These are the slides from the July 14 live webcast that detailed the Bioinformatics Master's Degree program offered at NYU Tandon Online.

1. NYU TANDON ONLINE MS IN
BIOINFORMATICS
Thursday, July 14, 2:00pm – 3:00pm
Presenters
Professor Mgavi Brathwaite, Professor and Program Manager
Luke Modzier, Student Services Counselor

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PRESENTERS
Professor Mgavi
Brathwaite
Professor and
Program Manager
Luke Modzier
Student Services
Counselor

3. NYU BY THE NUMBERS
• NYU is the largest private
university in the United
States
• Second oldest engineering
school in the US
• 18 schools, colleges, and
divisions in NYC
25countries
108incubator
companies
1831Founding

4. NYU BY THE NUMBERS
Abu Dhabi
Nanjing
Guangzhou
Tel Aviv
NYC Metro Area
Berlin
Buenos Aires
Florence
Ghana
London
Madrid
Paris
Prague
Shanghai

5. NYU BY THE NUMBERS
4
salary potential
in the Nation,
according to Forbes#
10
innovative IT
Schools
according to Computerworld#
• We have students from
93 countries
• Undergraduate
Students – 2,344
• Graduate Students –
2,868

6. RESEARCH CENTERS OF
EXCELLENCE
•Applied Dynamics and Optimization Lab
•Information Systems and Internet Security (ISIS) Lab
•Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Security and Privacy (CRISSP)
•High-speed Networking Lab
•NYU Wireless
•Center for Advanced Technology in Telecom (CATT)
•Control & Telecommunications Research Lab
•CITE Game Innovation Lab
•Experimental Media Center
•NYC Media Lab

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ACCREDITATION
• Graduate and Undergraduate
– New York State Education Department
– Middle States Association
• Undergraduate Engineering
– Accreditation Board for Engineering
and Technology (ABET)
• Undergraduate Computer
Science
– Computer Science Accreditation
Board (CSAB)

8. ONLINE GRADUATE PROGRAM
What is NYU Tandon
Online?
NYU Tandon Online is the official
Online Learning Unit of NYU Tandon
School of Engineering. Allowing
students to study Technology,
Science, Management, and
Engineering anytime and anywhere.
Eliminates Barriers

9. ONLINE GRADUATE PROGRAM
Highly Ranked
Student
Services and
Technology
#3
Student
Engagement &
Accreditation
#4
Top Online
Graduate Engineering School

10. ONLINE GRADUATE PROGRAM
Highly Ranked
2012
Outstanding
Cyber Security Online
Program Award
2015
Ralph E. Gomory
Award for High-Quality
Online Education
2014 2014
Best Online
Master’s
In Engineering
Program
Most
Technologically
Savvy Online
School

11. HOW IT WORKS
Students attend online courses on
NYUClasses
• Assignments
• Videos and audio
• Quizzes and exams
• Discussion boards
Webinar
• Virtual classroom
• Live Streamed Courses
Class specific software

12. HOW IT WORKS

13. HOW IT WORKS

14. HOW IT WORKS

15. HOW IT WORKS
Course-Management System and Webcasting
• Secured access to NYU Classes, the school’s virtual course
management system and webcasting
Online Resources
• Online Resources
• Digital library
• Tutor Database
• Career Management Portal
• Grades, transcript, other data
• Announcements
• Class, enrollment, exam
schedule
• Calendar and E-Mail
• Faculty directory

16. BIOINFORMATICS MASTER’S
DEGREE
ABOUT OUR BIOINFORMATICS
MASTER’S DEGREE

17. WHY EARN A BIOINFORMATICS
DEGREE?
• Foundation of rapidly growing Biotechnology
industry.
• Rapidly growing opportunities in Personalized
Healthcare, Energy, Agriculture, Bioremediation,
and Biodefense.
• Bioinformatics is to the 21st century what
physics was to the 20th century.

18. PROGRAM OVERVIEW
The exponential growth of the information in a cell, and our
understanding of it, has created a new discipline called
bioinformatics. NYU Tandon’s Master of Science in
Bioinformatics program prepares students to manage and
study data from the explosion of information from the life
sciences.
The program meets the demand for professionals with solid
foundations in managing Big Data in the form of next
generation sequence analysis and systems biology.

