A big welcome to “Bioinformatics: Introduction and Methods” from Peking University! In this MOOC you will become familiar with the concepts and computational methods in the exciting interdisciplinary field of bioinformatics and their applications in biology, the knowledge and skills in bioinformatics you acquired will help you in your future study and research.Course materials are available under the CC BY-NC-SA License.
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Syllabus
Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Week 1
Introduction and History of Bioinformatics
Week 2
Sequence Alignment
Week 3
Sequence Database Search
Week 4
Markov Model
Week 5
Next Generation Sequencing (NGS): Mapping of Reads From Resequencing and Calling of Genetic Variants
Week 6
Functional Prediction of Genetic Variants
Week 7
Mid-term Exam
Week 8
Next Generation Sequencing: Transcriptome Analysis, and RNA-Seq
Week 9
Prediction and Analysis of Noncoding RNA
Week 10
Ontology and Identification of Molecular Pathways
Week 11
Bioinformatics Database and Software Resources
Week 12
Origination of New Genes
Week 13
Evolution function analysis of DNA methyltransferase
Week 14
Final Exam
FAQ
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Is financial aid available?
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Reviews
It was a very interesting course and opened up novel and new ways one can think for finding the predictable and the unpredictable properties.
the first part is very good for beginners but not so good in later parts
The course has given me a great way to learn Bioinformatics. I especially loved the mode of teaching and the case studies.
The course is very informative and also interesting. I am very glad I took the course
