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SO: you want to get your PhD in Computer Science and Study Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

Consider coming to Tufts University! You can read all about the group that Profs. Slonim and Cowen co-direct at http://bcb.cs.tufts.edu

Below, we have more information about other programs, mostly for our own undergraduate and masters students, but feel free to use it if you are not at Tufts and it will also help you.

There are many ways to go do Bioinformatics and Computational Biology. There are programs in Biology departments, Biomedical Engineering departments, Computer Science departments, Mathematics Departments, not to mention Medical Schools. There are also some places that offer Masters or Doctoral degrees directly in a special interdisciplinary program for Bioinformatics and/or Computational Biology: see
http://www.iscb.org/iscb-degree-certificate-programs at www.iscb.org for a nice long listing of such programs. Whether it's better to get a PhD in a traditional department or in an interdisciplinary program depends on your background and interests. It really depends on two things: one is, if you have the background and interest to do well in the courses required in the program (for example, usually, if you enter a CS department, you are expected to have at least an undergraduate background in CS and be able to program; if you enter a biology department, you are expected to have spent some time as an undergrad in a wet lab). The second is, since your graduate school experience is so dependent on your research advisor, what is the "home" department of the research advisor you are most excited about working with.

Having said all that, the purpose of this page is to list, specifically, recommended Computer Science departments (along with their recommended faculty) in North America where you can work in Computational Biology or Bioinformatics.

Deparments and Faculty