Biol 591 
Introduction to Bioinformatics
Fall 2003 

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1   3: Intro to Molecular Biology
    Notes-Strategies of life (PDF)
    Notes-Protein (PDF
    Questionnaire (HTML)
  5:  Problem Set Discussion
     Notes-Flow of Information (PDF)
     Questionnaire (HTML)
     Problem Set-Intro to Molec Biol
        (focus on B2, B10, C4, C6, D4)
8:  Scenario 1: Parsing massive output
      Notes-Parsing programs + instructions (HTML)
      Notes-Regular expressions (HTML)
      Questionnaire (HTML)
      Problem Set (MB/Perl)-Responses due 
           (click here for details)
  10: Scenario 1: Parsing massive output
      Problem Set  (MB/Perl)-Responses due 
            (click here for details)
      Problem Set 1P: Do 1 and 2
      Modify BlastParser.pl to work on your data
      Questionnaire (HTML)
  12: Scenario 1: Parsing
      Discussion: Modifying BlastParser
      Scenario 2: Simulation
      Introduction: The story
15: Scenario 2: Simulation
      Problem Set 1M: 1, 5, and 9
      Problem Set 1P: 3 and 5
      Notes-Regulatory Protein
      Questionnaire (HTML)
  17: Scenario 2: Simulation
      Notes-Loops and arrays
      Questionnaire (HTML)
      Problem Set 1M or 1P due (details)
  19: NO CLASS
      (Isabel-induced vacation)
22: NO CLASS
      (Isabel-induced vacation)
  24: Scenario 2: Simulation
      Notes-Implementing a simulation
      Questionnaire (HTML)
  26: Scenario 2: Simulation
      Problem Set 2M: 2
      Problem Set 2P: 1, 5, 6, 8
29: General Discussion of
      Problems/Study Questions
      Your choice! (click here to send choices)
      Exam 1 available after class