Large-scale biology projects such as the sequencing of the human genome and gene expression surveys using RNA-seq, microarrays and other technologies have created a wealth of data for biologists. However, the challenge facing scientists is analyzing and even accessing these data to extract useful information pertaining to the system being studied. This course focuses on employing existing bioinformatic resources – mainly web-based programs and databases – to access the wealth of data to answer questions relevant to the average biologist, and is highly hands-on.
This course is part of the Plant Bioinformatic Methods Specialization
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
NCBI/Blast I
Blast II/Comparative Genomics
Multiple Sequence Alignments
Review: NCBI/Blast I, Blast II/Comparative Genetics, and Multiple Sequence Alignments
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- 5 stars77.05%
- 4 stars18.55%
- 3 stars3.40%
- 2 stars0.37%
- 1 star0.61%
TOP REVIEWS FROM BIOINFORMATIC METHODS I
A thorough course for beginners with very interesting labs! I was pleasantly surprised with how much and how easily I learned bioinformatics skills with this course. Well done!
Explanation was on point. As a beginner didn't have to face much problem to understand terminologies and concepts and PDF of the study materials played an important role to understand.
Useful and informative. This is the best bioinformatics course I have taken so far as it focusses on the practical applications instead of the theory which is much more relevant! Thank you!
Great tour through the main areas of bioinformatics. I learned to use a lot of powerful tools for bioinformatic analyses as well as important topics like phylogenetics and metagenomics.
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