Bioinformatics

BIOLOGY 315

Dr. Karen Guzman

 

 

Class Messages:

SNP exercise is now up

Course Information:

Syllabus; Modified Schedule last updated

Assignment Instructions through Asn #1-16

 Discovery Questions Assigned

Case Study Instructions

"Strongest Boy..." Discussion Session Instructions

Project Instructions

All written assignments

 

Surveys:

Student Survey of Skills

Course Survey coming late in the semester

 

Class Resources:

Interesting Articles

Review of book resources

Outlines & Powerpoints

Exercises & Assignment Materials

Computer Tips

Class Discussions

Quiz Prep & Materials

Project #1 Materials

Project #2: Schedule & Peer Review Sheets

 

Web Resources:

General Resources:

Textbook Web Page

Dictionaries & Glossaries:

Dictionary/Thesaurus: WordIQ

Definition of Bioinformatics

Computer terms

Computer User High Tech Dictionary

Webopedia

Dictionary of Cell Biology

BioTech Life Sciences Dictionary

Glossary of Genome Terms - NCBI

2 Can Glossary - EBI

 

 

 

 
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Bioinformatics Tools & Links:

National Center for Biotechnology Information

European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI)

ClustalW at EBI

The Human Genome Project

The International HapMap Project

For other tools, see textbook web page

 

Interesting Links:

Synthetic Biology

NY Times article

Wikipedia

New Atlantis (Journal of Technology & Society)

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Synthetic Biology symposium

Epigenetics:

What is the Epigenome?

DNA Destiny?

Phylogeny:

Tree of Life

Barcode of Life

Evolution of the Genetic Code

Proteins:

Online Macromolecular Museum

Database of Macromolecular Movements

Molecules in Motion

First Glance in Jmol

More about Bioinformatics

BioExchange: jobs, tools & more

Harvard Dpt of Cell & Molec Biol: portal to other links

 

 

Background Resources:

General, Cell, & Molecular Biology by Kimball

Molecular Biology Web Book

NCBI Science Primer

EBI 2 can

See also Review Materials for H. S. Teachers

 

 

Miscellaneous:

B anthracis Sequence

Calpain Sequences: Protein, Truncated #1, Truncated #2, Truncated cd00044

TSC1 Sequence

ARSA Sequence

CD_Sequences

 

Resources for High School Students:

For Students: originally part of the High School Seminar Series Program, Spring 2005

For Teachers: open to attendees of the NCBC Workshop: "...Using Bioinformatics to Learn About Disease", July 2005