Computational Biology
Computational Biology sits at the intersection ofÌýtwo of the most rapidly advancing fields in modern science: Biology and Computer Science. CU Boulder's interdisciplinary faculty include world-class faculty both within and outside the Department of Computer Science. The department has particular strengths in:
- Animal behavior and collective computation
- Bees and fireflies
- Infectious disease dynamics and countermeasures
- Algorithms for large-scale genomics
- Mathematical modeling and statistical inference
- Networks and complex systems and ecological dynamics
- RNA biology and dynamics
Faculty Feature: Orit Peleg
Interdisciplinary Strengths
Computational Biology at CU Boulder is highly collaborative and interdisciplinary, with all of its faculty co-appointed in or affiliated with the BioFrontiers Institute, founded in 2011 by Nobel Laureate Tom Cech and HHMI Professor Leslie Leinwand and now led by HHMI Professor Roy Parker. Âé¶¹ÒùÔº, postdocs, and faculty in any of CU Boulder's Computational Biology labs are multilingual, publishing across venues in computer science, biology, physics, complex networks, and public health.Ìý
Undergraduate students can pursue a Minor in Computational Biology with courses taught by world-class faculty from departments across campus. Prospective graduate students may wish to consider the IQ Biology graduate certificate program, a funded collaboration of 9 CU Departments and the Computational Biosciences Program at the CU Anschutz Medical Campus.Ìý
Research Groups:
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Core Faculty
Affiliated Faculty
- Ed Chuong:ÌýMolecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology
- :ÌýMolecular, Cellular & Developmental BiologyÌý
- :ÌýApplied Mathematics
- Brett Melbourne:ÌýEcology & Evolutionary Biology
- :ÌýMolecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology