Fundamentals of Bioinformatics (BIO562)
Fall semester
Graduate-level course covering the basics of bioinformatics.
Syllabus
Topics include:
- Genome Assembly
- Sequence Alignment
- Phylogenetics
- Gene Expression Analyses
- Measures of Selection
- Databases
- Population Genetics/Genetic Association
- Network Biology
- Metabolic Modeling
- Metagenomics
Quantitative Approaches to Biological Problems (BIO310)
Spring semester
Hands-on class on the use of mathematics, computation and statistics in biology.
Syllabus
Topics include:
- Modeling Viral Epidemics
- Differential Equations and Biology
- Modeling Biochemistry
- Randomness and Biology
- Basics of Statistics
- Network Biology
- Phylogenetics