Bioinformatics MSc

University of Liverpool

Biosciences and technology are an integral part of the global economy. Our Bioinformatics MSc has been designed with input from major industry players to meet the current and emerging skill gaps for professional bioinformaticians.IntroductionThis course will equip you with the background in biology, statistical analysis, and computing skills necessary to work with modern biological data from genomic, proteomic and metabolomic studies.You’ll be trained with an emphasis on hands-on practical experience, so that you can tackle your research project with confidence.You will be taught by internationally renowned scientists at a University with internationally excellent Research Centres, including the University of Liverpool Computational Biology Facility, the newly established Centre for Metabolomics, the Centre for Proteomics, and the Centre for Genomic Research.If Bioinformatics is your passion, you may wish to continue your education by studying a PhD following successful completion of this MSc.Please note that this programme is suitable for intercalating medical students.Who is this course for?This master’s course is for graduates from a Biological Sciences background who want to combine the skills and technologies from computer science and biology to help better understand and interpret biological data.What you'll learnThe knowledge and skills necessary to perform bioinformatics analysesStatistical techniques in the design of experiments in biological researchTheoretical and technical knowledge in sequence analysis, phylogenetics, and the modelling of proteins, and othersCoding skills to perform tasks in the biological sciencesHow to analyse and interpret complex genomic data setsThe understanding of proteomic and metabolomic techniques and related data analysis