Introduction to Bioinformatics 2022

Lecturer: Shifra Ben-Dor

shifra.ben-dor@weizmann.ac.il

(08) 934 2470

General Course Information

Lectures will be held in Wolfson Lecture Hall on Mondays from 9:00-11:00
Exercises will be held in Feinberg Classroom B on Sundays from 14:00-16:00
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Please note:
Assignments must be handed in by the beginning of the second lecture after they have been assigned (or by the due date below - in case of conflict, the due date below is the final date).

Assignments will only be accepted via Moodle. If for any reason you can't do (or hand in) the assignment, call or email Shifra and get approval BEFORE the assignment is due.


Date

Topic

Notes

March 28

Introduction to course, Sequences and Databases

No exercise this week

April 4

Lecture Cancelled!!

No exercise this week

April 11

Databases (continued)

Literature and Links for Lectures 1 and 2

Assignment 1: Due May 2

April 25

DNA Sequencing and Assembly, Scoring Matrices

Literature and Links for Lecture 3

Assignment 2: Due May 9

May 2

Lecture Cancelled!!

May 9

Pairwise Alignment

Literature and Links for Lecture 4

Assignement 3: Due May 23

May 16

Database Searching

Literature and Links for Lecture 5

Assignment 4: Due May 30

May 23

Multiple Alignment

Literature and Links for Lecture 6

Assignment 5: Due June 13

May 30

Motifs, Patterns, and Domains

Literature and Links for Lecture 7

Assignment 6: Due June 20

June 6

Genomes and Browsers (Part I)

Literature and Links for Lectures 8 and 9

June 13

Genomes and Browsers (Part II)

Assignment 7: Due June 27

June 20

Primer Design, Protein Translation

Literature and Links for Lecture 10

Assignment 8: Due July 4

June 27

Gene Ontology (with a bit of Expression and Pathway Databases)

Literature and Links for Lecture 11

July 4

CRISPR Design

Literature and Links for Lecture 12

FINAL PROJECT (Due August 5)