Bioinformatics (Gr. Cert.) (15 credits)
Offered by: Plant Science (Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences)
Program credit weight: 15
The Graduate Certificate in Bioinformatics is intended for people with a B.Sc. degree (for example technicians and other scientists) and who need "retrofitted" with bioinfomatics skills, whether from a computational background (B.Sc. in Computer Science or similar) or a biological background (B.Sc. Biology, Molecular Biology, Microbiology, etc.). It teaches the basics of bioinformatics thinking, methodology and applications and gives hands on experience with computers and bioinformatics tools. It is cross-disciplinary in nature and introduces the students to many application areas (for example medicine, agriculture, chemistry). The Graduate Certificate can be completed in one term (Winter), or spread out over two terms.
Required Courses (9 credits)
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| BINF 511 | Bioinformatics for Genomics. | 3 |
Bioinformatics for Genomics. Terms offered: Winter 2027 Bioinformatics methods and reasoning in relation to genomics, proteomics and metabolomics strategies with an emphasis on functional genomics data. The course will cover introduction to UNIX, Perl programming, data processing and integration, file parsing, relational database design and implementation, angled towards solutions relevant for genomics. | ||
| BINF 660 | Advances in Bioinformatics. | 3 |
Advances in Bioinformatics. Terms offered: Winter 2027 An advanced bioinformatics project course with emphasis on creating solutions to biological questions. Course involves conducting a literature review, writing a short proposal, carrying out the project and writing a final report in the form of software documentation and/or a manuscript. | ||
| BTEC 555 | Structural Bioinformatics. | 3 |
Structural Bioinformatics. Terms offered: Winter 2027 Fundamentals of protein structure and the application of tools for structure determination, how protein structure allows us to understand the complex biological functions, and how knowledge of protein structure can contribute to drug discovery. | ||
Complementary Courses (6 credits)
6 credits from the following:
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| BMDE 652 | Bioinformatics: Proteomics. | 3 |
Bioinformatics: Proteomics. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Overview of high-throughput proteomic technologies commonly employed to study the localization and function of all proteins in an organism, and the bioinformatic approaches to analyze raw data and deposit them in proteome databases. | ||
| COMP 616D1 | Bioinformatics Seminar. | 1.5 |
Bioinformatics Seminar. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Introduction to current trends in Bioinformatics and closely related fields such as genomics and proteomics. | ||
| COMP 616D2 | Bioinformatics Seminar. | 1.5 |
Bioinformatics Seminar. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. See COMP 616D1 for description. | ||
| HGEN 663 | Beyond the Human Genome. | 3 |
Beyond the Human Genome. Terms offered: Winter 2027 A review of recent advances in human genomics and current state of the art technologies of DNA sequence and whole genomics analyses, as well as future directions in the post-genomic era. | ||