Introduction to Biocomputing
Self directed on-line tutorials covering basic Unix/Linux,
Bioinformatics and Cheminformatics related to drug discovery.
Graduate course BIOMED 505
1-3 credit hours
*** Announcements ***
The first section and various portions of the other sections of the course are
now online. You will need to get a user id/password to access them. To do so,
please send me an
email
and we can arrange a time to meet (I would like to meet all the students). At
the same time, you can pick up a printed copy of the course notes.
I am located in the RIB (Research Incubator Building) on north campus. This
building is on Frontier (two blocks north of Lomas) just west of Vassar (which
is one block west of Girard). Enter the main door on the south, turn right and
go through a door labeled "Suite 190 / Office of Biostatistics / Dvision of
Biocomputing / Office of Biocomputing" (to the east). Turn left at the first
corridor and head north through this first set of offices. Pass through the
door on the north side. Turn right and go through another door into the
Biocomputing area. I am at the very north end of this complex in the northwest
corner.
Watch this site for further news.
Also see suggested external talks at the bottom of this
page.
Access will be provided to registered students. Please contact the course
coordinator.
Requirements
Two out of three of the following:
- undergraduate course in biology
- undergraduate course in chemistry
- undergraduate course in computer science
Synopsis
There will be a sequence analysis section followed by macromolecular modeling
and cheminformatics, prefaced by a Linux/Unix introduction.
More details can be found in the course syllabus.
Credit
Students will receive one hour of credit for each numbered section they
complete successfully. The reading and exercises are self-paced. When the
student is ready, he or she should ask the course director for the exam
covering the section that was studied. The student will then have a week to
complete the exam.
The numbered sections are self-contained, so the student can take them in any
order, however, we have arranged them in a natural progression that we would
recommend the student follow if he or she has no strong feelings otherwise.
Facilities
Some of the exercises are web-based, so can be run from anywhere. Others will
require the use of Biocomputing facilities for which accounts will be provided.
The Office of Biocomputing has a lab in BRF 223 (Biomedical Research Facility
in the Health Sciences Center on UNM north campus) which is open 8 am-5 pm.
For more information, please contact