Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Catalog - 2024-2025
BIOE 518 - INTRO TO COMPUTATION BIOLOGY
Long Title: INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY
Department: Bioengineering
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Graduate
Must be enrolled in one of the following Degree(s):
Doctor of Philosophy
Must be enrolled in one of the following Department(s):
Bioengineering
Description: This class teaches students how to use theoretical and computational methods to understand and analyze biological phenomena at cellular and population levels. The class is based on MATLAB, with a brief refresher provided at the beginning. The topics include the modeling of enzyme kinetics, biochemical reaction networks, gene regulation, stochasticity of gene expression, and evolutionary and epidemiological population dynamics. The final project focuses on image quantification and analysis. This course is intended for the first-year BIOE Ph.D. students only.