Honours BSc in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (Specialist) - St. George in Toronto Canada | University of Toronto

Modern biology, the science of life, has undergone revolutionary changes in recent years through innovative methods for exploring fundamental questions about living organisms. Advanced molecular techniques and microscopy have unveiled the astonishing intricacy of cellular structures. By integrating concepts from chemistry, physics, and information science, we're gaining insights into this complexity and how it operates across various scales to assemble molecular networks and cellular systems into complete, functioning organisms.
The Department of Cell and Systems Biology unites researchers investigating life from molecular interactions to whole-organism functionality. Our labs perform pioneering research on essential biological processes using diverse model systems including bacteria, yeast, plants, nematodes, insects, fish, frogs, mice, and mammalian cell cultures. Our undergraduate curriculum mirrors this breadth of research expertise. As cells form life's fundamental building blocks, comprehending their molecular regulation and their role in organismal development and physiology is crucial. These connections span molecular biology, cell biology, developmental biology, genetics, and physiology. Such intricate relationships demand examination of dynamic molecular and cellular networks - the focus of systems biology. A key aspect involves analyzing vast genomic datasets alongside computational modeling and bioinformatics, combined with biochemical, structural, molecular, and microscopic approaches to study cellular and organismal genomes, transcriptomes, proteomes, and metabolomes.
Our department provides two primary programs: Animal Physiology (Major) and Cell & Molecular Biology (Major and Specialist). Students in Cell & Molecular Biology can specialize further by selecting a Disciplinary Focus in Molecular Networks of the Cell, Plant Genomics and Biotechnology, or Stem Cells and Developmental Biology.