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New computational biology curricula marries wet lab and computational power to solve mysteries of genetics and more.
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Understanding Helicobacter pylori shape with computational mapping

Computational Biology

Computational biology combines the power of modern computing and mathematical modeling with biological research to study how systems behave, evolve and adapt. Both UW and Fred Hutch are home to some of the country's top computational biology labs, pushing the boundaries of traditional benchwork in genetics, virology, microbiology and beyond.

Model Curricula

Autumn

MCB 517A
Tools for Computational Biology

STAT 509
Introduction to Mathematical Statistics

STAT 512
Statistical Inference

winter

GS 540
Introduction to Computational Molecular Biology: Genome and Protein Sequence Analysis

GS 559
Intro Python for Absolute Beginners

STAT 513
Statistical Inference

spring

GS 541
Introduction to Computational Molecular Biology: Molecular Evolution

A view of the new Molecular Engineering and Sciences building on campus. The basement is the largest vibration-free lab on the West Coast!

A Guide to CompBio Courses

Check out a brief annotated list of courses for those who want to become computational(ly) competent from scratch!

Faculty Area Directors: Jesse Bloom, Cole Trapnell

Student Area Directors: John Huddleston, Alex Yuan

Area Of interest Faculty

Lab Openings

Berger Lab:
All Quarters, Permanent Position

Cancer functional genomics

Hsieh Lab:
All Quarters, Permanent Position

Translation control, Ribosome profiling, Cancer Biology, RNA biology

Beliveau Lab:
All Quarters, Permanent Position

Chromosome biology, super resolution, microscopy, genome organization

Daggett Lab:
All Quarters, Permanent Position

computational, protein dynamics, disease, amyloid, protein design

Ha Lab:
All Quarters, Permanent Position

Cancer genomics, tumor evolution, liquid biopsies, machine learning, copy number alterations, structural variation, circulating tumor DNA

Gujral Lab:
All Quarters, Permanent Position

Systems BiologyTumor microenvironmentMetastasisWnt pathwayKinase signalingHippo pathway

Bielas Lab:
All Quarters, Permanent Position

Bloom Lab:
All Quarters, Permanent Position

Kerr Lab:
Winter

adaptive landscapes, bacteria, computational model, evolution, experimental evolution, genetics, mathematical model, microbial, phage

MacCoss Lab:
All Quarters, Permanent Position

proteomics, protein biochemistry, bioinformatics, technology development, big data, quantitative analysis, model organisms, aging, Alzheimer's disease, mass spectrometry

Prlic Lab:
Spring, Winter, Permanent Position

King Lab:
Spring, Winter, Permanent Position

Subramaniam Lab:
All Quarters, Permanent Position

computational biology, gene regulation, mrna translation

McLaughlin Lab:
All Quarters, Permanent Position

Genome Evolution, Transposons, Conflict, Viruses, Molecular Evolution, Primates, Mammals, LINE-1, Autoimmunity

Gibbons Lab:
All Quarters

microbiology, ecology, evolution, bioinformatics, human microbiome

Tuthill Lab:
All Quarters, Permanent Position

sensorimotor, mechanosensory, proprioception, touch, computational neuroscience, 2-photon, electrophysiology, drosophila, ventral nerve cord, neural circuits, whole-cell patch-clamp, walking

News & Events

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