Topics in Bioinformatics

Course Description

This course will be a keystone required course for all incoming students in a Bioinformatics Ph.D. program. Bioinformatics is a rapidly expanding research area at the intersections of biology, chemistry, mathematics/statistics, and computer science. The shared theme of this broad discipline is the application of sophisticated computing technologies to address questions on typically massive amounts of biological data. Because of the dynamic and broad nature of the field, a course is needed that will introduce new students to the breadth of the field while at the same time introducing topics at a level of depth and rigor appropriate for a Ph.D. program. This will be a team taught course, with one coordinator and up to seven research-active instructors. The course would consist of seven modules, each two weeks in length. Every year, the coordinator will identify faculty and topics so as to present a diverse cross-section of cutting-edge Bioinformatics. An important goal of this course is that it will introduce students to a broad sample of the faculty who are active in the Bioinformatics Ph.D. program.

Code

BIOL 5131

Credits

3

Subject

BIOL

Programs That Include This Course

• Doctoral Doctor of Philosophy in Bioinformatics