SPHU 4400 Bioinformatics and Genomics

SPHU 4400 Bioinformatics and Genomics
Bioinformatics and Genomics
This course is an introduction to basic concepts, principles, methods, and web resources of bioinformatics and genomics. Topics include: genome organization and evolution, scientific publications and archives, information retrieval, alignments and phylogenetic trees, structural bioinformatics and drug discovery, systems biology, metabolic pathways, gene expression and regulation. After taking the course, students will learn the terminology and notations used in bioinformatics and genomics, and grasp basic skills to access, retrieve, and analyze biological data.
credit hours: 3