Department of Biology

Computational Biology

Computational Biology is the scientific discipline that specifically uses information technology to solve problems in biology, biochemistry, biophysics and medicine.

Under the leadership of Dr. Karen Newell, UCCS has recently developed a Certificate Program in Computational Biology /Bioinformatics. More information about this program is available at: www.uccs.edu/~biology/uccscompbiol

A second program is offered by the University of Colorado Center for Computational Biology (CCCB). CCCB is comprised of faculty at CU Denver, Health Sciences Center and the Colorado Springs campuses. It is housed at CU Denver. CCCB offers a Certificate in Computational Biology and a M.S. in Applied Mathematics with an Option in Computational Biology. More information about this program is available at : www.cudenver.edu/ccb

Undergraduate biology students that are interested in this field are encouraged to use elective hours to enroll in calculus and computer science courses.