BIO 330 - Introduction to Bioinformatics Applications

Institution:

Wilkes University

Subject:

Biology

Description:

An introduction to the ways computers are used to make sense of biological information, especially the data generated by the human genome project. Topics covered include databases and data mining, pair-wise, and multiple sequence alignment, molecular phylogeny, finding genes in raw DNA sequences, predicting protein and RNA secondary and tertiary structures, generating and analyzing transcriptomic data, rational drug design, metabolic simulation and artificial intelligence. Offered online every fall, with one assignment each week. This course satisfies the requirement for a course with an emphasis in quantitative biology.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

[[BIO-225]]- [[BIO-226]], [[CHM-231]]- [[CHM-232]], [[MTH-150]], or permission of the instructor.

Corequisites:

Exclusions:

Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture

Notes:

Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.wilkes.edu

Phone Number:

(570) 408-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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