Sponsoring Academic Department: Biomedical Informatics

Develops an understanding of techniques for analyzing the vast amount of biological data from recent genomic research to explore new applications. Emphasizes molecular biology in addressing topics ranging from sequence, structure and function analysis to the context of algorithms, databases and visualization.

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Those interested in obtaining the Certificate must take BIOMEDIN214, one course from the Biology focus and one course from the Computer Science focus. In addition, they must obtain a grade of B or better in each course.

	Required Courses
			BIOMEDIN214: Representations and Algorithms in Computational Biology
	Electives
			BIOMEDIN217: Translational Bioinformatics (Bio Focus)
			BIOMEDIN234: Biomedical Genomics (Biology focus)
			SBIO228: Computational Structural Biology: Protein Simulation, Function and Prediction (Biology focus)
			BIOC218: Computational Molecular Biology
			BIOC228: Computational Genomic Biology
			BIOC238: Computational Proteomic Biology
			BIOC248: Computational Systems Biology (Bio Focus Class - coming in 2008-2009 academic year)
			CS 262: Computational Genomics(Computer Science focus)
			CS 273: Algorithms for Structure and Motion in Biology (Computer Science focus)

To begin working toward this graduate certificate, enroll in any of the required courses as a Non Degree Option (NDO) student.

			Schedule of graduate courses
			Enrollment deadline
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For assistance in planning your course of study, contact Betty Cheng - Associate Director of the BMI training program, bcheng@stanford.edu.

After completing all course requirements, submit a Certificate Request form to SCPD. Upon receipt of the completed form, SCPD will forward the request to the academic department for approval and processing of the certificate.

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