BIOL/CHEM 4900: Biocomputing Homepage

Syllabi:
        Current: Fall 2008 Syllabus
        Previous Semesters: Spring 2008 Syllabus

Fall 2008 Course Schedule

Email your Instructors:

     Dr. Burnett
     Dr. Clower

Lectures/Labs:

     Software to download  
     Introduction to Bioinformatics
     Databases and data mining

     Presentation Style and PowerPoint Slides
     Sequence Alignments
     Sequence Alignments in Biology Workbench (BLAST)

Substitution patterns
Phylogenetics, part 1
Phylogenetics, part 2
 



Learning Objectives:

     Introduction and Databases
     Short Review Presentations
     Sequence Alignment
Assignments:

    Entrez (due Tuesday September 9)
    Chapter 2 Problems (due September 30)
    Multiple Sequence Alignment (start in class September 25, due September 30)
    Midterm Exam Essay Questions (due October 2)

Project Information:

     Project webpage   
     Oral presentation rubric
     Group evaluation rubric
     Self evaluation rubric

Handouts/Additional Information: