BEGR 430 - Introduction to Bioinformatics

Credits: 3

An introduction to the ways computers are used to make sense of biological information, especially the data generated by the human genome project. Topics covered include databases and data mining, pair-wise and multiple sequence alignment, molecular phylogeny, finding genes in raw DNA sequences, predicting protein and RNA secondary and tertiary structures, generating and analyzing microarray data, DNA finger-printing, rational drug design, metabolic simulation and artificial intelligence.

Terms Offered: Fall
Cross-Listed: BIO-330