BIO8213 Advanced Bioinformatics (FOSCI)

Units 1.0 (Biological Sciences) Band 6

Pre-requisite: BIO2209 and BIO8211

Synopsis

This course builds upon an understanding of basic principles and tools of bioinformatics introduced in BIO8211 Bioinformatics and in particular focuses on the development and application of advanced bioinformatics based tools for analysis of biological information including the building of phylogenetic trees, gene detection and annotation strategies, prediction of RNA and Protein structures and the analysis of gene expression and the proteome. The goal of this course is to be able to apply bioinformatics based discovery techniques to assist in the understanding of cells and organisms at both the molecular and systems level. In a practical context, the course will focus particularly on the use of readily accessible web based databases and analytical tools.