Department of
Computer Science
305 ITTC
(the old East Gym)
Cedar Falls, Iowa
50614-0507
ph. (319) 273-2618
fax (319) 273-7123
Bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary curriculum combining computer science, mathematics, and biology that seeks to explore and elucidate life processes through modern genomic techniques and tools.
While there are many graduate degree programs in this area, there are presently only a small handful of undergraduate degree programs. UNI's program is one of the first of its kind.
The undergraduate bioinformatics degree program prepares students for careers in the rapidly expanding biotechnology industries, as well as for graduate school.
Bioinformatics Curriculum | Contributing Faculty
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"... Career opportunities in bioinformatics are very, very good," said John M. Greene, senior staff scientist, bioinformatics research, at Gene Logic Inc., Gaithersburg, Maryland. "It seems that every time you turn around a company has decided to set up a bioinformatics group, or expand an existing group. Many scientists are turning their careers in this direction..."
Science Magazine: Focus on Careers: Bioinformatics Science
"...Experts have already dubbed bioinformatics - a hybrid profession pairing biology and computer science - the career choice of the decade. "
Industry Outlook: Biotechnology
"There is a crying need for experts in bioinformatics and this is not something that will just fade away," said Dr. Leena Peltonen, chairwoman of the Department of Human Genetics at UCLA. "
Industry Outlook: Biotechnology
"...Frost & Sullivan, a San Jose consulting firm, has predicted a 10 percent annual growth rate in the bioinformatics market while the National Science Foundation has estimated 20,000 jobs will be created in the field by 2005."
Industry Outlook: Biotechnology
"THE HOTTEST JOB IN TOWN""Opportunities abound in bioinformatics, but qualified candidates are hard to find"
"The field of bioinformatics is surrounded with so much hype that thinking it's a brand-new field is forgivable. The word itself was coined in the early 1990s, but people have been using databases to manage biological sequence data -- which is a part of what bioinformatics encompasses -- since the 1960s. Although the field may not be new, it's moving in new directions and creating plenty of job opportunities."
Chemical & Engineering News
The program seeks to prepare students to understand and manipulate vast genomic data bases through an understanding of the languages, tools, and techniques of computer science, mathematics, and biology. The program seeks to be truely interdisciplinary in nature and produce students who are conversant across all three disciplines.
Department of
Computer Science
305 ITTC
(the old East Gym)
Cedar Falls, Iowa
50614-0507
ph. (319) 273-2618
fax (319) 273-7123
FACULTY PROFILE
With distributed computing, the devil is in the details. That's because a programmer is dealing with all sorts of different hardware and networks. Meshing all of these elements presents a significant challenge that Paul Gray, associate professor of computer science, is leading the charge to solve... [more]
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