Multiple types of -omics data are rapidly changing the face of biological research. In the Bioinformatics minor, students have been exposed to fundamental computational techniques to analyse and visualise omics data. Students enrolled in the Omics minor have also explored technologies and data analysis methods to deal with the “wet” and “dry” components of omics experiments. In this course, students will gain confidence in supporting more complex data analyses, interpreting omics findings, and formulating new research questions from the omics data. To make effective use of the data, it is imperative for students from both minors to connect computational techniques to biological domain knowledge. This course challenges students to creatively apply their recently acquired skills to drive new biological discoveries, by designing and carrying out a computational research project with a group of fellow students.
