BNFO 301
Introduction to Bioinformatics
Spring 2008

January February March April May

Monday
 
Wednesday
   
    2: No class
     Individual meetings Tue & Wed
   
7: Viral Metagenome Project - Initial Analysis
    Notes: Initial analysis of reads
    Questionnaire
    Lab: Problem Set 6: Initial Analysis
            Probability and statistics
  9: No class
      Individual meetings Tue & Wed
      10:00 Review Session - Life Sci Comp lab
   
14: Metagenome Project and Genome Evolution
      Discussion: What are the repeated sequences in reads?
                Answer SQ23, 26, and 27 from notes for April 7
      Read: Howe et al (2001). Trends in Genetics 17:147-152
                Manuscript Evolution
      Skim: Rohwer & Edwards (2002).
                J Bacteriology 184:4529-4535. The Phage Proteomic
                Tree: a Genome-Based Taxonomy for Phage
      Questionnaire
      Lab: Build a sequence analysis tool
  16: No class
      Individual meetings Tue & Wed
      10:00 Review Session - Life Sci Comp lab
   
21: Genome Evolution
      Read: Howe et al (2001). Trends in Genetics 17:147-152
                Manuscript Evolution
      Skim: Rohwer & Edwards (2002).
                J Bacteriology 184:4529-4535. The Phage Proteomic
                Tree: a Genome-Based Taxonomy for Phage
      Questionnaire
      Lab: Build a phylogenetic tree
           Problem Set 7: Metagenome Analysis Part 2
  23: No class
      Individual meetings Tue & Wed
      10:00 Review Session - Life Sci Comp lab
   
28: General problem session
      Questionnaire - What questions should we discuss?
      Exam 1 distributed at end of day. Due end of Friday.
               What to expect
               Ground rules
      Lab: Review Session
  30: No class
      Individual meetings Tue & Wed
          (to discuss projects and exam)