19. STUDENT TESTIMONIALS
Attending the bioinformatics graduate program, at the School of Engineering has greatly
benefited my career, and I would advise anyone interested in the field of bioinformatics
to consider applying. The intensive curriculum provided me with a very broad skill-set
including, but not limited to, functional annotation, statistical analysis, algorithm
development/analysis, as well as genomics and proteomics.
Since graduating in 2011, I have held two positions as a Bioinformatics Software
Developer. The skills I acquired while attending NYU allowed me to excel in both
positions. I can say with the utmost certainty that my bioinformatics career would not be
where it is today, had I not attended this program
-Matt Shoa-Azar, Class of 2011
Senior Engineer at BeyondCORE

20. STUDENT TESTIMONIALS
The bioinformatics program at NYU School of Engineering has been a unique and
rewarding experience. From the moment you start classes, the professors waste no
time in indulging you in the challenging yet interesting curriculum, which is comprised of
a combination of well-developed courses in computer programming, statistics, and
biological applications. I found that, the further I progressed in my studies, all the pieces
began to come together and I could see how much I had truly learned since my first day.
The bioinformatics program even helped to provide me with field experience in
bioinformatics and data analysis, so I could obtain some exposure to the nature of an
industrial bioinformatics environment. I am grateful for this program; for its thorough
curriculum, and diligent educators; and feel prepared for whatever challenges I may
face.
-Michael D’Eletto, Class of 2014
Bioinformatics Scientist for Yale New Haven Medical Center Cancer Tumor Profiling
group

21. STUDENT TESTIMONIALS
The bioinformatics program at NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering focuses on current
techniques in Next Generation Sequence Analysis and offers tailored courses suited to each
student's strengths and interests. Personally, this has helped me transform my skills to
industry-readiness and make significant connections to important people in academia.
-Ramakrishnan Srinivasan, Class of 2014
I’m working for Leido’s Biomedical Research Inc. as a bioinformatics analyst. I work in a group
that provides NGS sequencing service for the National Cancer Institute. My job is to develop
NGS data, i.e, Illumina Hiseq/Miseq data, analysis pipeline to perform data management,
sequence QC, alignment, coverage analysis, and variant identification. We are using a lot of
programming languages and tools that were introduced or taught to me when I was in the MS
bioinformatics program at the School of Engineering. I feel lucky that I was given the
opportunity to study in this program and l learned so many skills that have benefitted my
career path.
-Wen Luo, Class of 2011

22. TIMELINE
• DNA Sequencing era begins in 1977.
• Polymerase Chain Reaction 1985.
• ABI markets the ABI 370, the first automated
sequencer.
• Genbank opens as repository for sequence data in
1982.
• The Human Genome is published in 2001.
• Next Generation Sequencing of Human genome is
under a week at less than $5000 in 2013.

23. WHAT MAKES OUR PROGRAM
UNIQUE?
• Our focus is on application of skills to meet demands
of the public and private sectors.
• We provide sufficient theory so that the students
understand how to best apply the tools at hand to
manage large datasets.
• Our motto is that we are not training students to be
computer scientist or statisticians, but they must
understand the fundamental concepts of each
discipline.

24. JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Global market research estimated a 26% growth between 2011-2013 for a
an estimated $6.2 billion. In 2013, Roche made a takeover bid for the
leading company in the sequence analysis machine business, Illumina, for
$6.2 billion. It is fair to say that when you include Complete Genomics, Life
Technologies, Roche-454, Ion Torrent, and Pacific Biosciences.
Job opportunities for MS level Bioinformatics professional are abundant.
An MS in Bioinformatics along with an internship is attractive to employers.
Search Indeed.com and examine the opportunities.

25. SKILL SET
• Solid foundation in Molecular Biology and Genetics
• Programming skills
– Perl with BioPerl
– R with Bioconductor
– UNIX Shell Scripting
– Python
• Next Generation Sequence Analysis and Systems Biology
• Relational Database Design and Web development

26. INTERNSHIPS
The following list consist of current opportunities that our
students have been involved with, as well as new ones:
• NYU Langone Medical Center Cancer NGS Analysis
• NYU Biology Dept.: Various projects dealing with Big Data
• New York Genome Center: Next Generation Sequence Analysis
• Regeneron Pharmaceuticals: RNASeq
• Celmatix: Pathway and Sequence analysis
• Solazyme: Algae genome annotation pipelines
• Hunter College
• American Museum of Natural History NGS Venomics

27. FACULTY
Our faculty has over 100 yrs of bioinformatics experience:
• Brathwaite, Katari, Hughes, Flowers, Seto, Smyth
• Mgavi Brathwaite has over 20 yrs. experience in Sequence
Analysis
• Kalle Levon has over 15 yrs. Experience in Proteomics
• Flowers and Katari have over decades worth of genomic and NGS
analysis

