Introduction to Bioinformatics
Objectives
Formation of informed users with light theoretical footprint, and mostly hands-on approach.
General characterization
Code
12028
Credits
6.0
Responsible teacher
João Manuel Gonçalves Couceiro Feio de Almeida
Hours
Weekly - 4
Total - 63
Teaching language
Português
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge on Molecular Biology, and user-oriented informatics.
Bibliography
Pevsner, Jonathan. Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics. 2nd ed. Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
Burkowski, F. J. Structural bioinformatics: an algorithmic approach CRC Press, 2008
Lesk A. Introduction to Bioinformatics (2nd Ed.).OxfordUniversity Press, 2005, Oxford. (ISBN 0 19 927787 7)
Orengo C., Jones D., Thornton J. Bioinformatics: Genes, Proteins and Computers. Advanced Text. BIOS Scientific Publishers Limited, 2003, Oxford. (ISBN 1 85996 054 5)
Almeida et al 2015. Comparative Genomics Suggests Primary Homothallism of Pneumocystis Species. MBio, 6(1), e02250-14. https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.02250-14 (materiais e métodos)
Relevant content accessed through the WWW.
Teaching method
Topics are lectured in Portuguese, materials, and contents in English.
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