An introduction to resources and basic techniques for the analysis of protein and DNA data. Students will become familiar with online DNA and protein structure databases, and with the computational methods available for analyzing data in them and with the application of databases and search tools to biological problems.
The principles of underlying computational techniques for investigating protein and nucleic acid structure, genome mapping and sequence assembly, sequence analysis, gene expression analysis, gene prediction and genome arrangement.
Senior students will be introduced to research in an advanced area of bioinformatics under the supervision of a faculty member proficient in the area. They also will be required to attend research seminars as directed by their project supervisor.