# ONCOLOGY 778: Bioinformatics for Biologists | UW–Madison

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## Dataset

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### departments

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## course

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### semester

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### subjects

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### title

BIOINFORMATICS FOR BIOLOGISTS

### description

Become familiar with bioinformatics theory and principles. Provides real-world experience that can be applied to your own work. Provides a foundation of knowledge that can be used to critically evaluate existing bioinformatics tools that can be used in your work, and in the absence of an appropriate tool, identify the analyses that demand the development of novel tools.

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### credit offering ids

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### llm search status

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### llm summary

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### llm topics

* Bioinformatics theory and principles
* Existing bioinformatics tools
* Development of novel tools

### llm skills

* Understanding bioinformatics theory and principles
* Critical evaluation of existing bioinformatics tools
* Identifying needs for novel tool development

### llm assumed background

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### llm search phrases

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* oncology bioinformatics theory

### llm requirements status

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### llm student summary status

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#### difficulty workload

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#### errors

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#### historical context

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#### message

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#### offered

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#### profile hash

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#### quick take

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#### graded

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### grade conflicts

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### evidence

#### history

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#### traces

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#### results

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## context

### all

#### term



#### gpa

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#### count

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#### university

##### size

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##### gpa Percentile

36

##### count Percentile

17

##### median Count

101

##### histogram

| range   | count | current |
| ------- | ----- | ------- |
| 0.0–0.4 | 0     | false   |
| 0.4–0.8 | 0     | false   |
| 0.8–1.2 | 0     | false   |
| 1.2–1.6 | 0     | false   |
| 1.6–2.0 | 0     | false   |
| 2.0–2.4 | 1     | false   |
| 2.4–2.8 | 11    | false   |
| 2.8–3.2 | 183   | false   |
| 3.2–3.6 | 700   | false   |
| 3.6–4.0 | 1854  | true    |

#### departments

| subject  | comparison |
| -------- | ---------- |
| ONCOLOGY |            |

### terms

#### 1224

##### term

1224

##### gpa

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##### count

11

##### departments

| subject  | comparison |
| -------- | ---------- |
| ONCOLOGY |            |

#### 1244

##### term

1244

##### gpa

3.5833333333333335

##### count

12

##### departments

| subject  | comparison |
| -------- | ---------- |
| ONCOLOGY |            |

#### 1254

##### term

1254

##### gpa

3.5454545454545454

##### count

11

##### departments

| subject  | comparison |
| -------- | ---------- |
| ONCOLOGY |            |

#### 1264

##### term

1264

##### gpa

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##### count

11

##### departments

| subject  | comparison |
| -------- | ---------- |
| ONCOLOGY |            |

### benchmarks

#### all

##### school

###### size

2749

###### gpa

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###### top Share

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###### count

101

#### terms

##### 1224

###### school

###### size

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###### gpa

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###### top Share

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###### count

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##### 1244

###### school

###### size

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###### gpa

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###### top Share

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###### count

65

##### 1254

###### school

###### size

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###### gpa

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###### top Share

79.48050408754871

###### count

66

##### 1264

###### school

###### size

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###### gpa

3.6229729166451925

###### top Share

80.13669149396227

###### count

66

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## following

None recorded.
