A rich learning and career-enhancing
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PSMB 261-62 Physics of Biotechnology I-II (3-3)
Basic physical principles underlying experimental exploration and the mechanisms behind the fields of proteomics, bioinformatics, and genomics. PSMB 261: fundamentals of molecular detection; PSMB 262: applications to biosensors.

PSMB 263 Management of Innovation (3)
Business, technological, economic, and political factors that influence development of scientific and technical products, processes, and services.

CSCI 144 Introduction to Bioinformatics (3)
Broad introduction to the field of bioinformatics. Overview of DNA/RNA, proteins and the central dogma. Biological databases and searching. The new biology lab. Alignment tools. Protein structure and function. Overview of phylogenetics. May be taken for graduate credit by students in fields other than computer science. Prerequisite: BiSc 14. (Spring)