BNFO 301 
Introduction to Bioinformatics
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Spring 2015 

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Tuesday
 
Thursday
 
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  6:   8:  
  13: Introduction to Course
      Personal Questionnaire
      Course syllabus (Exam 1 due Jan 16)
      Introduction to Personal Programming
      Algorithms
      BioBIKE - Basics
      BioBIKE - Use of BioBIKE log
  15: Molecular Biology & Bioinformatics
      Tour:
What is a gene? & companion
            (discuss Parts I & II today. All due Jan 19)
      Introduction to Personal Programming
      Presentation: BioBIKE syntax and conventions
      Tour: User interface
      Primer: Basic BioBIKE Syntax (Section II.A)
      Problem Set 1: Molecular Biology
            (discuss Question 2 & 8 today. All due Jan 26)
      Questionnaire
16:
Exam 1
19:
WiaG
20: Molecular Biology & Bioinformatics
      Notes: Fuller et al (1984)
      Problem Set 1: Molecular Biology
            (discuss Questions 2, 8, 3, & 4 today. All due Jan 26)
      Questionnaire
  22: Molecular Biology & Bioinformatics
      Notes: Fuller et al (1984)
      Presentation: Probability and genomes
            (up to slide 100, Rule of Everything)
      Problem Set 1: Molecular Biology
            (discuss Questions 3 & 4 today. All due Jan 26)
      Questionnaire
 
26:
PS1
27: Genome Analysis
      Notes: Computational detection of origins
      Notes: Probability of rare events
      Problem Set 2: Computational investigations (due Feb 2)
      Questionnaire
  29: Genome Analysis
      Notes: Computational detection of origins
      Notes: Probability of rare events
      Problem Set 2: Computational investigations
            (discuss Question 4 today, maybe others. All due Feb 2)
      Questionnaire
 

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*EXCEPTION: No need to do anything before Jan 13. Come as you are...except please submit the Personal Questionnaire as soon as you can