Application of Bioinformatics
Application of Bioinformatics explores existing bioinformatic tools and implements pre-coded solutions for data acquisition, analysis, visualization, and structural modeling, culminating in a multi-system workflow project.
Summary
Lectures are small, with a median of 2 enrolled students in the recorded sections.
What you’ll be able to do
Identify and demonstrate use of existing databases for genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic, and metabolomics analysis
Describe construction and limitations for existing databases
Identify and demonstrate existing tools for sequence analysis
Identify and critique methods and tools for annotation of genomes and phylogentic analysis
Identify and critique methods for assigning protein structure and function and metabolite profiles
Describe and select best practices in adapting and editing existing tools
Identify methods for developing multi-tool workflows; build, analyze, and critque functional workflows
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Exploration and application of existing bioinformatic tools. Implementation of pre-coded solutions to data acquisition, wrangling, analysis, visualization, and structural modeling problems. Complete a project that generates a multi-system workflow to solve bioinformatic problems.
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Topics
- Genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic, and metabolomics databases
- Sequence analysis
- Genome annotation and phylogenetic analysis
- Protein structure, function, and metabolite profiling
- Data acquisition, wrangling, analysis, visualization, and structural modeling
Skills
- Using existing databases for genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic, and metabolomics analysis
- Applying existing tools for sequence analysis
- Critiquing methods and tools for genome annotation and phylogenetic analysis
- Assigning protein structure, function, and metabolite profiles
- Adapting and editing existing bioinformatics tools
- Developing, building, analyzing, and critiquing multi-tool workflows
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