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Bioinformatics

BIOL-40236


Bioinformatics is the glue that allows us to manipulate, utilize, and learn from vast amounts of biological data. Bioinformatics tools and databases enable various scientific, technological, and biomedical applications that would otherwise be impossible to achieve. Familiarity with bioinformatics concepts and widely used tools allows one to leverage biological data effectively to produce useful biological information. This course will cover the three pillars of bioinformatics fundamentals - command line basics, creating and using databases, and introductory programming (in Python).  In learning these, you will use resources like NCBI's Entrez and EBI and popular analysis tools such as sequence search (BLAST), gene prediction, and more. Together, these tools provide an excellent overview of how bioinformatics is applied in the industry.
 

Course Information

Online
3.00 units
$725.00

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Section ID:

186408

Class type:

Online Asynchronous.

This course is entirely web-based and to be completed asynchronously between the published course start and end dates. Synchronous attendance is NOT required.
You will have access to your online course on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.

Textbooks:

Learning MySQL and MariaDB: Heading in the Right Direction with MySQL and MariaDB 1st
by Russell J. T. Dyer

ISBN / ASIN: 9781449362904

You may purchase textbooks via the UC San Diego Bookstore.

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Instructor: Joshua Orvis

Joshua Orvis
Joshua Orvis works in his primary research position in Bioinformatics at the Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, but he has always enjoyed teaching and began teaching graduate students in 2000. He has an undergraduate degree in microbiology (University of Oklahoma) and a master's degree in Bioinformatics (Johns Hopkins) and has been teaching in the JHU master's program since 2011.

His primary research areas include genomic annotation, transcriptomics, data visualization, and metagenomics. His preferred toolbox includes the LAMP stack (with Python), distributed grid computing, cloud computing, etc.

When off the clock, he loves spending time with his four (teenager!) kids, disc golf, reading, writing, drawing, and working on his collection of cars, which is larger than it should be.
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Section ID:

187091

Class type:

Online Asynchronous.

This course is entirely web-based and to be completed asynchronously between the published course start and end dates. Synchronous attendance is NOT required.
You will have access to your online course on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.

Textbooks:

All course materials are included unless otherwise stated.

Policies:

  • No refunds after: 3/31/2025

Schedule:

No information available at this time.
Add To Cart

Instructor: Joshua Orvis

Joshua Orvis
Joshua Orvis works in his primary research position in Bioinformatics at the Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, but he has always enjoyed teaching and began teaching graduate students in 2000. He has an undergraduate degree in microbiology (University of Oklahoma) and a master's degree in Bioinformatics (Johns Hopkins) and has been teaching in the JHU master's program since 2011.

His primary research areas include genomic annotation, transcriptomics, data visualization, and metagenomics. His preferred toolbox includes the LAMP stack (with Python), distributed grid computing, cloud computing, etc.

When off the clock, he loves spending time with his four (teenager!) kids, disc golf, reading, writing, drawing, and working on his collection of cars, which is larger than it should be.
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