Bioinformatics is a combination of life science and informatics. It involves programming and data handling, numerous applications and software packages to handle and visualize data. Perhaps most importantly it involves communication between biologists and scientific programmers.
In this minor, you will learn how to process and visualize biological data. You can divide the minor into roughly three parts:
- Skills, statistics, and data analysis (Learning outcome 1, LU1)
- Applied Bioinformatics (Learning outcome 2, LU2)
- Project (Learning outcome 3, LU3)
In the setup of the courses, diverse aspects of bioinformatics are highlighted at various omics levels. Within projects, students gain in-depth knowledge of various aspects of bioinformatics.
To stay up to date, projects are in collaboration with experts from the relevant fields. These researchers will also be involved in the projects as your external supervisors. Students majoring in a Dutch Biology and Medical Laboratory Research program are welcome to this minor. Students from other programs will be admitted accordingly based on the intake results. Students from abroad are welcome, as per national/international agreements.
This minor will be given exclusively in English.