Bioinformatics
Bioinformatics
Bioinformatics (i/ˌbaɪ.oʊˌɪnfərˈmætɪks/) is the application of computer science and information technology to the field of biology and medicine. Bioinformatics deals with algorithms, databases and information systems, web technologies, artificial intelligence and soft computing, information and computation theory, software engineering, data mining, image processing, modeling and simulation, signal processing, discrete mathematics, control and system theory, circuit theory, and statistics, for generating new knowledge of biology and medicine, and improving & discovering new models of computation (e.g. DNA computing, neural computing, evolutionary computing, immuno-computing, swarm-computing, cellular-computing). Java, XML, Perl, C, C++, Python, R, SQL and MatLab are the programming languages popularly used in this field. A bioinformatician needs to have a basic and general sense of the ideas and approaches of science and engineering.
Matching Bioinformatics Colleges
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Virginia Commonwealth University
Four or more years; Public; 32,850 students; $19,672 average out-state tuition; $6,953 average in-state tuition |
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New Jersey Institute of Technology
Four or more years; Public; 8,840 students; $21,800 average out-state tuition; $11,248 average in-state tuition |
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Polytechnic Institute of New York University
Four or more years; Private not for profit; 4,514 students; $35,104 average out-state tuition; $35,104 average in-state tuition |
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Indiana University-Bloomington
Four or more years; Public; 42,347 students; $26,785 average out-state tuition; $8,124 average in-state tuition |
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Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
Four or more years; Public; 20,291 students; $24,195 average out-state tuition; $5,873 average in-state tuition |
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University of California-Santa Cruz
Four or more years; Public; 17,195 students; $32,281 average out-state tuition; $9,402 average in-state tuition |
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Columbia University in the City of New York
Four or more years; Private not for profit; 24,188 students; $41,160 average out-state tuition; $41,160 average in-state tuition |
Bioinformatics Scholarships
| Name | Amount | Deadline |
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| Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship - St. Edward's University | $15500 | Varies |
| Arthur Vining Davis Science Scholarship | $10000 | Varies |
| Barry Goldwater Scholarship | $7000 | Varies |
| Marjorie Skiff Rose Scholarship | $5700 | Varies |
| Titmus Foundation Scholarship | $5000 | Varies |
| Dr. Ronald Ward Scholarship | $5000 | Varies |
| Beverly McAllister Parker Scholarship | $5000 | Varies |
| Vincent and Lorraine Feik Scholarship | $4000 | Varies |
| Dr. Donald and Marjorie Meredith Scholarship | $3000 | Varies |
| 3M/Alumni Undergraduate Scholarship | $3000 | Varies |
Bioinformatics Related Majors
- Biostatistics
- Biometry/ Biometrics
- Biology
- Biochemistry
- Biomedical Sciences
- Cell and Molecular Biology
- Microbiology
- Zoology
- Physiology
- Biotechnology
- Exercise Physiology
- Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography
- Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology
- Molecular Biology
- Ecology
- Epidemiology
- Biochemistry/Biophysics and Molecular Biology
- Cell Biology and Histology
- Anatomy
- Neurobiology and Neurophysiology
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