PLNT4610/PLNT7690 BIOINFORMATICS

COURSE SCHEDULE - 2024

Unit

Date(s)

Topic



I. The computer as the ultimate general-purpose tool

1

Sept. 5
Sept. 10

Information-driven science
Cloud-based computing with Linux

2

Sept. 12
Sept. 17

Creating a web site with HTML



II. DNA and protein sequence analysis

3

Sept. 19, 24

Working with DNA and protein sequence data

4

Sept. 26,
 Oct. 1

Pairwise sequence similarity searches

5

Oct.     3
Oct.     8

Database Similarity Searches

6

Oct. 10
Oct. 15

Multiple sequence alignment

7

Oct. 17

Phylogenetic analysis


Oct. 22
 Midterm exam (Units 1 - 6)
7
 Oct. 24, 29 Phylogenetic analysis (cond.)



III. Biological Databases and the Cloud
8

Oct. 31,

Nov. 5, 7

Flatfile, relational, and object-oriented databases

Nov. 11 - 15 Fall break
9
 Nov. 19
 The Object-Oriented Web, High Performance Computing



IV. Genomics and Transcriptomics
10
 Nov. 21, 26
 Genome assembly

11

Nov. 28

Genome annotation

12

Dec. 3

Transcriptomics


 

Final exam (Units 7 - 12)
Dec. 12, 13:30 - 15:30
Location: TBA

The dates and content of lectures listed above may change as the course progresses.

This schedule is subject to change at the discretion of the instructor and/or based on the learning needs of the students but such changes are subject to Section 2.8 of the – ROASS- Procedure.

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