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Table 1 Timetable for 4273 π Bioinformatics for Biologists

From: 4273π: Bioinformatics education on low cost ARM hardware

Week

Lecture

Practical class

1

Genomes, sequences and bioinformatics data.

Linux and Perl.

2

-

Linux, Perl and protein BLAST.

3

-

Linux, Perl and delimiting gene/protein families.

4

Multiple alignment and phylogeny.

Multiple alignment and phylogeny.

5

Gene family evolution.

Gene family evolution.

6

BLAST; DNA sequence analysis.

DNA sequence analysis.

7

Looking at species differences.

Detecting positive selection.

8

Function and evolution of enzymes.

Function and evolution of enzymes.

9

Seminar: student presentations.

-

  1. Lectures last slightly less than an hour. Practical classes all use the Raspberry Pi, and last two hours. In addition, in their own time, students engage in self-study and complete a coursework ‘practical project’.