ANSC 542 A - Applied Bioinformatics
Campus: Urbana-Champaign
Description:
Introduction to theoretical and applied aspects of bioinformatics. Topics include genomic and proteomic databases, sequence alignment and search algorithms (e.g., BLAST, FASTA, CLUSTAL W), predictive methods in DNA sequence, machine-learning techniques (e.g., Hidden Markov Models) and data mining, biomolecular structure and its prediction, molecular evolution and phylogenetic reconstruction, structural genomics and phylogenomics. Concepts are complemented with hands-on experience with computational biology databases and bioinformatic tools. Course Information: Same as CPSC 569 and IB 506. Prerequisite: Graduate level status or consent of instructor.
Special Instructions:
Class is offered online.
Option 1
Number of Required Visit(s): 0Course Level: Graduate
Credit: 4
Term(s): Summer