Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Master

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Announcements

• Information on VU-UvA cross-registration (necessary for all students in the master).

• Please check the overview of formalities under the section 'Bioinformatics & Systems Biology Master' below

Bioinformatics & Systems Biology Master

• General information about the Master Bioinformatics and Systems Biology - vu.nl/bioinformatics
• General information about the Master Life Sciences: Systems Biology and Bioinformatics - UvA
• Formal procedures during your master

• We have a Nice paper describing the setup and structure of our Master programme

Courses in the Bioinformatics & Systems Biology Master

Compulsory

• Fundamentals of Bioinformatics
• Introduction to Systems Biology
  • Programming Classes
  • Biology Classes
  • Maths Classes

Practical Information for Courses

• Overview of course schedules at vurooster.nl (only VU courses, and only for current semester)
  • Schedule of all compulsory, profile, optional and deficiency courses (at the VU) just for our Master programme.
  • official VU schedules are at rooster.vu.nl
  • official UvA schedules are at rooster.uva.nl

• Rules for Assignments and Exams
• Overview of Compulsory and Optional Courses
• Course descriptions
• Planning your oral exam
• Courses of previous year (2012-2013)

Internships

• Information on planning your internship
• A list of current and open (Bioinformatics) Master projects
• (Systems Biology) Internships at the section Molecular Cell Physiology
• Internships at the IBIVU for external students

Research Proposal

• Information on writing your research proposal
• Schedule of student talks - MSc Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

Information for Prospective Students

• Master Entry Requirements
• Information for Prospective Students

Bioinformatics Minor (Bachelor)

• Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Minor Program
• Inschrijfprocedure (Registration procedure - in Dutch)

Miscellaneous

• Getting your MSc degree (procedure, due dates) at the Faculty of Sciences
• How to find a job or PhD position in Bioinformatics and/or Systems Biology?
• Become active in the Dutch Regional Student Group from the ISCB-SC
• Ten Simple Rules for Graduate Students

• Student queries may be directed at Sanne Abeln (VU), Douwe Molenaar (VU), Anton Feenstra (VU) or Huub Hoefsloot (UvA).

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