Computational Biology:

G22.3033.006

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Projects

Project Team 1: Comparing Genomes:
Joseph Turian, Sheetal Patel, Shane Hoversten, and Adrian Gologan.
Project Team 2: Gene Discovery/ Trans-membrane Domains:
Laura Miller, Carmel Sharon, Gamil Coke, Jeremi Sudol
Project Team 3: Genomic DNA Sequencing:
Shiuoching Gong, Jengwa Chang, Gary Hamilton, Rodney Coe and Hubert Chang.
Project Team 4: Genome Analysis:
Carlo Martino, Jon Larusso, Michael Noonan, and Seamus Moran.

Lecturer:
Professor B. Mishra

Office Hours: TBA
Office Phone: 212.998.3464
Email Address: mishra@nyu.edu

Day and Time:
Mondays, 5:00-6:50pm EST, Room 1221, 719 Broadway

Credits for Course:
3

Prerequisites:
Mathematical Maturity, Combinatorics, Statistics and Algorithms Design

Syllabus:
1.Genome Structure & Grammar
2. Mapping
3. Sequencing & Resequencing
4. Transcription Maps:
Gene Finding, Regulatory Sequences
5. Structural Genomics & Proteomics
6. Functional Genomics:
Genetic Networks, Gene Expression Arrays,
Clustering Algorithms, Ideas from Learning Theory
7. Population Genomics:
SNPs, Linkage Analysis
8. Comparative Genomics
9. DNA Computers

Required Text(s):

Bioinformatics: Sequence and Genome Analysis by David Mount, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, ISBN 0879696087.
Introduction to Computational Molecular Biology by Setubal & Meidanis, PWS Publishing Company, ISBN 0-534-95262-3.
Analysis of Human Genetic Linkage by Jurg Ott, The Johns Hopkins University Press, ISBN 0-8018-4257-3.

Recommended Text(s):

Genomics: The Science and Technology Behind the Human Genome Project by Charles R. Cantor and Cassandra L. Smith, John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 0471599085.
Principles of Genome Analysis by S.B. Primrose, Blackwell Science, ISBN 0-86542-946-4.
The Human Genome Project: Deciphering the Blueprint of Heredity. Edited by N.G. Cooper, University Science Books, ISBN 935702-29-6.

Related Courses:

Genomics

Midterm Date:
No Midterm.
Final Date:
Class Project.
Homework(s):
Class Presentation.

Bud Mishra
September 1 2001