BIOL156L KS - Genomics and Bioinformatics

Access to sequenced genomes and related bioinformatics tools have revolutionized how many biological investigations are approached. This course will cover genome sequencing, organization, and annotation as well as gene expression profiling, reverse genetics, gene networks, and predicting gene function. Students will be introduced to strategies and computational tools required for analysis of large-scale datasets.

Prerequisites:

BIOL 043L KS

or BIOL 040L KS;

CHEM 014L KS

and

CHEM 015L KS

, or CHEM 040L KS and

CHEM 015L KS

, or

CHEM 029L KS

; or both semesters of

AISS

, or permission of the instructor.

Offered: Every year

Credit: 1

Course Number: BIOL156L KS