Undergraduate Catalog 2021-2022 
  
    Apr 20, 2024  
Undergraduate Catalog 2021-2022
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BIOL 404 - Bioinformatics


Credits: 4

The course is designed to allow contemporary biologists familiarize themselves with several bioinformatics programs and databases that would enable them deal with numerous challenges posed by the genomic era. The course explains the basics of bioinformatics followed by discussion of current computational tools for solving biological research problems. Major themes in bioinformatics are covered, including biological databases, sequence alignment, gene and promoter prediction, molecular phylogenetics, structural bioinformatics, genomics, and proteomics.

Prerequisites: BIOL 2110C , BIOL 2120C , BIOL 226 , BIOL 302 , and CHM 471 or permission of the instructor.
Offered: Spring.



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