BNFO 301 
Introduction to Bioinformatics
Spring 2006 

January February March April May

Monday
 
Wednesday
   
    1: Sequence Motif Discovery
     Notes - Position-specific scoring matrices
     Questionnaire
   
6: Sequence Motif Discovery
     Notes - PSSMs and p53
     Questionnaire
      Lab: Mentor students from Chesterfield Technical Center
            Oliver Hall, Rm 3108; What is a gene?
  8: Sequence Motif Discovery
     Notes: Using PSSMs
     Special Review Session: (1:00 PM) Computer lab
                (if demand warrants)
   
13: SPRING BREAK
  15: SPRING BREAK
   
20: Introduction to Collaborative Project
           Questionnaire: When can we meet re project?
       Introduction to Evolutionary Informatics
       Lab: Working with data aggregates: Tables, lists, strings
       Problem Set 6: Data Aggregates
  22: No class
       Meetings to discuss project Tuesday and Wednesday.
   
27: Methods to Search for Proteins
       Lab: Pattern matching
       Problem Set 7: Pattern matching
  29: No class
       Meetings to discuss project Tuesday and Wednesday.
       Project proposals due > 3 hrs before your meeting