BNFO 301 
Introduction to Bioinformatics
Questionnaire on Genome Analysis Tour of Sample Research Project
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Spring 2012 

I. Basic Information

A. Your name 
II. Search for FMRP in Drosophila / Tour of Hatfull et al (2008) / Tour of Gomathi et al (2007)
Please use the questionnaire on Wednesday, March 7, for these matters.
III. Your research project

  • Do you have an idea of what area your specific research project will address (i.e. a subtopic within the topic of your group)?
  • If not, do you know how to go about finding one?
  • Would you like me to meet with your group this week?
     
IV. Tour sample research project, Part I

  • How far did you get (of course following along in NCBI and in BioBIKE)?
  • Do you understand how the document regarding research projects posted Wednesday, March 7, might be useful to your efforts in developing a project?
  • Do understand what a sequence motif is?
  • Do you understand what kind of article might be most pertinent to your research project?
  • Do you understand how to create an exhaustive list of research articles on a suitably confined topic related to your research project?
  • Do you understand how to read a sequence logo?
  • Do you understand what MOTIFS-IN gives you?
  • Do you understand how a research topic may evolve over time?
  • Do you understand how p-WILE0074 differs from the other related proteins? Do you have any ideas how to explain the difference?
  • And for a bit of science,... do you understand about what restriction/modification are and how they may be pertinent to the life and death of phages?
  • Favorite study questions? What's the problem with them?
     
V. Tour sample research project, Part II

  • How far did you get (of course following along in BioBIKE)?
  • Do you have a basic idea of how MOTIFS-IN/MEME works?
  • Do you understand how the hypotheses listed in Section C.1 could explain the structure of p-Wile0074?
  • Do you understand how some of the hypotheses were tested?
  • Do you understand how to read a sequence alignment?
  • Do you understand what the phylogenetic tree shown in Fig. 7 means?
  • Do you understand how the two instances of SEQUENCE-SIMILAR-TO differ from one another?
  • Do you understand how the research project in the tour led to new knowledge and how that knowledge could be provided to the research community?
  • Do you find any connection with your own research project?
  • Favorite study questions? What's the problem with them?
     
VI. Miscellaneous

  • Other miscellaneous comments, questions, suggestions, concerns?
     

Thanks!

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