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MICR 3810 - Bioinformatics

Credits: (3)
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This bioinformatics course explores solutions to biological questions that can only be provided by information technologies. Students will learn the basic concepts, methods, and tools used in bioinformatics. Course activities will include DNA alignment and assembly, gene prediction, functional genomics, phylogenetics, protein structure prediction, protein folding, protein-protein interaction, metagenomics, and next-generation sequencing analysis. Students will also experience simple programming language approaches such as Python or R to automate the use of bioinformatics tools and interpret their output. Our objective is to provide basic competency in bioinformatics so that in their own research students can solve problems using these advanced tools. Students should have prior knowledge of college algebra (logarithms, exponents, factorials, sets) and the basic molecular biology of genes (DNA, RNA, proteins).



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