Bioinformatics for Computational Genomics The University of Milan

Overview

The research experience of the internship and its results will be described in a final written dissertation, to be discussed in front of a thesis committee.

The Master Degree in "Bioinformatics for Computational Genomics" (BCG) aims to form graduates with an adequate knowledge about the molecular basis of biological systems; the structure and function of biological molecules and how they participate in cellular processes; the technologies and platforms for the analysis of genomes; of the tools for bioinformatic and genomic analysis; and the statistical and computational methodologies for the analysis of biomolecular data.

• the organization of information in the genome and the molecular and cellular processes at the basis of gene expression and its regulation.

• the experimental methods used for studying genes and their function in different model species, both prokaryotic and eukaryotic.

• the technologies employed in modern genomic research

• methods and protocols of bioinformatic analysis in functional genomics studies

• algorithmic, mathematical and statistical approaches underlying bioinformatic and genomic analysis tools

• data base technologies for the storage and organization of the data

• modelling and analysis techniques employed in systems biology for the study of interactions in complex biological systems.

Career

Graduates in BCG will thus be able to:

• take part in the design and execution of large scale genomic analyses

• identify and extract the biological meaning from the results obtained

• design autonomously tools and protocols for the bioinformatic analysis of different types of experimental data

• play a pivotal role in research groups focused on basic or applied genomic research

• coordinate and supervise research projects and groups focused on bioinformatics and genomics.