BIOI-1000
Introduction to Bioinformatics

Bioinformatics is a new scientific discipline that combines computer science and mathematics to help solve problems in molecular biology. The field is growing rapidly in response to the explosion of data generated by the sequence, proteomics, and protein structural tools of modern biology. This course will provide a broad overview of the field and selected topics of fundamental importance to it. Specific topics will include the scope and range of bioinformatics, career opportunities, an introduction to the molecular biology, chemistry, and mathematics needed to understand the problems examined in bioinformatics, and the tools used by bioinformaticians to address these problems.