Selected Topics in Zoology (Section 28325):
Cyberinfrastructure-enabled Computational Genome Science - A Laboratory
Cyberinfrastructure-enabled Computational Genome Science - A Laboratory
BIOL Z620 Spring 2013
Course description
BIOL Z620 CGSL
Lecture times and locations
Mon, Wed 9:30a - 10:45a (Credits: 1.5); Swain East (SE) 045
Tentative schedule (click the icon for a 
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| DAY | DATE | LECTURE | TOPIC | LECTURER | Mon | Mar 4 | 1.1 | Orientation Introduction to cyberinfrastructure resources Some useful tutorials: SSH Linux Command Shell | Volker Brendel |
| Wed | Mar 6 | 1.2 | Introduction to NGS data Quality control issues | Instructors |
| Mon | Mar 11 | SPRING BREAK - no class | n/a | |
| Wed | Mar 13 | SPRING BREAK - no class | n/a | |
| Mon | Mar 18 | 2.1 | De novo prokaryotic genome assembly | Instructors |
| Wed | Mar 20 | 2.2 | De novo eukaryotic genome assembly | Instructors |
| Mon | Mar 25 | 3.1 | De novo transcriptome assembly | Instructors |
| Wed | Mar 27 | 3.2 | Project work on transcriptome assembly | Instructors |
| Mon | April 1 | 4.1 | Re-sequencing Mapping of short reads to reference genomes | Instructors |
| Wed | April 3 | 4.2 | Project work on read mapping | Instructors |
| Mon | April 8 | 5.1 | Introduction to genome annotation | Instructors |
| Wed | April 10 | 5.2 | Project work on genome annotation | Instructors |
| Mon | April 15 | 6.1 | Introduction to genome browsers Editing of annotation tracks | Instructors |
| Wed | April 17 | 6.2 | Project work on genome visualization | Instructors |
| Mon | April 22 | 7.1 | Final project preparation | Students |
| Wed | April 24 | 7.2 | Video Chat with Dr. Nirav Merchant, University of Arizona, iPlant Final project preparation | Students |
| Wed | May 1 | 11:59pm | Final Projects due | Students |