Graduate Education
Courses: Spring 2015
Courses in Systems Biology and Computational Biology
Advanced Statistical and Computational Methods in Genetics and Genomics |
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| Faculty: | Iuliana Ionita-Laza |
| Email: | il2135 [at] columbia.edu |
| Department: | Biostatistics |
| URL: | https://courseworks.columbia.edu/portal/site/BISTP8119_001_2015_1 |
| Semester: | Spring 2015 |
| 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 |
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| 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_2015_1 |
| Semester: | Spring 2015 |
| 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 |
Biophysical Chemistry |
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| Faculty: | Ruben Gonzalez |
| Email: | rlg2118 [at] columbia.edu |
| Department: | Chemistry |
| URL: | https://courseworks.columbia.edu/cms/public/mainpage.cfm?crs=CHEMG8114_001_2015_1 |
| Semester: | Spring 2015 |
| Place: | 320 Havemeyer (Morningside Heights Campus) |
| Schedule: | TF 4:10 - 5:25 |
| Description: | Includes laboratory exercises in molecular computer graphics and in structural biological and chemical informatics. |
Computational Genomics |
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| Faculty: | Itsik Pe'er |
| Email: | itsik [at] c2b2.columbia.edu |
| Department: | Computer Science |
| URL: | https://courseworks.columbia.edu/portal/site/CBMFW4761_001_2015_1 |
| Semester: | Spring 2015 |
| Place: | TBA (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 |
Computational Systems Biology |
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| Faculty: | Dennis Vitkup |
| Email: | dev7003 [at] dbmi.columbia.edu |
| Department: | Systems Biology |
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| Semester: | Spring 2015 |
| Place: | ICRC 817 (Medical Center Campus) |
| Schedule: | TR 2:00-4:00 |
| Description: | Structural and functional proteomics and cellular network biology. |
Computer Models in Biology |
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| Faculty: | Julio M. Fernandez |
| Email: | jf2120 [at] columbia.edu |
| Department: | Biological Sciences |
| URL: | https://courseworks.columbia.edu/portal/site/BIOLW3028_001_2015_1 |
| Semester: | Spring 2015 |
| Place: | TBA (Medical Center Campus) |
| Schedule: | W 4:10-7:00 |
| Description: | An overview of computer modeling of biological processes over a wide range of space and time scales. Topics include proteins under force, single ion channels, the nerve action potential, and tissue elasticity. |
Design Principles for Biological Circuits |
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| Faculty: | Predrag R. Jelenkovic |
| Email: | predrag [at] ee.columbia.edu |
| Department: | Electrical Engineering |
| URL: | https://courseworks.columbia.edu/portal/site/ELENE6010_001_2015_1 |
| Semester: | Spring 2015 |
| Place: | TBA (Morningside Heights Campus) |
| Schedule: | T 4:10-6:40 |
| Description: | Biological networks from an engineering perspective. |
Evolutionary Biology in the Age of Genomics |
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| Faculty: | Guy Sella |
| Email: | gs2747 [at] columbia.edu |
| Department: | Biological Sciences |
| URL: | https://courseworks.columbia.edu/portal/site/BIOL_4560_001_2015_1 |
| Semester: | Spring 2015 |
| Place: | Mudd 704A (Morningside Heights Campus) |
| Schedule: | TR 4:10-5:25 |
| Description: | Familiarizes students with the questions and tools of evolutionary genetics as it is practiced today, in the era of genomics. Phylogentic trees, population genetics, Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, random genetic drift and mutation, human evolution and demographic proceses, natural selection, molecular evolution, and speciation. |
Genomics of Gene Regulation |
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| Faculty: | Harmen J. Bussemaker |
| Email: | hjb2004 [at] columbia.edu |
| Department: | Biological Sciences |
| URL: | https://courseworks.columbia.edu/portal/site/CHBCW4510_001_2015_1 |
