NYU TANDON ONLINE MS IN BIOINFORMATICS

Thursday, July 14, 2:00pm – 3:00pmPresenters

Professor Mgavi Brathwaite, Professor and Program ManagerLuke Modzier, Student Services Counselor

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PRESENTERSProfessor Mgavi BrathwaiteProfessor and Program

Manager

Luke ModzierStudent Services Counselor

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ACCREDITATION• Graduate and Undergraduate

– New York State Education Department– Middle States Association

• Undergraduate Engineering– Accreditation Board for

Engineering and Technology (ABET)

• Undergraduate Computer Science– Computer Science Accreditation

Board (CSAB)

ONLINE GRADUATE PROGRAM

What is NYU Tandon Online?

NYU Tandon Online is the official Online Learning Unit of NYU Tandon School of Engineering. Allowing students to study Technology, Science, Management, and Engineering anytime and anywhere.

Eliminates Barriers

ONLINE GRADUATE PROGRAM

Highly Ranked

StudentServices and Technology#3StudentEngagement & Accreditation#4

Top OnlineGraduate Engineering School

ONLINE GRADUATE PROGRAM

Highly Ranked2012OutstandingCyber Security Online Program Award

2015Ralph E. Gomory

Award for High-Quality Online

Education

2014

2014Best Online

Master’sIn Engineering

Program

Most Technologically

Savvy Online School

HOW IT WORKS

Students attend online courses on

NYUClasses• Assignments• Videos and audio• Quizzes and exams• Discussion boards

Webinar• Virtual classroom• Live Streamed Courses

Class specific software

HOW IT WORKS

HOW IT WORKS

HOW IT WORKS

HOW IT WORKS

Course-Management System and Webcasting• Secured access to NYU Classes, the school’s virtual course

management system and webcasting

Online Resources• Online Resources• Digital library• Tutor Database• Career Management Portal• Grades, transcript, other

data

• Announcements• Class, enrollment, exam

schedule• Calendar and E-Mail• Faculty directory

BIOINFORMATICS MASTER’S DEGREE

ABOUT OUR BIOINFORMATICS MASTER’S DEGREE

WHY EARN A BIOINFORMATICS DEGREE?

• Foundation of rapidly growing Biotechnology industry.

• Rapidly growing opportunities in Personalized Healthcare, Energy, Agriculture, Bioremediation, and Biodefense.

• Bioinformatics is to the 21st century what physics was to the 20th century.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

The exponential growth of the information in a cell, and our understanding of it, has created a new discipline called bioinformatics. NYU Tandon’s Master of Science in Bioinformatics program prepares students to manage and study data from the explosion of information from the life sciences.

The program meets the demand for professionals with solid foundations in managing Big Data in the form of next generation sequence analysis and systems biology.

STUDENT TESTIMONIALS

Attending the bioinformatics graduate program, at the School of Engineering has greatly benefited my career, and I would advise anyone interested in the field of bioinformatics to consider applying. The intensive curriculum provided me with a very broad skill-set including, but not limited to, functional annotation, statistical analysis, algorithm development/analysis, as well as genomics and proteomics.

Since graduating in 2011, I have held two positions as a Bioinformatics Software Developer. The skills I acquired while attending NYU allowed me to excel in both positions. I can say with the utmost certainty that my bioinformatics career would not be where it is today, had I not attended this program

-Matt Shoa-Azar, Class of 2011Senior Engineer at BeyondCORE

STUDENT TESTIMONIALS

The bioinformatics program at NYU School of Engineering has been a unique and rewarding experience. From the moment you start classes, the professors waste no time in indulging you in the challenging yet interesting curriculum, which is comprised of a combination of well-developed courses in computer programming, statistics, and biological applications. I found that, the further I progressed in my studies, all the pieces began to come together and I could see how much I had truly learned since my first day.

The bioinformatics program even helped to provide me with field experience in bioinformatics and data analysis, so I could obtain some exposure to the nature of an industrial bioinformatics environment. I am grateful for this program; for its thorough curriculum, and diligent educators; and feel prepared for whatever challenges I may face.

