| Course ID: | BCMB(BINF) 8210. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Computational Methods in Bioinformatics |
Course
Description: | Computational methods, including development and implementation
of computer codes, used to solve biological problems;
development and solution of statistical and mathematical
biological models. Topics include bio-sequence comparison and
analysis, functional site prediction, structure prediction and
analysis, and biological data analysis. |
| Oasis Title: | COMP METHODS |
| Prerequisite: | CSCI 4470/6470 or BCMB 4010/6010 or CHEM 6911 or MATH(CSCI) 4630/6630 or permission of department |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | Students will learn how to approach biological problems from a
computational perspective, how to collect basic statistics, how
to build statistical/mathematical models, and how to solve
modeling problems computationally and implement computer code.
Students will be required to develop their own computer tools to
solve selected bioinformatics problems. |
| Topical Outline: | This course will include topics such as, but not limited to, the
following: applications of rigorous statistical and
mathematical methods for approaching complex problems in
biochemistry and molecular biology; development and
implementation of computer codes to solve interesting biological
problems. |