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Program Requirements

Thesis

Required Courses (9 credits)

• BIOL 700 Doctoral Qualifying Examination

  Offered by: Biology (Faculty of Science)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Biology (Sci) : The oral Qualifying Examination is a formal evaluation of the candidate's ability to proceed to the attainment of the Ph.D. Candidates must submit a thesis proposal in advance of the exam.

  Terms: Fall 2011, Winter 2012

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.

• BIOL 702 Ph.D. Seminar (6 credits)

  Offered by: Biology (Faculty of Science)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Biology (Sci) : Doctoral candidates are required to give a public oral presentation of their major results before submitting a thesis.

  Terms: Fall 2011, Winter 2012

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.

• COMP 616D1 Bioinformatics Seminar (1.5 credits)

  Offered by: Computer Science (Faculty of Science)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Computer Science (Sci) : Introduction to current trends in Bioinformatics and closely related fields such as genomics and proteomics.

  Terms: Fall 2011

  Instructors: Hallett, Michael Trevor (Fall)

  • Restrictions: This seminar is restricted to graduate students in the Bioinformatics Option. Enrolment is limited to 30 students.

  • Note: The seminar will meet for 3 hours every second week over Fall and Winter semesters.

• COMP 616D2 Bioinformatics Seminar (1.5 credits)

  Offered by: Computer Science (Faculty of Science)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Computer Science (Sci) : See COMP 616D1 for description.

  Terms: Winter 2012

  Instructors: Hallett, Michael Trevor (Winter)

Complementary Courses (6 credits)

Two courses chosen from the following:

• BINF 621 Bioinformatics: Molecular Biology (3 credits)

  Offered by: Plant Science (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Bioinformatics : The main problems related to the analysis of biological sequences (sequence comparison, homology, gene annotation, phylogenetic inference, comparative genomics) and the computational approaches (dynamic programming algorithms, Blast heuristics, hidden Markov models, Bayesian statistics).

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.

  • Restriction: Enrolment by students in the Bioinformatics option or by permission from the course coordinators only. Limited to 30 students.
• BMDE 652 Bioinformatics: Proteomics (3 credits)

  Offered by: Biomedical Engineering (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Biomedical Engineering : Overview of high-throughput proteomic technologies commonly employed to study the localization and function of all proteins in an organism, and the bioinformatic approaches to analyze raw data and deposit them in proteome databases.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.

  • Prerequisite: Enrolment in Bioinformatics option program or permission by coordinators.
  • Note: The course is inter-disciplinary and is targeted to students with different scientific backgrounds. A substantial portion of marks will be given based on practical assignments.
• BTEC 555 Structural Bioinformatics (3 credits)

  Offered by: Parasitology (Agricultural & Environmental Sciences)

  Overview

  Biotechnology : Fundamentals of protein structure and the application of tools for structure determination, how protein structure allows us to understand the complex biological functions, and how knowledge of protein structure can contribute to drug discovery.

  Terms: Winter 2012

  Instructors: Salavati, Reza (Winter)

  • Winter

  • 1-hr lecture, followed by 2 hrs of computer lab.

  • Prerequisite: Molecular biology or biochemistry, and basic bioinformatics, or permission of instructor.

• COMP 618 Bioinformatics: Functional Genomics (3 credits)

  Offered by: Computer Science (Faculty of Science)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Computer Science (Sci) : Techniques related to microarrays (normalization, differential expression, class prediction, class discovery), the analysis of non-coding sequence data (identification of transcription factor binding sites), single nucleotide polymorphisms, the inference of biological networks, and integrative Bioinformatics approaches.

  Terms: Winter 2012

  Instructors: Hallett, Michael Trevor (Winter)

  • Prerequisite: Enrolment in Bioinformatics Option Program or permission of coordinators.

  • Restrictions: Enrolment by students in the Bioinformatics Option Program or by permission of course coordinators only. Computer Science graduate students not in the Bioinformatics Option Program need additional permission of the M.Sc. or Ph.D. Committee respectively.

• PHGY 603 Systems Biology and Biophysics (3 credits)

  Offered by: Physiology (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences)

  Administered by: Graduate Studies

  Overview

  Physiology : Introduction to classical and current topics in biophysics and systems biology in order to model the control of gene expression and intracellular signal transduction, as well as gene spread in populations.

  Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.

  Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.

  • Prerequisite: Knowledge of differential equations at the MATH 315 level or equivalent.
  • Notes: Enrolment is limited to 20 students per semester. The course is 1.5 hours of lecture and 1.5 hours of seminar per week. Readings will focus on classic and current journal articles.