Master Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics

This Master programme has been designed for those who intend to take an advanced bio / IT approach to Computational sciences, statistics, and maths, to provide responses to complex biological questions. The course will tackle general principles of biology and biotechnology, with a specific focus on the most recent theoretical aspects and technological advancements, and will attempt to demonstrate how Next Generation Sequencing and other advanced experimental approaches might provide more accurate and targeted responses thanks to their ability to analyse and connect data through sophisticated bio-IT techniques. This programme intends to instil students with an essential understanding of the mathematical and statistical concepts used to interpret and analyse data. These tools will be used individually or collectively to analyse various types of data already available across various databases. Students will develop their skill-set to manage and analyse raw data, using the most modern programming languages for data science, and taking advantage as needed of technologies based on cloud computing. Students will gain a foundation in data visualisation, and techniques for developing web-based applications. Legal aspects and ethical considerations regarding data analytics will be discussed as well.