Statistical Methods for Molecular Biology

Covers statistical and computational methods for analyzing genomic data, including NGS and GWAS.

no offering record for this termCredits unavailable
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 No instructors listed

Summary

1 / 5

Historical reviews of Qiongshi Lu: One reviewer indicates that completing homework and attending class leads to an A grade, suggesting manageable workload requirements for success.

Grade history

average GPA
letter grades
A
AB
B
BC
C
D
F

All recorded terms · compare terms & instructors

Prerequisites

Course map

Graduate/professional standing

  • Graduate/professional standing
BMI/STAT 877

This is a best-effort interpretation; check the catalog requirements above.

Prerequisite text tree
  • Graduate/professional standing

Professors

Fall 2026

No instructors recorded for this selection.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Historical reviews for Qiongshi Lu present conflicting experiences. One reviewer criticizes his teaching style and patience, while another claims he is supportive and offers high grades for consistent effort. A third review describes him as bullying.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Fall 2026

Schedule loads here as you scroll.

SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist

Times are Central. Select a meeting for details; export includes recorded dates for the selected sections.

Meeting source records

No records available.

Student experience

the class

Reviews for historical instructor Qiongshi Lu are polarized, with some citing poor teaching quality and bullying while others report high grades for attendance and homework completion.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2020: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Spring 2022: 3.93 GPA, 95.2% A/AB (n=21 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.93 GPA, 93.3% A/AB (n=15 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of Qiongshi Lu: One reviewer indicates that completing homework and attending class leads to an A grade, suggesting manageable workload requirements for success.

Historical reviews of Qiongshi Lu: Students report inconsistent lecture notations, a lack of patience, and an unengaging teaching style, with one reviewer describing the instructor as bullying.

Topics

  • Statistical genomics
  • Next-generation sequencing (NGS) analysis
  • Genome-wide association studies (GWAS)

Skills

  • Quality control and experimental design for sequencing studies
  • Statistical methods for genome-wide association studies (GWAS)
  • Clustering and network analysis for genomic data

Grades

Latest available · Spring 2024— not enough history to project Fall 2026.

average GPA
A / AB grades
letter grades
Instructor

Grade distribution · % of letter grades

A
AB
B
BC
C
D
F

Grades over time

Through Spring 2024

More grade details Grade mix, volume & source data

Not enough comparable courses for Fall 2026 in UW–Madison.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

Descriptions, prerequisites, and recorded course offerings.

Catalog observation history

Observations at scan time; dates do not imply when a catalog change took effect.

Selected offering source records

No offering records for the selected term.

Raw records
[]
Rate My Professors

Student reviews

Original comments behind the course and instructor summaries.

Read original reviews
Madgrades

Grade history

Recorded grade distributions by term, section, and instructor.

Explore recorded grades
Model outputs & technical records
nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
LLM outputs across runs
Full model traces

Recorded model configuration, reasoning, and tool conversations.

Model & dataset provenance
{
  "model": "nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4",
  "model_revision": "1355db6a052410cfd62085d94b58866fd0f2c3c5",
  "task_version": "14",
  "output_id": "e810c32e9eaa2418ad9099e4591c34bcfe0369686e46d3a17f834cf2386b51db",
  "requirements_status": "valid",
  "dataset_revision": "e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349",
  "observed_at": "2026-09-07 15:55:43.033547+00:00"
}