Thursday, 4:30-7:10 pm 
OB Room 304B 
3 credits 

Instructor: Iosif Vaisman
Office: OB, Room 312 
Office Hours: By appointment 
Phone: 703-993-8431 

Course description: The course covers theoretical approaches, techniques and computational tools for DNA and protein sequence and structure analysis. The topics also include biological databases and internet-based bioinformatics resourses. 

Grading: grades will be based on homework assignments (60%), exam (30%), and class participation (10%). 

Textbook:

Marketa J Zvelebil, Jeremy O Baum  
 Understanding bioinformatics
New York: Garland Science, 2008.

Lecture 1
Lecture 2
Lecture 3
Databases
Lecture 5
Lecture 6
Lecture 7
Lecture 8
Lecture 9
Lecture 10
Lecture 11
Lecture 12
Lecture 14

Homework Assignment 1
Homework Assignment 2

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