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Overview
Bioinformatics is a branch of science, which deals with the overwhelming amount of data, which has become recently available on living organisms as a result of the human genome project and follow-on projects. The need for this branch of science is very real: while it is becoming increasingly simple to obtain experimental information on DNA, RNA, and protein sequences and expression levels, the interpretation of this information is far from straight-forward. This is only partially due to our lack of experimental knowledge at a cellular level. It is also due to a lack of sufficient tools to facilitate comparisons of genes, gene families, enzyme cycles, or whole genomes, to identify functional or structural homologs within and across organisms.
- A new branch of science requires comprehensive training in
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Computer Science
- Prepares students for
- Academia
- The fast-paced pharmaceutical
- The biotechnology industries
- Includes a solid, carefully tailored curriculum of study that is designed to accommodate the needs of students holding Bachelor of Science degrees who wish to enter the Bioinformatics field
- Individuals with advanced degrees that are employed in sectors that value such skill will also benefit from the curriculum
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