COMP 383: Computational Biology

This course presents an algorithmic focus on problems in computational biology. It is built on earlier courses on algorithms and bioinformatics. Problems and solutions covered in this course include gene hunting, sequence comparison, multiple alignments, gene prediction, trees and sequences, databases, and rapid sequence analysis.

Credit Hours

4

Prerequisites

COMP 381: Bioinformatics or BIOL 388: Bioinformatics

COMP 271: Data Structures I

Description

This course presents an algorithmic focus on problems in computational biology. As such it is built on earlier courses on algorithms and bioinformatics. Problems and solutions covered in this course include Gene Hunting, Sequence Comparison, Multiple Alignment, Gene Prediction, Trees and Sequences, Databases, and Rapid sequence analysis.

Outcome

Students will learn, in detail, foundational methods and algorithms in bioinformatics.

Syllabi

See Current Course Syllabi.