BIN508 NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCE ANALYSIS AND INFORMATICS
Course Code: |
9080508 |
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(3-0) |
ECTS Credit: |
8.0 |
Department: |
Bioinformatics |
Language of Instruction: |
English |
Level of Study: |
Graduate |
Course Coordinator: |
Prof.Dr. RENGÜL ATALAY |
Offered Semester: |
Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
Next Generation Sequence Analysis and Informatics course provides an introduction to methods for next-generation nucleic acid sequencing (NGS) data analysis. Students will learn most recent high-thoughput sequencing laboratory technologies and informatics tools for data analyses. Up to date best-practice methods and road maps will be discussed in detail. Data structures and algorithms for the NGS technologies and applications including variant detection. CHIP-seq. RNA-seq. de novo assembly. and targeted sequencing will be covered. Computational frameworks and toolkits such as SAMTools. BedTools. BWA. TopHat/Cufflinks. GATK. QIIME. R. and Galaxy will be exploited using sample data. The coursework involves case studies. one term project. homework assignments and exams.