Learn how to translate the “big data” generated in biological and health research into knowledge that improves human health.
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探索你的选择——上课、实习、研究和出国留学. 找到你感兴趣的, 发现你的所爱, 并创建一个主要的经验，快速启动你的未来使用 生物信息学专业指南.
作为一个生物信息学专业的学生, 你将学习计算机科学课程, 计算生物学, 数学, 统计学与化学. Dive into research and project-based coursework alongside your professors, 并在本科期间进行专业水平的研究.
Take advantage of the 野生盆地创意研究中心, an Austin nature preserve managed by St. 爱德华的, where 生物信息学 students have conducted research on — for example — the fungal microbiomes of native plants. 并与奥斯汀不断发展的生物技术产业建立联系, where companies are using bioinformatics to develop solutions to problems in agriculture as well as genetic testing and personalized medicine.
我们的毕业生做什么?
生物信息学 majors go on to a variety of careers and graduate schools from St. 爱德华的. 这是我们最近的毕业生正在做的一个例子.
- 在CDK Global和Dell EMC工作
- Completing a 计算机科学 graduate program at the University of California Davis as the Integrated Computational Entomology fellowship recipient
- 生物信息学硕士课程. 路易斯大学生物信息学, 获得美国国家科学基金会BITWISE奖学金
- 波士顿大学的研究生, 圣路易斯大学, 中佛罗里达大学和德克萨斯大学达拉斯分校
发现的快感
St .的本科生研究. 爱德华将学生与专业导师联系起来, encourages them to take on new challenges and helps some find careers they never imagined. 读到 五名学生，其中包括一名生物信息学专业的学生他的研究就是寻找答案.
课堂内外
作为一个生物信息学专业的学生, you’ll have many opportunities to develop your lab and computer science skills in your classes and through research on campus, 在野生盆地创新研究中心工作, 以及全国各地的实验室. 你也可以利用在奥斯汀的实习机会, 生物医学研究和科技产业的纽带.
体验式教育
你的基因组学实验室是基因组学教育合作伙伴关系的一部分, a nationwide collaboration of more than 100 universities that trains undergraduates in research methods. As part of their coursework, students annotate the genome of a fruit fly. The work of students in this course has twice been published in a scientific journal.
生物信息学 is a project-based course in which students apply their programming skills (Python) to a variety of problem sets. 在本课程中，你将开发代码来解决生物学问题.
生物信息学专业也需要几个学期的研究.
名助教奖学金
Students with an affinity for teaching and mentorship can assist younger students by serving as teaching assistants. 在圣. 爱德华的, 所有课程都由教授授课, 但学生助教帮助指导和领导学习课程. You’ll expand your communication and people skills by helping other students learn the material.
学生组织
圣. 爱德华的 chapter of the 德州科学院 supports student research, 包括演讲和出版的机会. 成员们还会在科学方面提供指导，并完成其他服务项目.
学位要求
主要要求: 生物信息学学士需要80小时的专业课程, 其中包括计算机科学的结合, 计算生物学, 数学/统计和化学.
通识教育要求: In addition to the major program requirements, all students must satisfy the 通识教育要求. Talk with your success coach and faculty advisor about which courses are right for you.
浏览及下载 生物信息学专业的完整学位计划 (PDF).
本专业学生所修课程的几个例子:
- 生物信息学 – Focuses on the development and application of computational approaches to ask and answer biological questions. 材料将从具体的, 相关生物学问题，包括生物序列分析, 基因组测序与组装, 生物模式识别, DNA微阵列数据分析, 生物网络.
- 生物的编程 -在生物学研究的背景下教学, this course introduces students to the principles and tools necessary to manipulate and analyze biological data. 重点是数据采集和分析, topics may include computational techniques used in the study of genomes and proteomes, 生态数据分析, 以及生物系统的数学建模.
研究
你将有充足的机会在圣. 爱德华实验室和全国其他大学的实验室.
在圣. 爱德华的, students have worked with a professor to characterize the fungal microbiome of the roots of native Texas plants 在野生盆地创新研究中心工作. Students worked on the entire process: collecting samples at the nature preserve, 在实验室准备DNA, 把样本送去测序和分析数据.
学生还可以独立进行研究. One student worked over the summer to study the fungal microbiome of bean plants, 植物基因型与磷酸盐抗性关系的研究. 她的工作发生在圣. 爱德华的温室，是由一个美国.S. 农业部补助金.
生物信息学 majors have presented their research and won awards at regional and national scientific meetings, 包括以下内容:
- 少数民族学生年度生物医学研究会议
- 德州科学院
- 生物分子资源设施协会
生物信息学 majors have a strong track record of being selected for 研究 Experiences for 本科s, 竞争激烈的夏季研究集中在全国各地的顶级实验室. The 10-week programs are designed to help students decide if they want to pursue a career in research. St. 爱德华的学生已被选入以下reu:
- Studying the influenza virus through the 生物信息学 研究 and Interdisciplinary Training Experience REU at Boston University
- Writing computer programs to analyze plant DNA in a horticulture REU at Michigan State University
- 生物信息学 majors have also been selected for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Exceptional 研究 Opportunity Program fellowship, 是什么把学生安排在全国各地的实验室里. 一个圣. 爱德华的 student recently was placed in a protein interaction lab at the University of Washington, 她在那里研究了一种叫做TrkA的蛋白质, 这对癌症和疼痛敏感性有影响吗.
Another student was chosen for the Opportunities in Genomics 研究 本科 Scholars program at the McDonnell Genome Institute at Washington University in St. 路易.
实习
作为一个生物信息学专业的学生, you can supplement your research experience with an internship. 学生最近在下列机构实习:
- J. 克雷格文特尔研究所, which conducts genomic research to advance human health and environmental sustainability
- 德克萨斯高级计算中心
As a student in the 生物信息学 program you are afforded access to the funding programs, 包括带薪实习, 专为圣. 爱德华大学跨学科科学研究所(i4). 有关这些项目的更多信息，请访问 跨学科科学研究所(i4).
我们的教师
I teach based on my understanding of how we all learn new information through the context of compelling questions and a need-to-know basis. 我发现这种方法能培养学生的兴趣, 有动力和能力从各种来源学习新材料. It also facilitates my students’ transitions into successful professional careers as well as continuing studies in graduate school.
– 查尔斯·豪泽，生物信息学副教授
生物信息学小
The 生物信息学 minor introduces students to the fields of bioinformatics and data science, while providing them with opportunities to develop skills in data handling, 云计算, 大数据管理与生物医学信息学.
To earn the minor, students take 11 hours of required courses and 10–12 hours of electives. 选修课, a minimum of two courses must be 3000-level or higher and a minimum of one course must be a 4-credit course.
必修课:11小时
- 生物信息学I(1小时)
- 普通生物学I(3小时)
- 普通生物学I实验室(1小时)
- 分子遗传学(3小时)
- 生物编程(3小时)
必修课:选择10-12小时
- 生物统计学(3小时)
- 基因组学(4小时)
- 生物信息学II(4小时)
- 人类遗传学(3小时)
- 地理信息系统(3小时)
- 计算机科学概念II(4小时)
- 基于组件的编程(3小时)
- 数据科学导论(4小时)