Bioinformatics: Applications
Long Title: Bioinformatics: Applications
Short Title: Bio Info App
ZOO 5903 Sect 001
3 hour
MW 10:30 - 11:45 NH122 (Nielsen Hall computer lab)
Tom Ray, 325-3526, tray@ou.edu, Sutton Hall Room 210
Prerequisites: knowledge of molecular genetics (BOT-ZOOG3333 Genetics, or BOT-MBIO-ZOO4843/5843 Introduction to Molecular Biology, or ZOO3113 Cell Biology, or MBIO3813 Fund. of Microbiology, or CHEMG3653 Introduction to Biochemistry, or CHEM5853 Biochem II), and basic statistics (PSY2003 Understanding Statistics, or PSY2113 Research Methods I: Statistics, or ZOO2913 Intro. to Quantitative Methods in Biology) and permission of instructor
The course is designed to provide an understanding of theory and application of computational methods for molecular biology research. The course will cover the following topics:
Unix Basics, Genome Sequencing and Databases, Sequence Alignment, Database Searching for Similar Sequences, Gene Analysis, Protein Analysis, Genome Analysis, Phylogenetic Prediction, and Introduction to Bioinformatics Programming
Special emphasis will be placed on
the use and development of tools to search and analyze large amounts of sequence
data generated as part of the Genome Projects in human, mouse, Drosophila and
other eukaryotic organisms. The course offers extensive hands-on computational
training using UNIX, Web, and PC-based software.
Textbooks:
"Post-Genome Informatics" by Minoru Kanehisa
Paperback - 148 pages 1st edition (March 15, 2000)
Oxford University Press; ISBN: 0198503261
"Bioinformatics: Sequence and Genome Analysis" by David W. Mount
Paperback - 692 pages 2nd edition (July, 2004)
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory; ISBN: 0879697121
"Sams Teach Yourself Linux in 10 Minutes" by John Ray
Paperback - 224 pages 1 edition (February 9, 1999)
Sams; ISBN: 0672315246