combining different sources of biological data, and a genomic polymorphism survey of Arabidopsis. |
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MS, PhD |
Genomic Science and Technology Graduate School at
UT-K w/ Oak Ridge National Laboratories |
MS: Similar requirements with thesis at end.
PhD: 26 credits minimum, with thesis. |
High-throughput genome sequence production; high-throughput sequence analysis tools and pipelines; whole-genome gene finding, gene and protein modeling, and genome annotation; advanced bioinformation systems and laboratory information systems; applications of high-performance biocomputing; and computational research in molecular biology |
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PhD track in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
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Graduate Program in Cell and Molecular Biology |
Bioinformatics track: core courses (listed at
http://www.icmb.utexas.edu/cmb/prospective/curriculum.asp) and 3 elective
courses chosen from approved list, participation in a journal club each year
for the second through fourth years, not necessarily for credit, and thesis. |
RNA biology, Plant molecular biology, systems and syntheic biology |
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Professional MS |
Departments of Biological Sciences, Chemistry,
Computer Science, and Mathematical Sciences. |
2 years, consists of 40-41 graduate hours of courses
in the computational, mathematical, and life sciences; also requires a summer
practical work experience internship in the public or private sector; Thesis
is an option but not a requirement for this degree |
DNA sequence assembly and analysis; ecology and phylogeny; microarray and proteomics data analysis; RNA and protein structure prediction. |
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BS, MS (The program i |
Program in Bioinformatics |
22 credits core courses, electives beyond that and
completion of an independent project over a period of two semesters. The
student will take primary responsibility for a practical programming problem
in Bioinformatics, typically the creation of software needed to fulfill a
specific real-life need. This independent work will be conducted at the site
of an industrial or academic partner of the USP Bioinformatics program |
No specific research mentioned on website. |
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MS/PhD in Medical Informatics
with a Bioinformatics track, Certificate Program (beginning 8/2006, |
Department of Medical Informatics |
MS:
30 semester hours (23 of formal coursework, 7 of research leading to
thesis), completion of thesis, comp exam after the first year of
study
PhD:
40 semester hours of formal coursework, written/oral comp exam after
1st year, 14 semester hours of research work, dissertation, completion
of written/oral qualifying exams after completion of coursework;
Certificate: 15 total hours required certificate |
Computational statistical methods for analysis and display of complex genetic data with emphasis in graphical modeling and Markov chain Monte Carlo methods, and the development of scalable Parallel Genetic Algorithms for Bioinformatics; genomic studies pertaining to breast cancer, prostate cancer, Intracranial Aneurysm / Osteoporosis / Asthma / Depression, Aging/Longevity |
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All degrees from Computation and Informatics in
Biology and Medicine (CIBM) Training Program: PhD with an emphasis in
bioinformatics; Pre- and post-doctoral candidates |
Computation and Informatics in
Biology and Medicine Training Program (CS, Biochemistry, Statistics,
Genetics, Chemical and Biological Engineering, etc.) |
PhD: Completion of a minor outside one's home dept.
(12 credits), 3 classes in Bioinformatics/Biostatistics, 3 Biological
classes, 3 CS classes, one-semester course in Scientific Ethics; Pre and Post
docs: 9 credits minimum plus a course in Scientific Ethics |
Machine learning and bioinformatics; algorithms for data mining and machine learning, and their applications to biomedical data; Relation of the three-dimensional structure and dynamics of proteins to their biological functions; information extraction from on-line biomedical text |
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Capstone Certificate Program in Bioinformatics (For
UW-Madison post-doctoral fellows and employees of Madison-area companies
working in molecular biology who are interested in bioinformatics training),
Graduate Certificate Program in Bioinformatics |
Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics |
12 credits
(3 required classes, one elective). The program typically can be completed in
1-2 years. |
Collaborative projects include pharmacophore discovery for drug design, automated systems that collaborate with humans in knowledge discovery, automated methods for extracting information from the biomedical literature and the use of computer technologies in the home-care for patients with complex health problems. |
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B.S. in Molecular Biology & Bioinformatics |
Biology Department |
120 credits required |
Role of proteolysis in
prokaryotic physiology; enriching science education for all through
technology; |
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MS in Biomedical Informatics and PhD Concentration |
|
Amount of formal coursework will vary depending on
student prior background and concentration area: 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. List at http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/dbmi/bmigradprog/faculty.html#faculty |
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BS, Master (non-thesis, professional degree), MS
(thesis), BS/MS Accelerated Program (All degrees in bioinformatics) |
Center for the Study of Biological Complexity |
BS: Life Sciences General Education Requirements,
specific training in the Collateral Coursework and in the Bioinformatics Core
Curriculum (40 credits), and focused training in the areas of
Biology/Genomics, Computational Science or Quantitative/Statistical
Bioinformatics through track-specific courses; M Biof.: 35 credits; Programs give
choices among 3 different tracks: Biology/Genomics, Computational Science,
Quantitative/Statistical |
No specific research available on webpage |
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PhD in Genetics, Bioinformatics and Computational
Biology |
Program in Genetics, Bioinformatics, and
Computational Biology |
Students choose a primary track from four specialty
tracks: life sciences, computer science, statistics and
mathematics. Also complete core courses and dissertation research
project, and additional focused research experiences may be required. |
Molecular modeling and protein structure and function, genomic sequence analysis from an evolutionary perspective, bioinformatic and imaging approaches to antiviral drug discovery, biomolecular electrostatics, protein folding and dynamics, microarray transcription data, computational methods for use in air quality modeling. See http://www.grads.vt.edu/academics/programs/gbcb/faculty.html for others. |
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BS in Computer Science w/Bioinformatics option, BS in
Biology w/Bioinformatics option MS in CS (course of study can be
designed to include computational aspects of Bioinformatics) |
Department of Computer Science & Engineering,
Department of Biological Sciences |
CS: 195 credit hours required. Bio: 200 credit
hours required MS: 48 credit hours (including 12 credit hours toward
thesis) |
Protein binding interactions, comparative protein structure modeling, drug lead screening by region-based regression for QSAR analysis, data mining of three-dimensional protein structure information, repetitive elements as time-series genomic data., molecular visualization, forensic analysis of DNA evidence data |
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PhD - Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Program |
Combined Program in the Biological & Biomedical
Sciences |
Completion of 9 courses encompassing the following
core areas: computational biology and bioinformatics, biological
sciences, and informatics; graduate seminar on research ethics, multiple
research rotations, CBB seminar series , two semesters as a teaching
assistant, qualifying exam (oral portion includes questioning on dissertation
prospectus), and work in lab of thesis advisor. |
Computational approaches to functional and integrative genomics, theoretical molecular biology and computational algorithms, computational analysis of macromolecular structures, heterogeneous database design and information integration |
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