2006年北美生物信息学申请指南---11 Yale，德州Balyor医学院，西南医学院

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Yale大学的医学院排名第11。它有一个Combined Program in Biological & Biomedical Sciences， http://info.med.yale.edu/bbs/ 。其中有8个track。适合申请生物信息学的是Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Track http://info.med.yale.edu/bbs/biocom.html 。

1.    研究目标：promotes developing an integrated view of the organism vis-á-vis large-scale genomics and comparative genomics research
2.    研究方向： Computational Approaches to Functional and Integrative Genomics ；Theoretical Molecular Biology and Computational Algorithms ；Computational Analysis of Macromolecular Structures ；Heterogeneous Database Design and Information Integration
3.    录取要求： 1) a strong foundation in the basic sciences, such as biology, chemistry and mathematics; and 2) training in computing/informatics, including significant computer programming experience. The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) General Test is required, and the GRE Subject Test in cell & molecular biology, biology, biochemistry, chemistry, computer science, or other relevant discipline is recommended. Applicants for whom English is not their native language are required to submit results from the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL).
4.    学习计划和培养目标： http://ycmi.med.yale.edu/CBB/CBBProg.html 。
5.    师资力量：目前共有30位教授， http://info.med.yale.edu/bbs/biocom/faculty.html 。Yale的Center for Genomics and Proteomics也列出了Bioinformatics方面的教授：http://cgp.yale.edu/bioinformatics/index.html 。

推荐的教授有：
（1）    Mark Gerstein， 实验室的网址是 http://bioinfo.mbb.yale.edu/ 。他目前是这个track的graduate studies的director，研究方向包括：(i) analysis of structures, focused on understanding protein motions in terms of packing; (ii) analysis of sequences, focused on surveying the occurrence of folds and families in genomes (both for genes and pseudogenes); (iii) analysis of functional genomics data, focused on trying to predict protein function on a genomic scale.
（2）    Hongyu Zhao, 实验室的网址是 http://zhao.med.yale.edu/ 。研究方向包括：(i)　Genetic Linkage and Association Studies and Population Genetics；(ii)　Computational Biology　(an integrated understanding of the genetic networks underlying complex biological phenotypes. We are focusing on developing statistical and computational methods to integrate different types of genomics and proteomics data to dissect biological pathways, including metabolic pathways, transcriptional regulatory pathways, and signal transduction pathways); (iii)Proteomics








德州的贝勒医学院Balyor College of Medicine排名第13。Baylor College of Medicine, Rice University, The University of Houston, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, and The University of Texas - Houston Health Science Center合办了Ph.D. Program in  
Structural and Computational Biology and Molecular Biophysics, http://scbmb.bcm.tmc.edu/ 。

1．    录取要求请参看 http://www.bcm.edu/gradschool/grad-application.html 。如果你网上提交申请，那么30美元的申请费会免掉 ：）  这个program的老师会先面试完美国的申请者再去中国面试，大约4月的时候发出offer。
2．    研究方向： Computational Biology, Structural Biology,Genomics,Biophysics,Proteomics,Bioengineering,Neuroscience
   http://scbmb.bcm.tmc.edu/research_areas
3.    师资力量： http://scbmb.bcm.tmc.edu/research_areas 按研究方向列出了各位教授。 目前大约有67位教授。

推荐的教授有：
（1）    Aleksandar Milosavljevic， 实验室网址是 http://brl.bcm.tmc.edu/ 。研究方向包括：developing new methods and creates new resources for discovery through comparative genomics and informatics。
（2）    Richard Gibbs，实验室的网址是 http://www.hgsc.bcm.tmc.edu/ 。他目前是Baylor College of Medicine - Human Genome Sequencing Center 的director。研究方向包括：The Human Genome Project; molecular basis of human genetic diseases; molecular evolution。
（3）    Jonathan Miller，http://scbmb.bcm.tmc.edu/people/gcc_faculty_179 。研究方向包括： Theoretical/computational studies of microRNAs and anti-sense RNAs; gene regulation; networks; biological membrane structure and dynamics 。
4．    学习课程安排请参看： http://scbmb.bcm.tmc.edu/program/curriculum 。

另外，有统计/数学背景的同学可以考虑申请:

Rice大学统计系的Statistical Genetics and Bioinformatics Program, http://cohesion.rice.edu/enginee ... rad.cfm?doc_id=3411 , http://www.stat.rice.edu/Bioinf/bioinf.html .

全美癌症研究排名第二的The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center 的Program in Biomathematics and Biostatistics, http://www.mdanderson.org/departments/biomath/ .

同在德州的西南医学院 University of TX Southwestern Medical Center于2004年在Molecular Biophysics Profeam设立了一个Computational Biology Track, http://biophysics.swmed.edu/page_3/ 。
1．    培养目标: for students who are interested in using mathematical and computational modeling techniques to understand biological and biochemical processes
2. 录取要求： 申请者首先要被Graduate Program in Molecular Biophysics录取。 申请者应该有undergraduate training, or demonstrated competence in the use of computer operating systems, and working knowledge of one or more high-level computer programming languages (C/C++, Java, FORTRAN, Perl, Ada, Pascal, etc). Students should also have a solid background in mathematics through calculus and basic statistics as demonstrated by their undergraduate transcripts.

3．研究方向： Computational Genomics  
o    DNA/Protein Sequence Analysis  
o    Sequence Analysis and Annotation  
o    Alignment Methods  
o    Comparative Genomics  
o    Computational Analysis of Proteins  
o    Structure Prediction Methods  
o    Comparative Modeling  
o    Molecular Dynamics  
Data Mining And Databases  
o    Comparison Methods (Sequences, Structures, Abstracts)  
o    Database Searching  
o    Biological Data Structures  
Structure Determination Methods  
Biological Systems Modeling  
Comparative Modeling  

4．    师资力量： http://biophysics.swmed.edu/page_3/  
Dr. Harold Garner  
Dr. Nick Grishin  
Dr. Zbyszek Otwinowski  
Dr. Alexander Pertsemlidis  
Dr. Rama Rangananathan  
Dr. Elliot Ross  
Dr. Richard Scheuermann  

5．    课程安排：

Required courses (6 credits)  
MB 5155-01    Mathematical Methods    1.5 credits
MB 5105-01    Molecular Biophysics: Energetics    1.5 credits
UTD CS 5343    Algorithm Analysis and Data Structures    3 credits

Electives (3 credits)  
Any of the 1.5 credit courses offered by the Molecular Biophysics Program (below) or any of the approved 3 credit electives in Computer Science or Mathematical Sciences offered at U.T.Dallas (See Appendix).  
MB 5145-01    Computational Approaches in Protein Science    1.5 credits
MB 5125-01    Computational Modeling of Signaling Systems    1.5 credits
MB 5096-01    Bioinformatics and DNA Microarray Data Analysis    1.5 credits