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BINF550 Bioinformatics

Updated: 12 January 2009
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Semester 1 Off Campus
Online level Level A- Internet access required
Intensive School(s)
Start Finish Attendance Notes
14 April 2009 17 April 2009 Mandatory
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites candidature in a postgraduate award
Co-requisites None
Restrictions BINF350
Notes None
Combined Units BINF350 - Bioinformatics
Coordinator(s) Anatoly Ruvinsky (aruvinsk@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

Bioinformatics is a broad interdisciplinary science that involves conceptual and practical tools for understanding, generation, processing and propagation of biological information. It covers relevant areas of statistics and computer science, biological databases, computational genomics and phylogenetics. The topics covered include dynamic programming, biological database operations, sequence search and alignments, gene detection and prediction, computational genomics and proteomics, microarrays and phylogenetic analysis. Besides solid theoretical knowledge, students will receive good practical experience in modelling, computing and interpreting information in modern biological databases. This unit is recommended for postgraduate students interested in working with current genomic technologies.

Recommended Material
Optional
Text(s):

Note: Recommended material is held in the University Library - purchase is optional

Bioinformatics: Sequence and Genome Analysis
ISBN: 9780879697129
Mount, D., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press 2nd ed. 2004
Text refers to: Semester 1 , Off Campus
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
   

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