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| Instructor: |
| Todd Lowe Email: lowe @ soe.ucsc.edu Office: Physical Sciences Building, Rm 316 Phone: 459-1511 Office Hours: Tues 11-Noon, Wed 4-5pm |
Catalog Description:
Hands-on laboratory geared to teach basic tools used in computational
biology (motif searching, primer selection, sequence comparison,
multiple sequence alignment, genefinders, phylogenetics analysis, X-ray
crystallography software). Web-based tools and databases are
used. Open to all science students, with basic biochemistry or
permission of the instructor as a prerequsite.
Requirements
You must bring your own laptop to class every day.
You will need a wireless network card to get on the network in class.
You will need to install the J2SE Java Runtime
Environment (JRE) if haven't already (OS X users have Java built-in
already)
Teaching Assistant:
Martina Koeva (martina @soe.ucsc.edu)
Hours: Mondays and Thursdays, 10:30-Noon, Physical Sciences Bldg, Rm 310
| Required Text |
| Bioinformatics
for Dummies Jean-Michel Claverie & Cedric Notredame Wiley Publishing, 2003 online resources |
| Additional Resources (Highly recommended) |
| Bioinformatics
and Functional Genomics Jonathan Pevsner John Wiley & Sons, 2003 |
Grading:
Problem Sets: 50%
Midterm: 20%
Final Exam: 30%
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