Keywords

Learning outcomes

After the course, the student can:
- describe different types of biological sequencing data and their functional elements.
- access the databases and tools that provide information about sequences.
- describe high-throughput measurement technologies and their applications.
- explain the benefits of integration of different measurement data types.
- explain the role of computational analysis in biomedical research.
- list some applications of computational analysis and mathematical models in biosciences.

Contents

- Deep sequencing, microarrays, mass spectrometry, high throughput imaging and their applications.
- Biological databases
- Genomes and variations
- Epigenetics and gene regulation
- Mathematical modeling

Evaluation

Belongs to following study modules

2016–2017

Teaching

Archived Teaching Schedule. Please refer to current Teaching Shedule.

BIO2200 Introduction to computational biology

For Open University students only

BIO2200 Introduction to computational biology