Large-scale biology projects such as the sequencing of the human genome and gene expression surveys using RNA-seq, microarrays and other technologies have created a wealth of data for biologists. However, the challenge facing scientists is analyzing and even accessing these data to extract useful information pertaining to the system being studied. This course focuses on employing existing bioinformatic resources – mainly web-based programs and databases – to access the wealth of data to answer questions relevant to the average biologist, and is highly hands-on.
This course is part of the Plant Bioinformatic Methods Specialization
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- Genetic Analysis
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
NCBI/Blast I
Blast II/Comparative Genomics
Multiple Sequence Alignments
Review: NCBI/Blast I, Blast II/Comparative Genetics, and Multiple Sequence Alignments
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- 5 stars77.08%
- 4 stars18.56%
- 3 stars3.37%
- 2 stars0.36%
- 1 star0.61%
TOP REVIEWS FROM BIOINFORMATIC METHODS I
This is course is very helpful to me. The learning material is so easy to follow and the concepts are well explained by the instructor. He is very responsive to answer queries.
I enjoyed doing the course. It is exciting to see how much one can learn from a few gene or protein sequences. Thank you for making the course understandable to a beginner in bioinformatics!
Useful and informative. This is the best bioinformatics course I have taken so far as it focusses on the practical applications instead of the theory which is much more relevant! Thank you!
Great course for beginners! Easy to follow and prof. Provart explains everything in great detail. I can't wait to continue learning other courses within this specialization!
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