BNFO 301 
Introduction to Bioinformatics
Spring 2012 

January February March April May

Monday
 
Wednesday
   
5: Genome Analysis
     Article - Gomathi et al (2007) + tour
     Questionnaire
     Group meetings: Organize approach to topic
     Lab: Intro to BioBIKE and Statistics
              Problem Set 5 - Blast and Dotplot
      OR  Tour - Was Mendel Right? (Part I and Part II)
              Problem Set 6 - Statistics
  7: Genome Analysis
     Article - Gomathi et al (2007) + tour
     Research Project - What to do?
     Questionnaire
     Lab - (See Mar 5)
     Please e-mail responses to EITHER
                Problem Set 5 OR Problem Set 6
          (your choice) by end of Friday
   
12: SPRING BREAK
  14: SPRING BREAK
   
19: Genome Analysis
      Tour - Sample Research Project, Part I (ppt or pdf)
                  (expanded from March 7 class)
      Tour - Sample Research Project, Part II (pdf)
      Guide - Gene annotation
      Questionnaire
      Lab: Problem Set 7: Genome analysis
  21: Genome Analysis
      Skim: Howe et al (2001). Trends in Genetics 17:147-152
                Manuscript Evolution
      Read: Baldauf SL (2003). Trends in Genetics 19:345-351
                Phylogeny for the faint of heart
      Questionnaire
      Lab - (See Mar 19)
      Please e-mail your current thoughts on what subtopic you
                will focus on for your research project

      Please e-mail responses to
                Problem Set 7 by end of Friday

   
26: Genome Analysis
      Discussion - (catch up on previous tours and topics)
      Please e-mail rough draft of article summary
      Questionnaire (use any since the last exam)
      Lab: Problem Set 7 and others
  28: General problem session
      Questionnaire - What questions to discuss?
      Lab - (See Mar 26)
      Exam 2 distributed
               What to expect
               Ground rules
               Part I due Friday, Mar 30, 5:30 PM