Bioinformatics

3 credits · Undergraduate

This course introduces computational techniques for solving biological problems and presents an overview of tools and the methods used to analyze large biological data sets. After introducing the background in molecular biology for computer scientists, the course explores pairwise and multiple sequence alignment, sequence database searches, pattern identification of genes, promoters, and transcription factor binding sites, as well as secondary and tertiary structure prediction for RNA and proteins. Markov models for gene prediction are introduced. Prerequisite(s): CPSC 224-3 or permission of the instructor