Graduate Education
Courses: Fall 2013

 

Courses in Systems Biology and Computational Biology

 

Computational Genomics
Faculty: Dana Pe'er
Email: dpeer@biology.columbia.edu
Department: Biological Sciences
URL: https://courseworks.columbia.edu/tbook-tool/viewTextbook.vtb?courseId=BIOLW4400_001_2013_3&view=course
Semester: Fall 2013
Place: Fairchild 1000 (Morningside Heights campus)
Schedule: M 3:00-5:30 PM
Description: The analyses of next-generation sequencing data using machine learning techniques: gene expression, transcriptional regulation, epigenomics, ribosome profiling, enhancer localization, and genome conformation.

 

 

Introduction to Genomic Information Science and Technology
Faculty: Guido H. Jajamovich
Email: guido.jajamovich@mountsinai.org
Department: Electrical Engineering
URL: https://courseworks.columbia.edu/tbook-tool/viewTextbook.vtb?courseId=ECBME4060_001_2013_3&view=course
Semester: Fall 2013
Place: Mudd 545 (Morningside Heights campus)
Schedule: M 7:00-9:30
Description: An introduction to the bioinformatics for both life scientists and computer scientists/engineers.

 

 

Molecular Biophysics
Faculty: Barry Honig, with Wayne Hendrickson, Arthur Palmer, and Arthur Karlin 
Email: bh6@columbia.edu
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
URL: https://courseworks.columbia.edu/tbook-tool/viewTextbook.vtb?courseId=BCHMG4250_001_2013_3&view=course 
Semester: Fall 2013
Place: Black Building 523 (September 4 - November 20); Irving Cancer Research Center (November 22 - December 13)
Schedule: M,W,F 4:00 - 5:30 PM
Description: Methods and principles involved in studying the structure and function of proteins, nucleic acids, membranes, and their macromolecular assemblies.

 

 

Chemical Biology
Faculty: Virginia Cornish
Email: vc114@columbia.edu
Department: Chemistry
URL: https://courseworks.columbia.edu/tbook-tool/viewTextbook.vtb?courseId=CHEMW4312_001_2013_3&view=course
Semester: Fall 2013
Place: Northwest Corner Building 602 (Morningside Heights campus)
Schedule: T,R 1:10-2:25 PM
Description: Approaches for discovering and optimizing chemical tools for measuring and perturbing biological systems. Topics include high-throughput assay development, chemical and genomic screening, protein microarrays, and the druggable genome.

 

Related Courses

 

Introduction to Computer Applications in Health Care and Biomedicine
Faculty: David Vawdrey and the faculty of the Department of Biomedical Informatics
Email: dkv2101@columbia.edu
Department: Biomedical Informatics
URL: https://courseworks.columbia.edu/tbook-tool/viewTextbook.vtb?courseId=BINFG4001_001_2013_3&view=course
Semester: Fall 2013
Place: Hamilton 516 (Morningside Heights campus)
Schedule: M,W 4:10 - 5:25 PM 
Description: An introduction to the applications of informatic methods in biology, health care, and public health.

 

 

Methods in Biomedical Informatics I: Symbolic Methods
Faculty: Chunhua Weng
Email: cw2384@columbia.edu
Department: Biomedical Informatics
URL: https://courseworks.columbia.edu/tbook-tool/viewTextbook.vtb?courseId=BINFG4003_001_2013_3&view=course
Semester: Fall 2013
Place: Vanderbilt 5 Conference Room (Medical Center campus)
Schedule: M,W 2:00-3:30 PM; F 11:00-12:30 PM
Description: Fundamental symbolic methods for health care and biological research decision support systems. Logic, controlled terminologies, knowledge representation, and natural language processing. 

 

 

Computational Neuroscience I: Circuits in the Brain
Faculty: Aurel A. Lazar 
Email: aal1@columbia.edu
Department: Electrical Engineering
URL: https://courseworks.columbia.edu/tbook-tool/viewTextbook.vtb?courseId=BMEBW4020_001_2013_3&view=course
Semester: Fall 2013
Place: Hamilton 303 (Morningside Heights campus)
Schedule: 7:00-9:00 PM
Description: The theoretical foundation of computational neuroscience.