Course description

This course will provide a practical introduction to genomics and bioinformatics. The course will cover next-generation sequencing, biological databases, sequence alignment, similarity searches, genome browsers, molecular evolution, human disease genetics and proteomics. In the first half of the course students will undertake computer-based practical modules that will provide hands-on experience with the latest on-line genomics and bioinformatics tools. Subsequently, students will choose an elective practical module provides advanced training in bioinformatics applications in various discipline area. This course is designed to enable biological sciences students without a solid background in computing to gain an understanding of the important concepts underlying bioinformatics together with a thorough grounding in the use of standard computational techniques to analyse biological sequence data.

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