2006年 北美 生物信息学 申请指南---15 U of Wisconsin, BU, U of Iowa, ISU

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University of Wisconsin-Madison  

The School of Medicine of Wisconsin is ranked at 26th for 2006. You are probably interested in Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, http://www.biostat.wisc.edu/ . This department provides 2 training programs. The Department of Statistics, in collaboration with the Medical School's Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, offers both an M.S. and a Ph.D. with Emphasis in Biostatistics.  

If you have background in Statistics/Mathematics, check it here at http://www.biostat.wisc.edu/training/bstatgrad.html .

Also, a core group of faculty at the intersection of the Department of Computer Sciences and the Medical School are involved in training M.S. and Ph.D. students in the field of Medical Informatics. So applicants interested in a degree in Computer Sciences with a research focus in Biomedical Informatics are encouraged to contact the Department of Computer Sciences.  

Here is a list of faculty members who are doing research in Computational Biology in the Department of Computer Science, http://www.cs.wisc.edu/areas/ai/uwcompbio.html .

Besides Dept. of Statistics and Computer Science, if you are able to be admitted by a list of departments at http://www.cibm.wisc.edu/deptlinks.html , you are eligible for getting training in Computation and Informatics in Biology and Medicine Training Program at University of Wisconsin-Madison,  http://www.cibm.wisc.edu/index.html . But keep in mind that you have to apply through the individual department first.  

Here is a list for current faculty members involved in this training program, http://www.cibm.wisc.edu/trainers.html .


Boston University
The School of Medicine of Boston University is ranked at 28th for 2006. Boston University has an interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Bioinformatics, http://bioinformatics.bu.edu/ .

1.Admission Requirements.
(1)All applications for fall 2006 enrollment are due by December 15, 2005.
(2)All PhD applicants must take the GRE General Test. The GRE Subject Test is no longer required for any Bioinformatics degree programs.
(3)Suggested academic background:  
Computational: Intro to C, Intro to Probability and/or Statistics, Intro to Algorithms, Knowledge of PERL

Experimental/Scientific: Cell Biology, Physical Chemistry, and Biochemistry.

2.Curriculum.
Core courses: ENG BE 561: Protein and DNA Sequence Analysis
                    ENG BE 768: Biological Database Systems
                    ENG BE 777: Computational Genomics I/II
                    GRS BF 821: Bioinformatics Graduate Seminar
                   CAS BI 552: Molecular Biology I
                   LAW JD 933: Biotechnology Law and Ethics
3.Research areas and faculty members.  

For information, please visit http://www.bu.edu/cagt/members.shtml for details. It consists of 6 collaborative labs (http://www.bu.edu/cagt/labs.shtml ):

Biomolecular Systems
Protein Engineering
Computational Genomics
Structual Bioinformatics
Laboratory for Biocomputing and Informatics
Computational Systems Biology


University of Iowa

The School of Medicine of University of Iowa is ranked at 28th for 2006. There are two academic programs I would like to recommend. The first one is:

Biosciences Program http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/biosciences/index.htm  
and the second one is :

Genetics Program http://www.uiowa.edu/~genetics/  

1. Biosciences Program provides hands-on training in Bioinformatics & Comparative Genomics. For faculty involved in this area, please check http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/bi ... ve+Genomics#faculty out.  

There are two research centers which might be of your interests. The first one is Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, http://genome.uiowa.edu/index.html and the other one is Center for Comparative Genomics, http://www.biology.uiowa.edu/ccg/scope.htm . Besides, you will also be interested in Gene Regulation, Genetics, and Proteomics which are also included in http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/biosciences/research.asp .  

Check http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/biosciences/application/ for application information.  


2. Genetics Program provides a subtrack: Computational Genetics http://genetics.grad.uiowa.edu/About/ComputationalGenetics.html .  

(a) The purpose: The recent explosion of data generated by the fields of genetics and molecular biology has created a demand for sophisticated computational methods to extract meaningful information. Bioinformatics has emerged as an important new discipline in the biosciences promoting a close working relationship between genetics and the computational sciences.
(b) Two primary goals: Offer a Ph.D. training program involving coursework and Ph.D. thesis research opportunities in computational genetics. This is designed for incoming students with an interest in computational/computer sciences that would like to apply computational methods to genetics problems. The subtrack would provide training in genetics and computational sciences as it applies to genetics.  
Provide students with Genetics/Life Sciences backgrounds exposure to computational genetics. The new courses and seminars that will be developed as part of the subtrack will be open to students in all departments and should enrich the training experience of a wide range of graduate and some cases, advanced undergraduate students.  
(c) Course Plan:
     (1) Genetics (18 sh)
          a. Fundamentals in Genetics (2:128 or equivalent)
         b. Principles in Molecular Biology (156:201 or equivalent)  
          c. Biochemistry (99:110 or equivalent)  
          d. Evolution (2:131 or equivalent)  
        e. Genetic Analysis of Biological Systems (127:150)  
     (2) Computing (6-9 sh)  
          a. Practical ?Computer Science (22C:104, first offering: Fall '03)
          b. Fluency in at least one programming language
(Examples: Java (55:033)* or C++ (22c:112))
*Currently, there is no introductory Java course at the graduate level. If one is not developed and students use 55:033 to satisfy the language requirement, it will be considered remedial and will not be accepted for graduate credit.  
     (3) Statistics (3 sh)  
          a. Biostatistics (22S:101 or equivalent)  
     (4) Bioinformatics Tools and Applications (13 sh)  
          a. Bioinformatics I: Introduction to Bioinformatics (127:170; same as 2:170; 55:122  
          b. Bioinformatics II: Techniques and Tools (51:123)  
          c. Bioinformatics III: Computational Genomics (127:173; same as 2:174, 51:122 and 55:122)
          d. Bioinformatics IV: Statistics of Bioinformatics (first offering: Fall '03)  
     (5) Seminar and Responsible Conduct (3 sh)
          a. Responsible Conduct in Research (650:270)
          b. Special Topics in Genetics (127:200) taken twice  


(d) Faculty members
At the top (but not the very top) of page http://genetics.grad.uiowa.edu/About/ComputationalGenetics.html it summaries the faculty members in this area.
(e) Application Info.  

http://genetics.grad.uiowa.edu/About/Apply.html



Iowa State University

ISU is not very far from University of Iowa and these two universities do collaborate on research in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. ISU has a stand-alone and interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, http://www.bcb.iastate.edu/ .  

(1)Application Information
       http://www.bcb.iastate.edu/appli ... e_info.html#appinfo  

Please keep in mind that you can submit your application online through the link http://www.bioinformatics.iastate.edu/cgi-bin/BCB/application.cgi . It is very nice that you don’t have to pay for the application fee, which is $75 for other program at ISU. Once you are accepted, the program will pay for you. What’s more, the photocopies of GRE, TOEFL and Transcripts are accepted. Just send them to the program coordinator, Linda by email.  

(2)Research Areas
There are 5 research areas incorporated in this program:  

Bioinformatics
Functional & Structural Genomics
Genome Evolution
Macromolecular Structure and Function
Mathematical Biology, Computational Modeling & Metabolic and Developmental Networking

The link : http://www.bcb.iastate.edu/faculty/research.html  

A professor recommended: Dr. Vasant Honavar http://www.cs.iastate.edu/~honavar/homepage.html  

(3) Prerequisites:   

check http://www.bcb.iastate.edu/courses/BCB_HB_F2004.html#prereq to see if you have some courses to make up before entering this program