| Semester: | Spring 2015 |
| 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. |
Introduction to Methods in Translational Bioinformatics |
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| Faculty: | Nicholas Tatonetti |
| Email: | nick.tatonetti [at] columbia.edu |
| Department: | Biomedical Informatics and Systems Biology |
| URL: | |
| Semester: | Spring 2015 |
| Place: | PH20 200 (Medical Center Campus) |
| Schedule: | TR (TBA) |
| Description: | Computational and statistical analysis of biomedical data in nonhuman genetics, human genetics, pharmacology, and public health. Students will use the R and python programming languages. |
Quantitative and Computational Aspects of Infectious Disease |
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| Faculty: | Raul Rabadan |
| Email: | rr2579 [at] c2b2.columbia.edu |
| Department: | Biomedical Informatics |
| URL: | https://courseworks.columbia.edu/portal/site/BINFG4016_001_2015_1 |
| Semester: | Spring 2015 |
| Place: | Room 817 Irving Cancer Research Center (Medical Center Campus) |
| Schedule: | M 12:00-3:00 |
| 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. |
Regulatory Genomics |
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| Faculty: | Dana Pe'er |
| Email: | dp2315 [at] columbia.edu |
| Department: | Computer Science |
| URL: | https://courseworks.columbia.edu/portal/site/BIOLW4400_001_2015_1 |
| Semester: | Spring 2015 |
| Place: | TBA (Morningside Heights Campus) |
| Schedule: | F 10:00 - 12:40 |
| Description: | The course will cover machine-learning approaches to model and mine biological data. The course and will survey current topics in systems biology, including gene expression, transcriptional regulation, epigenomics, ribosome profiling, enhancer localization, and genome conformation. |
Related Courses
Methods in Biomedical Informatics II: Computational Methods |
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| Faculty: | Noemie Elhadad |
| Email: | noemie.elhadad [at] columbia.edu |
| Department: | Biomedical Informatics |
| URL: | |
| Semester: | Spring 2015 |
| Place: | TBA (Medical Center Campus) |
| Schedule: | TRF 10:00-11:15 |
| Description: | Probabilistic and machine learning methods with application to the analysis of biomedical data. |
Methods in Biomedical Informatics III: Research Methods |
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| Faculty: | Lena Mamykina |
| Email: | lena.mamykina [at] dbmi.columbia.edu |
| Department: | Biomedical Informatics |
| URL: | |
| Semester: | Spring 2015 |
| Place: | TBA (Medical Center Campus) |
| Schedule: | MTR 2:30-3:45 |
| Description: | Formulation of research plans in Biomedical Informatics including grant proposal writing. |
Precision Medicine 101 |
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| Faculty: | Wendy Chung, Ali Gharavi, and others. Kelly Brennan, coordinator. |
| Email: | kb2383 [at] columbia.edu |
| Department: | Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research |
| URL: | |
| Semester: | Spring 2015 |
| Place: | PH10-405A (Medical Center Campus) |
| Schedule: | Th 4:00-5:00 (starts January 8, 2015) |
| Description: | A free, non-credit introductory seminar series on precision medicine. Use of genomics, biomarkers, systems biology, and biomedical informatics to take a patient's individual genetic makeup into account in diagnosis and treatment, including the reduction of adverse events. Attendance is limited. To enroll, contact Kelly Brennan by January 7, 2015. |
Seminar in Computational Neuroscience: Acoustic Signaling and the Auditory System |
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| Faculty: | Predrag R Jelenkovic |
| Email: | predrag [at] ee.columbia.edu |
| Department: | Electrical Engineering |
| URL: | https://courseworks.columbia.edu/portal/site/ELENE6010_001_2015_1 |
| Semester: | Spring 2015 |
| Place: | TBA (Morningside Heights Campus) |
| Schedule: | T 4:10 - 6:40 |
| Description: | An an engineering perspective on neural processing of auditory signals. |
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