Notes On Committee Meetings And Qualifying Exam
Requirements
A bioinformatics thesis is:
- computational analysis of biological sequences or other associated biological data, to investigate a biological question
- derivation of new algorithmic approaches to analyze biological data
Initial Meeting with Established Thesis Supervisor & Committee:
The first Thesis Supervisory Committee meeting will be held to approve the thesis
proposal, following the decision regarding the student’s academic path
Committee Meetings:
- prepare a brief progress report that outlines the project and their progress since the last meeting, and that includes relevant data.
- required to submit an updated CV
- report and CV should be distributed to committee members at least two working days in advance.
- Students are expected to present a brief (20 min) talk that emphasizes experimental design, interpretation of the data and planned experiments.
- Committee members may suggest alternative approaches, prioritize experiments, set deadlines, or recommend changing direction.