28. CURRICULUM
Full-Time: 30 credits in 1.2 to 2 years
max
Part-Time: 30 credits in 2.5 to 3.5
years max
Maximum of 5 years to complete
your degree
Basic Core
(6 Credits)
Required
Core
(9 Credits)
Required Electives (9
Credits)
Other Electives
(6 Credits)

29. MASTER OF SCIENCE
CURRICULUM
Transition Course for
students with non life science
backgrounds:
BI7523:
Genomics
Foundations for
Bioinformatics
Transition Course for
students with non computer
science background:
BI7644: Programming
for Bioinformatics

30. MASTER OF SCIENCE
CURRICULUM
Required Core Courses:
BI7533:
Bioinformatics I: Sequence Analysis
BI7543:
Proteomics
BI7553:
Functional Genomics

31. MASTER OF SCIENCE
CURRICULUM
Required Electives (Pick
3):
BI-GY 7583: Guided Studies
in Bioinformatics I
BI-GY 7593: Guided Studies
in Bioinformatics II
BI-GY 7643: Computational Tools
Perl & Bioperl
BI-GY 7653: Next Generation
Sequence Analysis
BI-GY 7623: Systems Biology: -
Omes and –Omics
BI-GY 7633: Microarray Data
Analysis
BI-GY 997X: MS Thesis in
Bioinformatics

32. MASTER OF SCIENCE
CURRICULUM
Free Electives (Pick 2):
BI-GY 7573: Informatics in
Chemical and Biological
Sciences
BI-GY 7633: Transcriptomics
EL-GY 6303 Probability and
Stochastic Processes

33. ADVANCE CERTIFICATE
Core
9 Credits
Elective
3 Credits
Required Core:
• BI7533: Bioinformatics I:
Sequence Analysis
• BI7653: Next Generation
Sequencing & Analysis
• BI7643: Computational
Tools Perl & BioPerl
Elective (Pick 1):
• BI7543: Proteomics
• BI7633: Transcriptomics
• CS6003: Foundation of
Computer Science

34. TUITION
Graduate tuition, per credit $ 1,646
Registration and service fee, per credit $ 85
Estimated cost of one course, 3 credits $ 5,193
Estimated cost of a Master’s Degree $ 52,000
Estimated cost of a Certificate Degree $ 19,000

35. SOCIETY CO-SPONSORS
Tuition Scholarships
Society Member Benefits
engineering.nyu.edu/enterprise-learning/society-co-sponsors

36. APPLICATION ELIGIBILITY
• Bachelor’s degree from accredited school
• Greater than 3.0 GPA in undergraduate school
• Preference for accredited ABET, ACS and CSAB
schools
• Some may be required to take prerequisite
courses without graduate credit

37. APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
• Application Form
• $75 Fee
• Resume
• Personal Statement
• Transcripts
• Two Letters of Recommendation
• GRE or GMAT Scores (NYU School
Code 2668)
• English Language Proficiency
(TOEFL/IELTS/CAE/Pearson PTE)
Required to Submit
Your Application
Required to Complete
Your Application

38. APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
• Application Form
• $75 Fee
• Resume
• Personal Statement
Required to Submit Your Application

39. APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
• Transcripts
• GRE or GMAT Scores
(NYU School Code 2668)
• Two Letters of
Recommendation
• English Language Proficiency
(TOEFL/IELTS/CAE/Pearson PTE)
Required to Complete Your Application

40. APPLICATION DEADLINES
Fall 2016 Spring 2017*
Full-Time Applicants
(9+ Credits per semester)
Passed September 1, 2016
Part-Time Applicants - Early
Admission
(Fewer than 9 credits per semester)
Passed October 1, 2016
Part-Time Applicants
(Fewer than 9 credits per semester)
Passed November 1, 2016
All documents due Passed December 15, 2016

41. NYU TANDON ONLINE
FUTURE WEBINARS
• Industrial Engineering
• Thu, Jul 28 at 2:00 PM
• Management of Technology
• Tue, Sep 13 at 2:00 PM
• Bioinformatics
• Thu, Sep 15 at 2:00 PM
• Wed, Jul 20 at 2:00 PM
• Computer/Electrical
Engineering
• Tue, Jul 26 at 1:00 PM
• General Webinar
• Mon, Jul 18 at 2:00 PM

42. NYU TANDON ONLINE
CONTACT INFORMATION
Luke Modzier
Student Services Counselor
luke.modzier@nyu.edu
(646) 997-3071
Front Desk
online.engineering.nyu.edu
tandon.online@nyu.edu
(646) 997-3623
nyu.tandon.online
@NYUTandonOnline
#NYUOnline
/NYUTandonOnline
Professor Mgavi Brathwaite
Professor and Program Manager
m.brathwaite@nyu.edu | 646-997-3950