CS 523 Computational Biology

Study of advanced algorithmic and analysis techniques for biological data such as DNA, RNA, proteins and gene expression. Topics and project include molecular biology, alignment and searching algorithms, sequence evolution algorithms, genetic trees and analysis of microarray data. This course is interdisciplinary and assumes programming skills. Special project required. Knowledge of biology, programming and calculus required.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

CS 305, or equivalent, with a grade of C- or higher

Corequisite

CS 423