• 99% graduate job placement in Bioinformatics

  • Revolutionary science in over 30 faculty labs

  • The interdisciplinary Bioinformatics PhD program spans six academic units

  • Two degree options: PhD or Professional Master's program

  • First Bioinformatics graduate program in the country

Welcome

The mission of the Georgia Tech Bioinformatics Graduate Program is to educate and prepare students to reach the forefront of leadership in the fields of bioinformatics and computational biology, and to integrate research and education on the use of information technologies in biology and medicine. The program includes an interdisciplinary doctoral (PhD) program spanning a variety of academic departments at Georgia Tech and a Professional Science Masters (MS) program that prepares students for careers in Bioinformatics.

Bioinformatics Program Research Areas

 

 

Featured Alumnus

Developing a research career can be tough on family life; flexibility and perseverance pay off.

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Featured Students

Congratulations to Yuanbo Wang (PhD) and Sarthak Sharma (MS) who were recognized as the 2018 Outstanding Students in Bioinformatics at Georgia Tech!  Each student received a monetary award funded by the J. Leland Jackson Endowed Fellowships Fund in Bioinformatics.  Both students were selected for demonstrated excellence in their academic studies and their Bioinformatics research.

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News

Rising Tundra Temperatures Create Worrying Changes in Microbial Communities

Rising temperatures could affect the microbial communities in northern latitude tundra.

Georgia Tech Scientist Helps Create Roadmap for Engineering Biology

Pamela Peralta-Yahya and colleagues urge federal investment in the field.

Antibiotics, Taken Strategically, Could Actually Help Defeat Antibiotic Resistance

Those same antibiotics driving the rise in antibiotic resistant bacterial strains could help defeat them if used as part of an informed strategy...

Ratcliff and Yunker: 2019 Sigma Xi Faculty Best Paper Award

Collaboration between biologist and physicist leads to groundbreaking discovery.

Student News

New Student Orientation, fall 2019

Bioinformatics Graduate Program Welcomes New Students

2019 O'Hara Fellowship Awarded to Bioinformatics Student

Congratulations to Alli Gombolay who was selected for the 2019 O'Hara Fellowship

Biao Zeng Thesis Defense

Biao Zeng defended his Bioinformatics Ph.D. thesis on October 31, 2018. Degrees were awarded on December 20, 2018.

Shengyun Peng Thesis Defense

Bioinformatics student, Shengyun Peng, defended his Ph.D. thesis on November 5, 2018. Degrees were awarded on December 20, 2018.