Introduction to Bioinformatics 

CSEN4303 Intro to Bioinformatics

This course introduces the fundamental knowledge in bioinformatics and the current advances in selected directions; Present basic concepts, methods and tools to analyze biological information, algorithm design and programming skills for biology computing, and prepare students with knowledge and skills necessary to communicate and solve problems across the fields of biology and computer science.   

Textbook 

• Bioinformatics For Dummies, 2nd Edition. By Jean-Michel Claverie and Cedric. ISBN: 978-0-470-08985-9

Reference book:

• Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics, 2nd Edition, by Jonathan Pevsner

List of topics 

1. Course Description-Syllabus, Overview, Crash-Course in Biology

2. Getting Started in Bioinformatics

   • • Finding Out What Bioinformatics Can Do for You

     • How Most People Use Bioinformatics

3. A Guide to Bioinformatics Databases and tools

   • • Using Nucleotide Sequence Databases

     • Using Protein and Specialized Sequence Databases

     • Working with a Single Protein Sequence

4. Sequence Analysis

   • • Similarity Searches on Sequence Databases

     • Comparing Two Sequences

     • Building a Multiple Sequence Alignments

5. Working with Protein 3-D Structures

6. Protein Analysis and Proteomics