-Michael D’Eletto, Class of 2014Bioinformatics Scientist for Yale New Haven Medical Center Cancer Tumor Profiling group

STUDENT TESTIMONIALS

The bioinformatics program at NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering focuses on current techniques in Next Generation Sequence Analysis and offers tailored courses suited to each student's strengths and interests. Personally, this has helped me transform my skills to industry-readiness and make significant connections to important people in academia.-Ramakrishnan Srinivasan, Class of 2014

I’m working for Leido’s Biomedical Research Inc. as a bioinformatics analyst. I work in a group that provides NGS sequencing service for the National Cancer Institute. My job is to develop NGS data, i.e, Illumina Hiseq/Miseq data, analysis pipeline to perform data management, sequence QC, alignment, coverage analysis, and variant identification. We are using a lot of programming languages and tools that were introduced or taught to me when I was in the MS bioinformatics program at the School of Engineering. I feel lucky that I was given the opportunity to study in this program and l learned so many skills that have benefitted my career path.-Wen Luo, Class of 2011

TIMELINE

• DNA Sequencing era begins in 1977.• Polymerase Chain Reaction 1985.• ABI markets the ABI 370, the first automated

sequencer.• Genbank opens as repository for sequence

data in 1982.• The Human Genome is published in 2001.• Next Generation Sequencing of Human

genome is under a week at less than $5000 in 2013.

WHAT MAKES OUR PROGRAM UNIQUE?

• Our focus is on application of skills to meet demands of the public and private sectors.

• We provide sufficient theory so that the students understand how to best apply the tools at hand to manage large datasets.

• Our motto is that we are not training students to be computer scientist or statisticians, but they must understand the fundamental concepts of each discipline.

JOB OPPORTUNITIES

Global market research estimated a 26% growth between 2011-2013 for a an estimated $6.2 billion. In 2013, Roche made a takeover bid for the leading company in the sequence analysis machine business, Illumina, for $6.2 billion. It is fair to say that when you include Complete Genomics, Life Technologies, Roche-454, Ion Torrent, and Pacific Biosciences.

Job opportunities for MS level Bioinformatics professional are abundant.

An MS in Bioinformatics along with an internship is attractive to employers. Search Indeed.com and examine the opportunities.

SKILL SET

• Solid foundation in Molecular Biology and Genetics• Programming skills

– Perl with BioPerl– R with Bioconductor – UNIX Shell Scripting – Python

• Next Generation Sequence Analysis and Systems Biology

• Relational Database Design and Web development

INTERNSHIPS

The following list consist of current opportunities that our students have been involved with, as well as new ones:

• NYU Langone Medical Center Cancer NGS Analysis• NYU Biology Dept.: Various projects dealing with Big Data• New York Genome Center: Next Generation Sequence Analysis• Regeneron Pharmaceuticals: RNASeq• Celmatix: Pathway and Sequence analysis• Solazyme: Algae genome annotation pipelines• Hunter College• American Museum of Natural History NGS Venomics

FACULTY

Our faculty has over 100 yrs of bioinformatics experience:

• Brathwaite, Katari, Hughes, Flowers, Seto, Smyth• Mgavi Brathwaite has over 20 yrs. experience in

Sequence Analysis

• Kalle Levon has over 15 yrs. Experience in Proteomics

• Flowers and Katari have over decades worth of genomic and NGS analysis

CURRICULUM

Full-Time: 30 credits in 1.2 to 2 years max

Part-Time: 30 credits in 2.5 to 3.5 years max

Maximum of 5 years to complete your degree

Basic Core (6 Credits)

Required Core(9 Credits)

Required Electives (9 Credits)

Other Electives (6 Credits)

MASTER OF SCIENCE CURRICULUM

Transition Course for students with non life science backgrounds:

BI7523:Genomics Foundations for Bioinformatics

Transition Course for students with non computer science background:

