CAP5937: Introduction to Bioinformatics   Instructor: Dr. Jianlin Cheng Class Location: ENG I 383 Time: MW 3pm to 4:15 pm Office Hours: MW 4:15pm to 6:00pm in Engr-III 214 TA: Shuxin Li (sli@cs.ucf.edu) Semester: Fall, 2006

Syllabus

Lectures

           Introduction     Pairwise Alignmnent (I)     Pairwise Alignment (II)     Pairwise Alignment (III)     BLAST, Profile, and PSI-BLAST
           Global Multiple Sequence Alignment     Local Multiple Sequence Alignment and Motif     Gene Prediction     Phylogeny Tree Algorithms
           Analysis and Prediction of Protein Structure (I)     Analysis and Prediction of Protein Structure (II)
           RNA Secondary Structure Prediction     Gene Expression Data Analysis     Search of Biological Databases and Literature

Homework

Project

Exam

   Midterm (Oct. 9, 2006)
   Final (3pm-6pm, Nov. 29, 2006. Eng-I 383)

Introduction to Molecular Biology

External Bioinformatics Courses (more to add)

Bioinformatics Programs in the World

Bioinformatics Organizations and Jobs