BINF 6400 — Genomics in Bioinformatics

4 semester hoursGraduateLectureusually offered: fall, springBostonOnlineToronto, CanadaOnlineTraditional

Introduces the field of genomics. With the completion of the Human Genome Project several years ago, there has been an explosion of genetic data collected. Focuses on the bioinformatics tools necessary to analyze large-scale genomic data. Covers topics such as phylogenetic trees, molecular evolution, gene expression profiling, heterogeneous genomic data, as well as next-generation sequencing (NGS) data.

Prerequisites

one of:
- all of:
  - one of:
    - BINF 6200 (min C-)
    - BINF 6200 (min C-)
  - one of:
    - BINF 6310 (min C-)
    - BINF 6310 (min C-)
- (
  - one of:
    - BINF 6308 (min C-)
    - BINF 6308 (min C-)
  ) and (
  - one of:
    - BINF 6309 (min C-)
    - BINF 6309 (min C-)
  ) or CS 5130 (min C-)

Offering history

Term	Sections	Enrolled	Capacity	Full	Open seats/section
Fall 2023	1	25	27	93%	2.0
Spring 2024	2	48	52	92%	2.0
Fall 2024	4	51	90	57%	9.8
Spring 2025	2	51	53	96%	1.0
Fall 2025	3	51	66	77%	5.0
Spring 2026	4	88	93	95%	1.3

Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.

Meeting times

Share of recent sections by weekday: M 0% · T 33% · W 26% · Th 4% · F 29%

Common patterns: async (37% of sections), TF (29% of sections), W (26% of sections), T (5% of sections), R (4% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday

Professors

Fall

Maxim Wolf (47% of students) · reviews
Andrey Ptitsyn (18% of students) · reviews
Nima Nouri (13% of students) · reviews
Yupu Liang (11% of students) · reviews

Spring

Maxim Wolf (66% of students) · reviews
Mousa Moradi (14% of students) · reviews
Nima Nouri (13% of students) · reviews
Oyeronke Ayansola (7% of students) · reviews

Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.

Links

Official catalog (BINF course descriptions) · Student reviews on RateMyHusky · All BINF courses · Plan it at numap.app