Introduction to Bioinformatics 2019

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 Tuesdays from 14:00-16:00
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The link to the final project instructions is now at the bottom of the page.

We will be available for consultation on the project in the Feinberg computer classroom at our regular time, Tuesday afternoons from 14-16, for the month of July and August 6.

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Please note:
Assignments must be handed in by the end 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 at the Wolfson Lecture Hall, by 11:00 (end of the lecture). 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 25

Introduction to course, Sequences and Databases

No exercise this week

April 1

Databases (continued)

Literature and Links for Lectures 1 and 2

Assignment 1: Due April 15

April 8

DNA Sequencing and Assembly

Exercise moved, will be on Monday April 8 14:00-16:00

Literature and Links for Lecture 3

Assignment 2: Due April 29

April 15

Protein Translation, Scoring Matrices

Literature and Links for Lecture 4

April 29

Pairwise Alignment

Literature and Links for Lecture 5

Assignment 3: Due May 20

May 6

Database Sequence Searching

Exercise moved, will be on Sunday May 12 10:00-12:00

Literature and Links for Lecture 6

Assignement 4: Due May 27

May 13

Multiple Alignment

Literature and Links for Lecture 7

Assignment 5: Due June 3

May 20

Short Read Aligners

Guest Lecturer: Ester Feldmesser

May 27

Motifs, Patterns and Domains

Literature and Links for Lecture 9

Assignment 6: Due June 17

June 3

Genome Projects

Literature and Links for Lecture 10

June 10

Genome Browsers (continued)

Assignment 7: Due June 24

June 17

Primer Design

Literature and Links for Lecture 12

Assignment 8: Due July 1

June 24

Gene Expression Databases

Literature and Links for Lecture 13

July 1

Gene Ontology

Literature and Links for Lecture 14

July 8

Pathway Analysis

Literature and Links for Lecture 15

FINAL PROJECT (Due August 8)