Master's programme in Bioinformatics, 120 ECTS credits
Bioinformatics is a multidisciplinary field between biology, computer science, physics and medicine. New technologies in genomics and proteomics have revolutionized modern research in biology and medicine during the past decade. Scientific discovery now relies heavily on efficient handling and analysis of the enormous amounts of data generated from wet lab experiments. The Bioinformatics program train students from diverse fields in the computational analysis of biological data.
The students will participate in a genome project, called Genome Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea (GEBA), in collaboration with Joint Genome Institute at the department of Energy, US. The aim is to apply the acquired skills to generate new insights into the genome, thereby combining research and education.
The bioinformatics program combines advanced research with training of current techniques as well as the development of novel software tools. Proteomics, genomics and transcriptomics data will be analyzed and combined to get a global understanding of an organism or groups of organisms.
The master's programme is organized by the Faculty of Sciences. Graduates have a diverse set of employers to choose between, both in industry as bioinformatics or biocomputing specialists and at the universities. Previous graduates have been employed by Silicon Genetics and Novozymes as well as by research groups including Harvard medical School and developmental Biology at Lund University.
Courses
The master's programme is two years. The first year includes the required courses, BINP11 Bioinformatics and Sequence Analysis 7.5 ECTS credits, BINP13 Programming in Perl, 7.5 ECTS, and BINP14 Large Scale Analysis of Entire Genomes 7.5 ECTS credits. Recommended courses during the first year are: KEMM15 Structural biology and bioinformatics 15 ECTS credits, BIOR59 Genetic Analysis I 7.5 ECTS credits and BIMM15 Tumour Genomics 15 ECTS credits. The second year contains project and/or other eligible courses.
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Year 1, Autumn
- BINP11 Sequence analysis 7.5 ECTS
- BINP13 Programming in Perl 7.5 ETCS
- KEMM15 Structural Bioinformatics 15 ECTS
Year 1, Spring
Lotta Persmark
Student Advisor
Education office
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+46 46-2223728
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Lotta.Persmark@biol.lu.se
Claes von Wachenfeldt
Molecular Cell Biology
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+46 46-2223456
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Claes.von_Wachenfeldt
@biol.lu.se