BNFO 301 
Introduction to Bioinformatics
Spring 2009 

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Monday
 
Wednesday
   
       
5   7    
12: Introduction to Course
      Personal Questionnaire
      Course syllabus
      How to find articles
      Lab - Intro survey A or B
                Tour - What is a gene?
                Intro to BioBIKE - Basic Syntax (Section A)
  14: Intro to Molecular Biology
      Notes -
Strategies of life
      Notes - Protein
      Questionnaire (Mol Biol 1)
      Questionnaire (BioBIKE 1)
   
19: MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY   21: Intro to Molecular Biology
      Notes -
Flow of Information
      Tour - What is a gene? (retrospective)
      Read - Benzer (1959) + tour, Part I
     
Questionnaire (Mol Biol 2)
      Problem Set 1 - Intro to Molec Biol
          (focus on B2, B10, C4, C6, D4)
      Lab - Intro to BioBIKE (Special MLK edition)
                All BioBIKE, all the time
   
26: Intro to Molecular Biology
      Read - Benzer (1959) +
tour
      Problem Set 1 - Intro to Molec Biol
          (focus on B2, B10, C4, C6, D4)
      Questionnaire
      Lab - Intro to BioBIKE and Molec Biol
                Tour - Alien genetic code
                Problem Set 2 - Molec Biol Investigations
      Please e-mail BioBIKE log by end of Tuesday
  28: Intro to Molecular Biology and Genome Sequencing
      Discussion - Benzer's On the Topology of... +
tour
      Notes - Overview of genome sequencing
      Notes: Where sequences come from
      Questionnaire (Mol Biol/Sequencing)
      Problem Set 1 - Intro to Molec Biol
          (focus on B2, B10, C4, C6, D4)
          Please e-mail in by end of Friday