Level of education
two years of postsecondary education
ECTS
2 credits
Training structure
Faculty of Science
Description
1- Linux basics (1.5 hours lecture + 3 hours tutorial): Basic commands for navigating Linux and understanding the logic of this language. Short exercises on extracting information in bash/shell. Element revisited for the analysis of alignment files.
2- Databases (3 hours of lectures + 4.5 hours of tutorials): knowledge of the main bibliographic and biological databases (NCBI, Ensembl, Galaxie, etc.). Ability to perform relevant and effective queries, exploit, sort, and describe different formats.
3- Sequence analysis (1.5 hours lecture + 4.5 hours tutorial): Sequence alignment and comparison with a brief introduction to phylogenetics (dot plot, Blast, etc.)
Objectives
- Fundamentals of essential computer tools in modern biology
- Learning how to use a common query language (basics)
- Analysis and extraction of biological data made available to the scientific community on the web
- Searching for scientific information and biological data to understand a project
Teaching hours
- BioInfo - TutorialTutorials12 p.m.
- Bioinformatics - CMLecture6 hours
Mandatory prerequisites
PIX certification (L1-S2 or L2-S3)