CNG465 INTRODUCTION TO BIOINFORMATICS
Course Code: |
3550465 |
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(3-0) |
ECTS Credit: |
6.0 |
Department: |
Computer Engineering |
Language of Instruction: |
English |
Level of Study: |
Undergraduate |
Course Coordinator: |
Prof.Dr. YELÝZ YEÞÝLADA |
Offered Semester: |
Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
This course covers computatioanl techniques for mining the large amount of information produced by recent advances in biology, such as genome sequencing and microarray technologies. Main topics of the course include: DNA and protein sequence alignment, phylogenetic trees, protein structure prediction, motif finding, microarray data analysis, gene/protein networks.