Computational Molecular Biology (CS181)
Announcements
  • take home exams 2 and 3 can be picked up from Franco (CIT 525)
  • the final exam is now online (see below) and is due 12/20
  • extra hours during the exam period TBA
  • feel free to contact the TAs and schedule an appointment if you have questions outside of TA hours
Course Overview

Meeting Time: Tue/Thur 9:00 - 10:20 AM (H Hour)
Location: CIT 367

Processing molecular biology data (DNA, RNA, proteins) has become central to biological research and a challenging area for Computer Science research. Important objectives are molecular sequence analysis, recognition of genes and regulatory elements, molecular evolution, protein structure, comparative genomics. This course models the underlying biology in the terms of Computer Science and presents the most significant algorithms of molecular computational biology.

Syllabus

The course text this semester is Introduction to Computational Moecular Biology, which will be available at the Brown Bookstore.

Staff / Hours
Franco Preparata By appointment
Lian Garton Tuesday 6 - 8pm in CIT 271
Brendan Hickey Wednesday 5 - 7pm in CIT 271
Documents

A Biology Primer for Computer Scientists

Collaboration Policy

Programming Guide

Assignments
Assignments will appear here as they become available.
Assignment Due
Take Home Exam 1October 11
Take Home Exam 2November 1
Take Home Exam 3December 4
Take Home Final ExamDecember 20