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Bioinformatics Courses

Bioinformatics courses can help you learn sequence alignment, gene expression analysis, and protein structure prediction. You can build skills in data visualization, statistical analysis, and algorithm development. Many courses introduce tools like Bioconductor, BLAST, and Python libraries such as Biopython, that support analyzing biological data and implementing computational methods in research.


Popular Bioinformatics Courses and Certifications


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    Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

    Researcher's guide to RNA sequencing data

    Skills you'll gain: Molecular Biology, Laboratory Research, Bioinformatics, Data Literacy, Science and Research, Data Analysis, Spatial Data Analysis, Scientific Methods, Data Processing, Quantitative Research, Informatics, Biology, Data Collection

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    University of Manchester

    Industrial Biotechnology

    Skills you'll gain: Biotechnology, Sustainable Technologies, Process Engineering, Molecular Biology, Chemical Engineering, Sustainable Engineering, Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Pharmaceuticals, Biomedical Engineering, Materials science, Scalability

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

    Researcher's guide to omic fundamentals

    Skills you'll gain: Bioinformatics, Molecular Biology, Data Processing, Data Analysis, Data Literacy, Exploratory Data Analysis, Metadata Management, R Programming, Scientific Methods, Data Quality

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    17 reviews

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    University of California San Diego

    Hacking COVID-19: Metabolic Pathway Analysis Yields SARS-CoV-2 Drug Targets

    Skills you'll gain: Bioinformatics, Informatics, Network Analysis, Medical Science and Research, Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Biochemistry, Data Mining, Scientific Visualization, Data Analysis Software, Pharmacology

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Glasgow

    Biomedical Visualisation

    Skills you'll gain: 3D Modeling, 3D Assets, Scientific Visualization, Biomedical Engineering, Medical Terminology, Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), Anatomy, Animations, Image Analysis, Physiology, Biology, Medical Imaging

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

    Introduction to Systems Biology

    Skills you'll gain: Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Cell Biology, Physiology, Biochemistry, Biology, Bioinformatics, Mathematical Modeling, Electrophysiology, Systems Analysis, Simulations, Statistical Modeling

    4.3
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    Mixed · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Peking University

    生物信息学: 导论与方法

    Skills you'll gain: Bioinformatics, Informatics, Biostatistics, Life Sciences, Molecular Biology, Computational Thinking, Biology, Algorithms, Machine Learning Methods, Data Processing, Data Analysis Software

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    Mixed · Course · 3 - 6 Months

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    University of Geneva

    Precision Medicine

    Skills you'll gain: Precision Medicine, Biostatistics, Data Ethics, Healthcare Ethics, Pharmacology, Health Informatics, Bioinformatics, Clinical Research, Biomedical Technology, Primary Care, Clinical Research Ethics, General Medicine, Oncology, Pharmaceuticals, Health Policy, Molecular Biology, Diagnostic Tests, Patient Education And Counseling, Drug Development, Informed Consent

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    Stanford University

    Greedy Algorithms, Minimum Spanning Trees, and Dynamic Programming

    Skills you'll gain: Algorithms, Bioinformatics, Graph Theory, Computational Thinking, Data Structures, Theoretical Computer Science

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

    Antimicrobial resistance - theory and methods

    Skills you'll gain: Laboratory Testing, Quality Assurance, Microbiology, Infectious Diseases, Bioinformatics, Medical Laboratory, Molecular, Cellular, and Microbiology, Epidemiology, Public Health and Disease Prevention, Data Quality, Medical Science and Research, Biology, Public Health

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    Nanjing University

    结构生物化学(Structural Biochemistry)

    Skills you'll gain: Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Chemistry, Physiology, Analytical Chemistry, Biology, Bioinformatics, Structural Analysis, Experimentation

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    Politecnico di Milano

    Developing FPGA-accelerated cloud applications with SDAccel: Practice

    Skills you'll gain: Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Cloud Applications, Bioinformatics, Cloud Computing Architecture, Cloud Computing, Algorithms, Development Environment, Performance Tuning, Computer Architecture, Hardware Architecture, System Design and Implementation, Computer Programming

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular bioinformatics courses

  • Researcher's guide to RNA sequencing data: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
  • Industrial Biotechnology: University of Manchester
  • Researcher's guide to omic fundamentals: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
  • Hacking COVID-19: Metabolic Pathway Analysis Yields SARS-CoV-2 Drug Targets: University of California San Diego
  • Biomedical Visualisation: University of Glasgow
  • Introduction to Systems Biology: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
  • 生物信息学: 导论与方法: Peking University
  • Precision Medicine: University of Geneva
  • Greedy Algorithms, Minimum Spanning Trees, and Dynamic Programming: Stanford University
  • Antimicrobial resistance - theory and methods: Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

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