Biochemistry   (BCHM)

Faculty of Arts and Science

Biochemistry 5400/Neuroscience 5400

Essential Bioinformatics

Credit hours: 3.00

Contact hours per week: 3-0-0

Introduction to the analysis and interpretation of omics data. Introduction to biological databases and simple programming languages that will enable students to conduct basic analysis of genomes, transcriptomes, epigenomes, and proteomes.

Prerequisite(s):Admission to the Graduate Certificate in Bioinformatics

Corequisite(s):Biochemistry 5410/Neuroscience 5410

Biochemistry 5410/Neuroscience 5410

Practical Bioinformatics

Credit hours: 3.00

Contact hours per week: 3-0-0

Practical exercises and lectures on basic digital literacy. Extensive practice in Unix systems and basic programming languages with an emphasis on those relevant for omics related applications such as R and Perl. Interactive tasks to help students acquire a basic understanding of the principles of generation and analysis of genetic information.

Prerequisite(s):Admission to the Graduate Certificate in Bioinformatics

Corequisite(s):Biochemistry 5400/Neuroscience 5400

Biochemistry 5420/Neuroscience 5420

Advanced Bioinformatics

Credit hours: 3.00

Contact hours per week: 3-0-0

Next-generation sequence analysis of biomolecules, and analysis and interpretation of omics data. Computational biomarker and drug discovery, various aspects of personalized medicine, biobanks, and ethics related to bioinformatics. Designing and implementing a bioinformatics analysis project, and the communication and project management skills associated with this.

Prerequisite(s):Biochemistry 5400/Neuroscience 5400