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MSc Bioinformatics for Health Sciences
Structure, challenges and perspectives
Jordi Villà i Freixa (UPF), Marta Cascante (UB)
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Why an MSc on Bioinformatics

• The main aim is the training of graduates with
  excellent theoretical knowledge and practical
  skills in Bioinformatics and Biomedical
  Informatics, able to solve specific problems in
  academic, industrial and clinical environments.
  They should also be able to develop new
  computational strategies and informatics systems
  covering the needs of current high-throughput
  biomedical projects.
• First edition 2004-2006
• First official edition 2006-2008

http//diana.imim.es/Bioinformatics
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Preliminary questions

• What is Bioinformatics?
• Genome Bioinformatics?
• Structural?
• Databases?
• How it relates/expands to other close
  disciplines?
• Systems biology
• Computer science
• Medical informatics
• What computational skills are required to a
  bioinformatician?
• Scripting languages?
• OOP?
• HPC?
• Completely hands-on

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Structure of the program
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Modular Structure and ECTS
135!!!

• Optional modules
• Genome Bioinformatics 10
• Molecular structure and function 15
• Biological aspects of pathology 10
• Biomedical Informatics 20
• Elements of programming 25
• Fundamental tools in biocomputing 20
• Computational neuroscience 10
• Elements for biomedicine 25
• Mandatory modules
• Economical and social aspects of research 20
• Research project (I) 20
• Research project (II) 20

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Current situation
190 over 468
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Current situation
30 over 190
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Challenges

• Still not high enough satisfaction (lecturers and
  students)
• International projection
• A not-so-little dilemma
• Coping with real needs from the curent
  bioinformatics fields
• OR
• preparing people to be future references in the
  field?
• Getting funding (Spanish university system not
  -even close to- enough)

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Perspectives

• Collaborations/agreements
• UPF/U Barcelona
• UPF/U Bologna
• Erasmus agreements Tirol, Bologna, Paris VII
• Erasmus Mundus
• Integration in a prospective European Doctorate
  in PharmacoInformatics (EUROPIN project)
• Expansion to an e-learning program and on-line
  master
• We want more collaborations!!!!

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The team
http//diana.imim.es/Bioinformatics

• Jordi Villà (UPF coordinator) and Marta Cascante
  (UB coordinator)
• Subject coordinators

• Laura Furlong
• Gianni de Fabritiis
• Giovani Giupponi
• Arcadi Navarro
• Mar Albà
• Eduardo Eyras
• Baldo Oliva
• Josep Lluís Gelpí
• Manuel Pastor
• Lauro Sumoy
• Alejandro Frangi
• Gustavo Deco
• almost 50 lecturers

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