MGY441H1

Bioinformatics

This course is an introduction to computational methods and resources for processing data from high throughput molecular biology experiments. The course focuses on the analysis of 'omics data with an emphasis on genome and transcriptome sequencing data. Major topics include sequence alignment, differential expression testing and genome annotation and interpretation. Assignments focus on hands-on skill development using the R programming language and modern bioinformatics practices such as software version control and reproducibility.