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UPDATE: Classes and campus operations will resume on Wednesday, Jan. 22. Due to inclement weather affecting the Bryan-College Station area, Texas A&M University has cancelled all classes for Tuesday, Jan. 21. Additionally, all campus operations have been suspended. A decision about Wednesday, Jan. 22 will be made by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 21. Please visit emergency.tamu.edu for additional information about campus transportaion, campus dining, and other resources. Stay safe, Ags!

Bioinformatics, Computational Biology

Bioinformatics is the development and customization of algorithms (e.g. graph, tree, string, machine learning and statistical algorithms, etc.) for analyzing biological datasets and extracting new insights and knowledge, with applications to genome sequencing and evolution, gene expression, protein structure/function, disease processes, physiology, biomarkers, biomedical devices, chemi-informatics, drug discovery, epidemiology, clinical outcomes, etc.

Research Faculty

Thomas R. Ioerger

  • Professor, Computer Science & Engineering
Thomas R. Ioerger

Shuiwang Ji

  • Professor, Computer Science & Engineering
  • Truchard Family Chair
  • Presidential Impact Fellow
  • Chancellor EDGES Fellow
Shuiwang Ji

Sing-Hoi Sze

  • Associate Professor, Computer Science & Engineering
Sing-Hoi Sze

Shawna Thomas

  • Instructional Associate Professor, Computer Science & Engineering
  • Undergraduate Advisor
  • Office: PETR 319 | Advising: EABA 104
  • Phone: 979-862-8877
  • Email: sthomas@tamu.edu
Shawna Thomas

Courses Offered

CSCE 628/BICH 628. Computational Biology. Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours

Introduction to computational biology; formulations of biology problems as computational problems; computational approaches to solve problems in genomics and proteomics. 

Prerequisite: Graduate classification or approval of instructor.
Cross Listing: BICH 628/CSCE 628.