UCLA Bioinformatics 

UCLA Bioinformatics

Winter 2006: C160/260 Course in Bioinformatics _ Genomics Sept. 2005:Pygr released August 2005: GeneMine is now open-source! Nov. 2004: NIH creates National Center for Biomedical Computing at UCLA Center for Computational Biology Bioinformatics is the study of the inherent structure of biological information and biological systems. It brings together the avalanche of systematic biological data (e.g. genomes) with the analytic theory and practical tools of mathematics and computer science. Mission The UCLA Center for Bioinformatics is an interdepartmental faculty group that pursues fundamental research in bioinformatics and allied fields such as genomics and proteomics, and offers a graduate curriculum in bioinformatics. The Center fosters faculty research collaborations, provides graduate training fellowships, and operates a Bioinformatics User Lab for UCLA researchers. The Center is composed of more than 15 faculty laboratories active in bioinformatics research, from the Medical School, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences and Engineering. The faculty of the UCLA Center for Bioinformatics engage in a wide variety of research topics in bioinformatics, genomics and proteomics. The Center includes more than 15 laboratories affiliated with departments such as Chemistry and Biochemistry, Computer Science, Human Genetics, and Statistics. Detailed faculty research descriptions are available at bioinformatics.ucla.edu/faculty. Graduate Curriculum The UCLA Center for Bioinformatics offers a curriculum in bioinformatics designed to be taken concurrently with graduate dissertation work in a number of participating departments. This curriculum emphasizes fundamental theory and methodology essential for doing original research in bioinformatics. Students complete a three course Core Curriculum, and three additional courses from one minor track (Math / Statistics; Computer Science; Biological Sciences) outside of their dissertation area. Upon completion of the curriculum, students will receive a Letter of Completion of Curriculum signed by the Executive Committee of the Center, to attest to their fulfillment of these requirements. A list of participating departments and other details are available at bioinformatics.ucla.edu/program. Graduate Admissions The Center offers the Letter of Completion only to UCLA graduate students enrolled in its participating departments. Students wishing to enter UCLA to pursue the Letter of Completion should apply directly to one of the participating admissions programs. The UCLA Center for Bioinformatics offers extensive support for graduate study in bioinformatics, including major training grants for bioinformatics training from the National Science Foundation (IGERT) and National Institutes of Health (National Programs of Excellence in Biomedical Computing; and Genomics / Statistical Genetics). Survey make money Home based business make real money surveys make money starting a home business The Free Car Drive a new car for FREE! Get PAID to drive! Make money every month just for driving! Just pay gas and insurance