Introduction to bioinformatics, Molecular databases, Bioinformatics and computational biology software and freeware, Sequence alignment, Phylogenetic analysis, Functional genomics, DNA microarrays, Protein structure analysis and modeling, Motif identification, Evolutionary alignments and structure prediction.
Course Aim: To provide students from a broad range of backgrounds with an introduction to bioinformatics, an emerging discipline with which we make discoveries in molecular bioscience. This aims to develop both theoretical and practical skills in bioinformatics, with emphasis on the extraction and analysis of data hence equipping students with a working knowledge of computing methodology relevant to the biosciences. The course will prepare students for more advanced courses in the area of bioinformatics, genomics and systems biology.