Courses in Systems Biology and Computational Biology

 

Advanced Statistical and Computational Methods in Genetics and Genomics

Faculty: Iuliana Ionita-Laza
Email: il2135 [at] columbia.edu
Department: Biostatistics
URL: https://courseworks.columbia.edu/portal/site/BISTP8119_001_2014_1
Semester: Spring 2014
Place: TBA (Medical Center Campus)
Schedule: F 1:00-3:50
Description: Design and analysis of high-dimensional genetic studies. Genome-wide linkage and association analyses, next-generation sequencing studies, and network genetics.

 

 

Biological Sequence Analysis

Faculty: Richard Friedman
Email: friedman [at] c2b2.columbia.edu
Department: Biomedical Informatics, and Integrated Program in Cellular, Molecular, and Biomedical Studies
URL: https://courseworks.columbia.edu/portal/site/BINFG4013_001_2014_1
Semester: Spring 2014
Place: Hammer Health Sciences Center, 2nd Floor Microcomputer Classroom
Schedule: W 9:00-12:00
Description: A lecture/laboratory course for experimental biologists in running bioinformatics programs

 

 

Computational Genomics

Faculty: Itsik Pe'er
Email: itsik [at] c2b2.columbia.edu
Department: Computer Science
URL: https://courseworks.columbia.edu/portal/site/CBMFW4761_001_2014_1
Semester: Spring 2014
Place: 1127 Mudd (Morningside Heights Campus)
Schedule: MW 4:10-5:25
Description: An introduction to the analysis of biological sequences and DNA microarray expression data using techniques from machine learning

 

 

Introduction to Molecular Modeling

Faculty: Richard A. Friesner
Email: rich [at] chem.columbia.edu
Department: Chemistry
URL: https://courseworks.columbia.edu/portal/site/HEMG4232_001_2014_1
Semester: Spring 2014
Place: TBA (Morningside Heights Campus)
Schedule: TR 10:10 am - 11:25 am
Description: Computational modeling in chemistry and biochemistry.

 

 

Genomics of Gene Expression

Faculty: Harmen J. Bussemaker
Email: hjb2004 [at] columbia.edu
Department: Biological Sciences
URL: https://courseworks.columbia.edu/portal/site/CHBCW4510_001_2014_1
Semester: Spring 2014
Place: TBA (Morningside Heights Campus)
Schedule: M 2:40-5:25
Description: Introduction to key technologies for probing the regulatory network of the cell using microarrays and next-generation sequencing. Strategies for interpreting and integrating these data using statistics, biophysics, and genetics. Students will learn the basics of the R language and perform analyses of real regulatory genomics data.

 

 

Quantitative and Computational Aspects of Infectious Disease

Faculty: Raul Rabadan
Email: rabadan [at] dbmi.columbia.edu
Department: Biomedical Informatics
URL: https://courseworks.columbia.edu/portal/site/BINFG4016_001_2014_1
Semester: Spring 2014
Place: Room 817 Irving Cancer Research Center (Medical Center Campus)
Schedule: M 12:30-3:30
Description: This course is an overview of different theoretical tools that can be used to elucidate the different aspects of the evolution of infectious diseases, and, in particular, RNA viruses.

 

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Biophysical Chemistry

Faculty: Ruben Gonzalez
Email: rlg2118 [at] columbia.edu
Department: Chemistry
URL: https://courseworks.columbia.edu/cms/public/mainpage.cfm?crs=CHEMG8114_001_2014_1
Semester: Spring 2014
Place: 320 Havemeyer (Morningside Heights Campus)
Schedule: TF 4:15 - 5:30
Description: Includes laboratory exercises in molecular computer graphics and in structural biological and chemical informatics.

 

 

Methods in Biomedical Informatics II: Computational Methods

Faculty: Noemie Elhadad
Email: noemie [at] dbmi.columbia.edu
Department: Biomedical Informatics
URL: https://courseworks.columbia.edu/portal/site/BINFG4002_001_2014_1
Semester: Spring 2014
Place: Vanderbilt Clinic 5 Conference Room
Schedule: TR 10:00 - 11:15 F 10:00-11:30
Description: Probabilistic and machine learning methods with application to the analysis of biomedical data