Overview

Program in Computational and Systems Biology / Program in Computational and Systems Biology is located in St. Louis, MO.

Degrees & Awards

Degrees Offered

Degree
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Degrees Awarded

Degree	Number Awarded
Doctoral Degrees	3

Earning Your Degree

Part-time study available?	No
Evening/weekend programs available?	No
Distance learning programs available?	No
Terminal master's degree available?

Degree Requirements

Degree	Requirement
Doctoral Degrees	Entrance Exam GRE General Test, GRE Subject Test Thesis Required

Admissions

Acceptance Rate

71

Applied

19

Accepted

5

Enrolled

Applying

0

Application Fee - Domestic

Yes

Electronic
applications accepted?

Application Deadlines

Type	Domestic	International	Priority date
Fall deadline	December 1st	Not reported	No

Entrance Requirements

Exam	Details
Doctoral Degree Exam	GRE General Test, GRE Subject Test

International Students

Exam	Details
TOEFL: Required

Tuition & Fees

Financial Support

Application deadlines for financial awards	January 15

Student Body

37

Total Graduate Students

35%

International Breakout (representing other countries)

Race/Ethnicity

Hispanic/Latino	Not Reported
Black or African American	Not Reported
White or Caucasian	27%
American Indian or Alaska Native	Not Reported
Asian	18.92%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	Not Reported
Two or more races	10.81%
Unknown	8.11%

Gender

Male (70%)

Female (29%)

Research

Focus of faculty research:

Systems biology, genomics, sequence analysis, regulatory networks, synthetic biology, metagenomics, metabolomics, proteomics, epigenomics, transcriptomics, lipidomics, single cell dynamics, high-throughput technology development, applied math and mathematical models of biological processes, computational biology, comparative genomics, personalized medicine, genome engineering, machine learning, big data science, next generation sequencing and its applications, bioinformatics

Externally sponsored research expenditures last year:

0

Location & Contact

Address One Brookings Drive
St. Louis, MO  63130-4899
United States

Contact Melanie Puhar
Coordinator
Email: silvestrinij@wustl.edu
Phone: 314-362-4806

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