Overview

The Master of Science in Quantitative Biology and Bioinformatics from Australia's national university is your opportunity to develop the skills and knowledge for working with biological data in consultancy, research and policy roles.

You will develop the ability to organise and analyse information from genes, cells, protein interactions, health records and other kinds of biological data, statistically, mathematically and computationally.

Quantitative skills in working with biological data are increasingly sought after within commercial, academic and government sectors.

At the ANU Research School of Biology, research scientists specialise in methods and tools for analysing biological data. You will work closely with the School’s scientists, and be provided with the practical experience and theoretical knowledge to develop your skills, including the use of advanced computer technology and labs.

At completion of your degree, you will be able to:

• Confidently use the R statistical computing language, and generate high-quality graphs
• Manipulate and analyse biological sequences using public sequence databases
• Use the SQL language to define, query and manipulate a relational database
• Investigate application areas and current research directions of data mining
• Apply and extend analytical methods, models and theories to biological data sets
• Design, write and debug small programs to solve practical scientific problems
• Reflect upon the ethical and social impacts of data mining.