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)

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Teaching method

Topics are lectured in Portuguese, materials, and contents in English.

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