Division of Biocomputing

Introduction to Biocomputing

Self directed on-line tutorials covering basic Unix/Linux, Bioinformatics and Cheminformatics related to drug discovery.

Graduate course BIOMED 505
1-3 credit hours

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Course director: Cristian Bologa
Course coordinator: Jeremy Yang

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All registered students should first meet with the course coordinator and course director.  Also feel free to contact us for advisement prior to registration.

Requirements

Two out of three of the following:

Course

Course materials are available online and will be supplemented by handouts as needed.  There will be a sequence analysis section followed by macromolecular modeling and cheminformatics, prefaced by a Linux/Unix introduction. More details can be found in the course syllabus. Registered students may access the online curriculum.

Credit

Students will receive one hour of credit for each numbered section they complete successfully. The reading and exercises are self-paced. When the student is ready, he or she should ask the course director for the exam covering the section that was studied. The student will then have a week to complete the exam.

The numbered sections are self-contained, so the student can take them in any order, however, we have arranged them in a natural progression that we would recommend the student follow if he or she has no strong feelings otherwise.

Facilities

Some of the exercises are web-based, so can be run from anywhere.  Others will require remote login to Biocomputing computers (student accounts will be provided).  In a few cases it may be advantageous to work at the lab; due to limited space students may only work at the lab by appointment with the course coordinator. We are located in the Research Incubator Building (RIB) on north campus. This building is 2703 Frontier, just west of Vassar.  Here is a Google map link.  The Biocomputing lab is in the back right (northeast) of the building.