2019-2020 Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Ph.D. Qualifying Examination

Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech


Exam committee


Philosophy of Examination


Process and Format


Schedule

Before each of the dates above make sure you check this page for updates.


Research Areas

Choose one of these three research areas. To be announced by 12/1/2019.

  1. Alignment-Free Biological Sequence Analysis

    Retrieve the genome comparison exam description and follow the instructions given there. You will want this paper.

  2. Computational Systems Biology

    Retrieve the computational systems biology instructions and follow the steps given there.

    You will need these three papers:

    1. Gillespie01.pdf
    2. Systems_Biology_2012.pdf
    3. ToggleSwitch_Nature.pdf

  3. Network Biology

    See the instructions here for network biology.