BMSC 668 Molecular Biophysics & Structural Bioinformatics

Credits: 2
This course will cover the range of research using problem-based approaches. The goal is to expose the student to principles and concepts underlying physical and computational methods used in modern molecular and biological research. The course is specifically designed to be accessible to students lacking a strong background in computation methods, physical chemistry or calculus. Overall focus is placed on understanding general, key concepts, rather than the latest, most cutting-edge specific applications.

Topics include: Structural bioinformatics: theory of key bioinformatics tools and algorithms, their applications towards databases, data analysis and mining, alignments, 3-D structure prediction/visualization and genome analysis. Theory and application of genetic and proteomic approaches to analyze protein expression and modifications using high-throughput methods are also covered.

Graded: A-F
May be taken only once for credit