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| Bioinformatics is the field that has emerged from the application
of computer science, information science and mathematics to
problems in biology and the life sciences, especially those
involving large data sets such as genomes. Highly inter-disciplinary
in nature, bioinformatics has attracted biologists, physicists,
mathematicians, chemists and computer scientists. |
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| The Bioinformatics Major encompasses a wide variety of possibilities,
such as computational biology and biomathematics, by providing
students with a core of courses drawn from the life sciences,
mathematics and computer science, as well as specific bioinformatics
courses, and which provide students with the necessary backgroud
to begin research, along with the choice of one of three tracks:
Biomathematics, Genomics, and Simulation and Modeling. The
core courses ensure that students have a solid grounding in
all the skills and knowledge required of such an interdisciplinary
field, and the tracks allow for the student to focus on the
area of their particular interest. |
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| Biomathematics Track |
| The Biomathematics Track is designed for students who are
interested in Biomathematics or Mathematical Biology, that
is, those interested in an emphasis on the mathematical modeling
ofproblems arising in the life sciences. This track provides
students with further quantitative skills necessary for tackling
such problems as the development of mathematical models of
ecosystems and physiological processes. |
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| Genomics Track |
| The Genomics Track is designed for students that are interested
in the experimental aspects of the life sciences that generate
the data and pose the questions that bioinformatics seeks
to answer through applications of computer science and mathematical
modeling. This track gives students the experimental background
to continue research in fields such as proteomics, genomics,
phylogeny and other branches of molecular biology and genetics
where large amounts of experimental data are produced and
analyzed. |
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| Simulation and Modeling
Track |
| The Simulation and Modeling Track is designed for students
that are interested in computer modeling, visualization, and
the development of algorithms and computational techniques
that arise in the sciences. This track provides students with
further computer science skills in modeling and high-level
programming, allowing them to work in computationally intensive
areas such as protein folding prediction or network simulations
and artificial intelligence in neuroscience. |
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