ADSC 8000
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Fall Semester – Even years
3
ADSC 8210 or ADSC 8110 AND STAT 4220 or STAT 6220
R. Rekaya
Currently used methods and techniques in the field of molecular genetics and bioinformatics with emphasis towards applications in livestock species.
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Spring Semester – Every year
3
BCMB 8010
W. Lanzilotta, J. Rose, Z. Wood
The relationship of protein structure to biological function, including protein folding, conformation, stability, and enzyme mechanisms.
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Spring Semester – Every year
3
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Y. Xu
This course teaches a fundamentally novel framework of cancer biology. Throughout this course, students will learn how the initial and seemingly harmless stressors induced by chronic inflammation or ROS accumulation can lead to increasingly malignant development of neoplastic cancer tumors as a result of adaptation to the also evolving microenvironment.
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Fall Semester – Every year
3
CSCI 4470/6470 or BCMB 4010/6010 or CHEM 6911 or MATH(CSCI) 4630/6630 or permission of department
Y. Xu, N. Kannan, L. Cai, H. Schuttler, B. Foley, W. York
Computational methods, including development and implementation of computer codes, used to solve biological problems; development and solution of statistical and mathematical biological models.
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Spring Semester – Every year
4
None
M. Keshtgari
An intensive introduction to fundamental concepts in programming and data structures and their application to everyday use in informatics analyses. Hands-on exercises will emphasize problem- solving and writing code to collect, analyze, and present results.
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Spring Semester – Every year
3
BCMB(BIOL)(CHEM) 3100 or BCMB 4010/6010 or BCMB 4020/6020 or GENE(BIOL) 3200 or permission of department
S. Zhao, J. Mrazek
Advanced strategies and methodologies for large-scale data analyses in support of genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and studies of biological pathways and networks.
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Fall and Spring Semester – Every year
3
BCMB(BIOL) 8210 or BCMB(MIBO)(BINF) 8211 or STAT 4630/6630 or CSCI 4490-6490
J. Arnold or A. Edison & A. Bucksch or L. Salvador
Shared research experience in systems biology. Each semester the research case study will be either on the biological clock, hot-pathogen interactions, or marine metagenomics. Project will include genomics experiments involving microfluidics, network identification, and genomic analysis. Emphasis will be placed on transformative research accomplished on the clock, host-pathogen system, or marine ecosystem.
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Spring Semester – Every year
3
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R. Woods
Introduces techniques of molecular simulation relevant to biomolecular systems, and provides extensive hands-on experience with current modeling and simulational programs.
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Spring Semester – Every year
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Permission of department
J. Drake, P. Rohani
Discussion-based course focusing on computational concepts and methods in ecology. Emphasizes practical techniques relevant to research.
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Fall Semester – Every year
3
Permission of department
All EHS Graduate faculty
An advanced course focusing on fundamental paradigms and evolving concepts of environmental health science, including toxicology, environmental and occupational exposure assessment, environmental epidemiology, food safety.
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Fall Semester – Odd years
3
EPID 7010 or EHSC 7060 or EHSC 4490/6490
J. S. Wang
Biomarkers in clinical practice, and in public and environmental health. Biomarkers of disease, exposure to chemicals or pathogens, and adverse insults on humans play an important role in Environmental Health Science, Epidemiology, and Toxicology.
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1 to 3
[(BIOL 1103 and BIOL 1103L) or (BIOL 1104 and BIOL 1104L) or BIOL 1107-1107L or BIOL 1108-1108L)] and [GENE(BIOL) 3200 or EHSC 4700/6700] or permission of department
T. Glenn
The development and use of new high throughput molecular genetic tools. Provides detailed insight for applications, acquisition of instrumentation, and use of genomic assays.
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Fall semester – Every year
1 to 3, Repeatable for max 12 hours
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T. Glenn
Covers the background and use of new high throughput genomic tools for environmental studies. Content and credits will vary depending on subjects covered, which are modified to meet the needs of enrolled students.
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ENTO 4000/6000-4000L/6000L or permission of department
K. Ross, J. McHugh
Graduate-level reading and discussion covering philosophical and methodological aspects of biological classification and phylogenetic reconstruction with special reference to insects.
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Spring semester – Every year
3
BIOS 7010 or permission of school
A. Handel
Covers a variety of modern approaches for analyzing and interpreting data commonly encountered in public health, biomedical sciences, and related areas.
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Fall semester – Every year
4
EPID 7010 or ECOL 4000/6000 or permission of department
A. Handel
Computational and mathematical methods for building and analyzing models of infectious diseases.
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3
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C.J. Tsai
Fundamentals and practical applications of functional genomics in biological research.
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Fall semester – Every year
3
GENE(BIOL) 3200 or equivalent general genetics course or permission of department
C. Bergman
Conceptual and practical aspects of bioinformatics approaches to analyze genomic data.
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Summer semester (Maymester) – Even years
3
None, Not open to students with credit in PARA 8080L
D. Peterson
Current techniques in molecular analysis of pathogens. Emphasis is placed on bioinformatics and procedures for genomic analysis, rapid isolation and characterization of parasite molecules, and the detection and identification of parasites in host vector.
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Fall and Spring semesters – Every year
3
Permission of major
K. Johnsen
This interdisciplinary course provides instruction and exposure to the theory, tools, and techniques that connect data to information, knowledge, and decisions. Students will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to deeply engage in the increasingly interdisciplinary, data-driven, security-focused industrial and research enterprises as they complete practical analytical tasks and projects.
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Spring semester – Every year
3
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J. Mrazek, S. Zhao
Computational approaches to the study of properties of eukaryotic and prokaryotic genomes, genome evolution, and statistical and computational methods for genome analyses and comparisons.
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PBGG(CRSS)(HORT)(PBIO) 8871 or PBGG(CRSS)(HORT)(PBIO) 8872 or permission of department
J. Wallace
Concepts, implementation, and application of predicting organism phenotypes from genome-wide marker sets.
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PBGG(CRSS)(HORT)(PBIO) 8871 or PBGG(CRSS)(HORT)(PBIO) 8872 or PBGG(CRSS)(HORT) 8874 or permission of department
J. Wallace
The methods, design, and implementation of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) to map genetic loci in crop plants.
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Spring semester – Every year
3
Permission of major or permission of department
J. Leebens-Mack, D. Bensasson
Students will be introduced to a variety of comparative approaches for elucidating the evolution of species, populations, and molecules.
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Offered fall semester every even-numbered year
3
STAT 6220 or STAT 6315 or BINF 8441
L. Liu
The course focuses on stochastic models in bioinformatics, including Hidden Markov models, continuous time Markov chain (Poisson process, birth and death process, coalescent process) and their applications in sequence alignment, gene prediction, transmission network, phylogenetic tree reconstruction, etc. The course consists of lectures and lab where students can get hands on experience of using innovative bioinformatics software for alignment, gene prediction, phylogenetic tree reconstruction, network building, etc.
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3
STAT 8210
P. Ma, W. Zhong
Development of computational methods to infer biological information from data, including DNA sequences, gene expression levels, epigenome, and microbiome data.