Courses
Computational Biology (BIOSC 1540)#
This course offers a systematic examination of foundational concepts and an in-depth understanding of the significant fields of computational biology. Students learn about genomics, transcriptomics, computer-aided drug design, and molecular simulations in the context of current research applications. This course is the first stepping stone for undergraduates at the University of Pittsburgh before taking Computational Genomics (BIOSC 1542) or Simulation and Modeling (BIOSC 1544).
Biochemistry (BIOSC 1000)#
This course is designed to provide students with a basic understanding of the principles and underlying themes of modern biochemistry. The course includes all the major topics in biochemistry in considerable depth including thermodynamics and enzymology, protein and nucleic acid structure, function, and synthesis, lipids and membranes as well as metabolic pathways. This course will require that you master a new vocabulary including chemical structures, and there is an emphasis throughout on experimental approaches, molecular mechanisms, and problem solving. Although the same topics will be covered as in the two semester biochemistry series (BIOSC 1810-1820), no one topic in BIOSC 1000 will be covered in as much detail.
Computational Biology Research (BIOSC 1640)#
This course will use computational biology methods to address an authentic research question.
Computational Biology Seminar (BIOSC 1630)#
Topics in computational biology will be explored using primary literature. Students will present research articles orally and complete a series of writing assignments that will culminate in producing a perspective paper.