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PVS0141

Introduktion till bioinformatik

The course aims to give the student a solid foundation in the basic methods of bioinformatics. It will cover the theories, algorithms and practical applications of computer-based methods for analysis of DNA sequences and protein structures. The topics to be covered include:

- biological databases

- homology analysis

- sequence analysis (with emphasis on the package EMBOSS and UGENE)

- statistics and R introduction

- web-based tools for analysis

- the Unix operating system

- phylogeny

- comparative genomics

- functional genomics

- Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)



The course is mainly based on lectures, interactive computer exercises and web-based tutorials.

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