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CBB 752

Course Information

Course Description

Bioinformatics encompasses the analysis of gene sequences, macromolecular structures, and functional genomics data on a large scale. It represents a major practical application for modern techniques in data mining and simulation. Specific topics to be covered include sequence alignment, large-scale processing, next-generation sequencing data, comparative genomics, phylogenetics, biological database design, geometric analysis of protein structure, molecular-dynamics simulation, biological networks, normalization of microarray data, mining of functional genomics data sets, and machine learning approaches for data integration.

Concise undergraduate course description

Techniques in data mining and simulation applied to bioinformatics, the computational analysis of gene sequences, macromolecular structures, and functional genomics data on a large scale. Sequence alignment, comparative genomics and phylogenetics, biological databases, geometric analysis of protein structure, molecular-dynamics simulation, biological networks, microarray normalization, and machine-learning approaches to data integration.

See entry from undergraduate catalog: http://students.yale.edu/oci/resultDetail.jsp?course=21914&term=201201 , viz:

MB&B 452 01 (21914) /MCDB452/MB&B752/CB&B752/MCDB752/CPSC752
Bioinformatics: Practical Application of Simulation and Data Mining 
Mark Gerstein
MW 1.00-2.15 BASS 305
Spring 2012 
No regular final examination
Areas Sc
Prerequisites: MB&B 301b and MATH 115a or b, or permission of instructor.
MCDB 120a or 200b is a prerequisite for courses numbered MCDB 202 and above.

Quizzes and Final Project

There will be approximately four short quizzes during the semester and a take-home final project. For CBB and CS sections, the final project will be a programming assignment. For MB&B, the final project will be a paper. Further details will be announced at a later date.

Literature discussion section

One session of 60 minutes per week, time to be arranged. Student presentations of recent research papers relevant to the topics of the course. Led by Lucas Lochovsky (Bass, Rm 437; 432-5405; lucas.lochovsky@yale.edu) and Jane Leng (Bass, Rm 437; 432-5405; jing.leng@yale.edu).