BINF 6430 — Transcriptomics in Bioinformatics

4 semester hoursGraduateLectureNUpath EXusually offered: fall, springtypical days: TBostonOnlinePortland, MaineToronto, CanadaOnlineTraditional

Introduces the study of the complete RNA transcriptome, otherwise known as “transcriptomics.” Covers the molecular genetics that underlie RNA and its various sequencing protocols (e.g., RNA-seq, ATAC-seq, and scRNA-seq), data preprocessing, transcriptome assembly, differential gene expression, and gene set enrichment analysis. Throughout the course and in collaboration with our academic partners, students take part in experiential learning by processing and analyzing various real-world RNA-seq datasets, including bulk RNA and single-cell sequencing.

Prerequisites

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

Offering history

Term	Sections	Enrolled	Capacity	Full	Open seats/section
Fall 2023	2	9	25	36%	8.0
Fall 2024	2	22	26	85%	2.0
Spring 2025	2	33	35	94%	1.0
Fall 2025	4	59	76	78%	4.3
Spring 2026	1	19	22	86%	3.0

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 82% · W 0% · Th 18% · F 0%

Common patterns: T (82% of sections), R (18% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday

Professors

Fall

Marcus Sherman (56% of students) · reviews
Saman Farahmand (44% of students) · reviews

Spring

Saman Farahmand (85% of students) · reviews
Oyeronke Ayansola (15% 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