CSCI1950L: Algorithmic Foundations of Computational Biology
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Semester:
Spring 2011
Schedule:
Tuesdays and Thursdays 2:30-3:50pm (K)
Location:
CIT Swig Boardroom
People:
Instructor
:
Prof. Sorin Istrail
HTA
:
James Hart
GTA
:
Derek Aguiar
Office Hours:
James
: Tuesday 5-7pm in Fishbowl CIT 244
Sorin
: Monday 4:30-5:30pm in CIT 523 or by appointment (email Sorin Sorin_Istrail at brown dot edu and cc Angel Murakami akm at cs dot brown dot edu)
Derek
: Wednesday 12-2pm in Fishbowl CIT 244 or by appointment
Resources
Background Reading
NCBI's Molecular Biology Review
A structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
(Watson and Crick, 1953)
Full Gold Bug story
Introduction to Alignment Scoring Statistics
Neat Online Demos
Alignment Algorithms Demo
Mathematica Demos
Play with alignment! Evaluate the notebook and then move the match, mismatch, and gap penalty sliders to see how the parameters affect the output.