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department of Biology |
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Biology and Biocomplexity >
Theoretical Biology & Bioinformatics
Research |
Education |
Bachelor |
Master |
PhD program |
Advanced courses |
Agenda |
General mission
Bioinformatics is an important 'growth area' in modern biology,
pervading many areas of biology. Our bachelor and master programs aim
to introduce students interested in biology to the basic concepts and
techniques of Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics. Some of the
students will proceed and attend our PhD program, and others will
benefit from these theoretical skills in their future experimental
work. One of our main missions is to let modeling and bioinformatics
become a normal component of biological research.
Studying informatic processes in biotic systems we use both
mathematical models, computer simulation models and bioinformatic
techniques. Examples of the latter are phylogeny, genomics, high
throughput techniques and immune epitope predictions. Examples of the
modeling range from simple differential equations, to cellular
automata, and large agent based computer simulation models. One of
our aims is to make biology a more quantitative science, and integrate
large data bases of knowledge into a understanding of how complex
biological systems function and evolve. We find this combination of
Theoretical Biology and Bioinformatics exciting and very useful in
biological research.
Teaching programs
Please read the following web-pages for further information:
- Bachelor program within department of
Biology involving four 10-week courses.
- Master track within the Biology and
Biocomplexity master program of the
Graduate School of Life Sciences involving a number of courses and two
large research projects.
- PhD program within the
Graduate School of Life Sciences involving some courses and 3-4 years of
research.
- Advanced courses
for master and PhD students that are given over alternating years.
- Minor biology for math students
for applied math students who like to add on a minor biology to their
math bachelor progam (in Dutch).
Theoretical Biology & Bioinformatics /
Last modified on 28 February 2011 /
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