BIOI 7710 / 7711:
Introduction to Bioinformatics
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:30am - 11:45pm
RC-1 North Tower, Room P18-6107
Anschutz Medical Campus, UCDHSC
Office: RC-1 S. Room L18-6101
Phone: 303-724-3574
E-mail: Larry.Hunter@uchsc.edu
http://compbio.uchsc.edu/hunter/
Office hours by appointment
TAs: Ron Schuyler and Hannah Tipney
Office: RC-1 S, Room L18-6400A
Phone: 303-803-3893 (Ron)
Phone: 303-724-3369 (Hannah)
E-mail: ron_schuyler@yahoo.com
E-mail: Hannah.Tipney@uchsc.edu
Office hours: 10am-11am Tue/Thur
An
introduction to the theory and practice of bioinformatics and
computational biology. Topics include: the analysis of macromolecular
sequences, structures, gene expression arrays, proteomics, and
management of the biological literature. Requirements and prerequisites
Goals for the course: The course will familiarize students
with the tools and principles of contemporary bioinformatics. By the
end of the course, students will have a working knowledge of a
variety of publicly available data and computational tools important
in bioinformatics, and a grasp of the underlying principles that is
adequate for them to evaluate and use novel techniques as they arise
in the future.
Generally, I dislike lecture courses, but there is so much material that you have to know in order to be
a well educated researcher in bioinformatics (and to pass the preliminary exam!) that I feel we have no choice. Do know that
I want you to ask questions, raise topics you'd like to know more about, and otherwise make this course more your own.
Each of the following topics will be covered in one or more class lectures. This
list is tentative until the lecture is posted.
Lecture notes, readings and links to external web sites will be
provided before each lecture. NB: Some PDF versions of the lecture
notes have formating problems leading to small differences from the
PPT originals -- when there is a conflict, use the PPT.
The goal of this course is to get you familiar with the use of bioinformatics techniques in addressing real scientific problems. The 7710 students will just have to do the problem sets, but the 7711 students will also have a series of exercises that are intended to reflect realistic research tasks.
Problem sets:
There will be several problem sets, each of which is expected
to take you four to eight hours of work. These
problem sets are intended to give you hands on experience with
the work of computational biology, and should be learning
experiences as well as evaluation tools. Ron will be
grading these, so please take your problem set-related questions to
him.
The 7711 students will also be assigned a series of
research exercises as well, culminating in the design and execution of a course project. Hannah will be grading and supervising these exercises and projects, so please take your project-related questions to her.
The assignments will be posted on line.
Final exam / project: The 7710 students have a choice of a final exam or a course project. The 7711 students must take the final exam and do a course project.
Honor Code
Education at the Health Sciences Center is conducted under the honor system. All students who have entered health professional programs should have developed the qualities of honesty and integrity, and each student should apply these principles to his or her academic and subsequent professional career. All students are also expected to have achieved a level of maturity, which is reflected by appropriate conduct at all times.
Note that our educational mission
statement includes even stronger goals for your professional
behavior. Please feel free to raise issues related to those goals in
class.
Course description
Syllabus
Grading