BI7644: Programming for Bioinformatics

MASTER OF SCIENCE CURRICULUM

Required Core Courses:BI7533:Bioinformatics I: Sequence Analysis

BI7543:Proteomics

BI7553:Functional Genomics

MASTER OF SCIENCE CURRICULUM

Required Electives (Pick 3):BI-GY 7583: Guided Studies in Bioinformatics I

BI-GY 7593: Guided Studies in Bioinformatics II

BI-GY 7643: Computational Tools Perl & Bioperl

BI-GY 7653: Next Generation Sequence Analysis

BI-GY 7623: Systems Biology: -Omes and –Omics

BI-GY 7633: Microarray Data Analysis

BI-GY 997X: MS Thesis in Bioinformatics

MASTER OF SCIENCE CURRICULUM

Free Electives (Pick 2):

BI-GY 7573: Informatics in Chemical and Biological Sciences

BI-GY 7633: Transcriptomics

EL-GY 6303 Probability and Stochastic Processes

ADVANCE CERTIFICATE

Core9 Credits

Elective3 Credits

Required Core:• BI7533: Bioinformatics I: Sequence Analysis• BI7653: Next Generation Sequencing & Analysis • BI7643: Computational Tools Perl & BioPerl

Elective (Pick 1):• BI7543: Proteomics

• BI7633: Transcriptomics

• CS6003: Foundation of Computer Science

TUITION

Graduate tuition, per credit $ 1,646Registration and service fee, per credit $ 85

Estimated cost of one course, 3 credits $ 5,193

Estimated cost of a Master’s Degree $ 52,000

Estimated cost of a Certificate Degree $ 19,000

SOCIETY CO-SPONSORS

Tuition ScholarshipsSociety Member Benefits

engineering.nyu.edu/enterprise-learning/society-co-sponsors

APPLICATION ELIGIBILITY

• Bachelor’s degree from accredited school• Greater than 3.0 GPA in undergraduate

school• Preference for accredited ABET, ACS and

CSAB schools• Some may be required to take prerequisite

courses without graduate credit

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

• Application Form• $75 Fee• Resume• Personal

Statement

• Transcripts• Two Letters of Recommendation• GRE or GMAT Scores (NYU School

Code 2668)• English Language Proficiency

(TOEFL/IELTS/CAE/Pearson PTE)

Required to Submit Your Application

Required to CompleteYour Application

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

• Application Form• $75 Fee

• Resume• Personal Statement

Required to Submit Your Application

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

• Transcripts

• GRE or GMAT Scores (NYU School Code 2668)

• Two Letters of

Recommendation

• English Language Proficiency (TOEFL/IELTS/CAE/Pearson PTE)

Required to Complete Your Application

APPLICATION DEADLINES

  Fall 2016 Spring 2017*

Full-Time Applicants(9+ Credits per semester) Passed September 1,

2016

Part-Time Applicants - Early Admission(Fewer than 9 credits per semester)

Passed October 1, 2016

Part-Time Applicants(Fewer than 9 credits per semester)

Passed November 1, 2016

All documents due Passed December 15, 2016

NYU TANDON ONLINEFUTURE WEBINARS

• Industrial Engineering• Thu, Jul 28 at 2:00 PM

• Management of Technology• Tue, Sep 13 at 2:00 PM

• Bioinformatics• Thu, Sep 15 at 2:00 PM

• Cybersecurity• Wed, Jul 20 at 2:00 PM

• Computer/Electrical Engineering• Tue, Jul 26 at 1:00 PM

• General Webinar• Mon, Jul 18 at 2:00 PM

NYU TANDON ONLINE CONTACT INFORMATION

Luke ModzierStudent Services Counselorluke.modzier@nyu.edu (646) 997-3071

Front Deskonline.engineering.nyu.edu tandon.online@nyu.edu (646) 997-3623

nyu.tandon.online

@NYUTandonOnline#NYUOnline /NYUTandonOnline

Professor Mgavi BrathwaiteProfessor and Program Manager

m.brathwaite@nyu.edu | 646-997-3950