Overview
The Biomedical Genomics & Bioinformatics (BG&B) curricular training track prepares Biomedical Sciences (BIMS) PhD and MS Thesis students for research careers that integrate the basic principles of genetics and genomics with the latest experimental and computational approaches.
Students in this track explore the principles of genetics and genomics, working with faculty who are engaged in understanding the structure, function, and regulation of genes and entire genomes, connecting genotypes to phenotypes in a diverse array of companion animals, livestock species, animal models, and humans.
Research areas include animal disease models, biomedical genomics, comparative/evolutionary genomics, population and conservation genomics, epigenomics, immunogenomics, and livestock and wildlife genomics.
Required courses
Students in the BG&B track are required to complete the following course:
- VTPB 613 Mammalian Genomics and Bioinformatics
This coursework must be completed in addition to the BIMS PhD core courses/MS Thesis core courses.
Electives
Students, in consultation with their graduate advisory committee, students will choose electives for their graduate degree plan.
These courses should provide students with skills in critical thinking, research design and analysis, as well as written and oral scientific communication.
The following courses are commonly-used electives for students in the BG&B track:
Molecular Genetics
- BICH 631 Biochemical Genetics
- BICH 656 RNA World
- BICH 673/GENE 673 Gene Expression
- BIOL 609 Molecular Tools in Biology
- BIOL 635 Plant Molecular Biology
- ENTO 689 Special Topics in…
- GENE 648/WFSC 648 Molecular Evolution
- VTPP 676 Genetics and Molecular Toxicology
Quantitative and Population Genetics
- ANSC 628 Animal Breeding
- ANSC 638/GENE 638 Prediction of Genetic Merit
- ANSC 689 Special Topics in…
- EEBL 605 Population and Quantitative Genetics
- EEBL 606 Phylogenetics and Comparative Biology
- ESSM 689 Special Topics in…
- GENE 612 Population Genetics
- GENE 613 Quantitative Genetics I
- GENE 638/ANSC 638 Prediction of Genetic Merit
- SCSC 641 Plant Breeding
- SCSC 642 Plant Breeding II
- WFSC 624 Dynamics of Populations
Statistics and Bioinformatics
- BICH 661 Advanced Genome Annotation with Ontology
- BIOL 647 Digital Biology
- BIOL 651 Bioinformatics
- BIOL 683 Experimental Design in Biology
- GENE 689 Special Topics in…
- GENE 656 Bioinformatics- Metagenomics Data Analysis
- MPHY 624 Biostatistics
- STAT 604 Topics in Statistical Computations
- STAT 646 Statistical Bioinformatics
- STAT 651 Statistics in Research I
- STAT 652 Statistics in Research II
- STAT 657 Advanced Programming Using SAS
- VIBS 613 Evolutionary Bioinformatics
- WFSC 670 Excel Biometry
Organismal Genetics
- ANSC 624 Mammalian Developmental Genetics
- ANSC 639 Bacterial Genomics
- BICH 675 Plant Biochemistry and Genomics
- BIOL 606 Microbial Genetics
- BIOL 610 Evolution
- BIOL 611 Developmental Genetics
- ENTO 628 Arthropod Genomes and Gene Expression
- GENE 677/MCMD 677 Genes and Diseases
- MPIM 663/VTMI 663 Molecular Biology of Animal Viruses
- MSCI 630 Pathogenesis of Human Disease
- VTPB 613 Mammalian Genomics and Bioinformatics
Genomics
- ANTH 672 Ancient Genetics
- BICH 650/BIOL 650 Genomics
- BICH 661 Advanced Genome Annotation with Ontologies
- EEBL 607 Evolutionary Genomics
- GENE 620/VIBS 620 Cytogenetics
- GENE 629 Applied Animal Genomics
- GENE 654 Analysis of Complex Genomes
- GENE 655 Analysis of Complex Genomes-Lab
- GENE 689 Special Topics in…
- BIOL 689 Special Topics in…
- VTPP 638 Analysis of Genomic Signals
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Prospective Student Contacts
If you have questions relating to faculty and/or research being conducted in this area, please reach out to this track’s faculty leadership.
Track Co-Leaders: Dr. James Cai | Dr. Terje Raudsepp
If you have questions about seeking a faculty mentor, please contact our admissions coordinator.