SWBio Bioinformatics course

Welcome to the SWBio Bioinformatics course at https://davidjstudholme.github.io/swbio-bioinformatics/.

Monday p.m. - Introduction

1. Introduction to bioinformatics
2. Reproducible bioinformatics workflows using Galaxy
3. Responsible use of AI
4. Generative AI in bioinformatics

Tuesday a.m. - Working with genomic sequence data

1. Assembling a prokaryotic genome from short reads
2. Assembling a prokaryotic genome from long reads

Tuesday p.m. - Working with transcriptomic sequence data

• RNA-seq

Wednesday a.m. - Gene discovery, functional prediction and genome annotation

1. AI-enabled prediction of protein 3-D structure
2. Genome annotation - bacteria
3. Masking repeats
4. Genome annotation - eukaryote

Wednesday p.m.

Wednesday afternoon is kept clear to allow travel back from Exeter to your home institution.

Thursday and Friday

Online-supported self-study. You are recommended to use this time to complete (or at least make a substantial start on your coursework.