Prerequisites: graduate students in a life sciences program or consent of the instructors; previous coursework in genetics/genomics, molecular biology, or cell biology

Description: Enables those with no computer science background to handle high throughout biological data. Covers the Perl programming language; program design, implementation, and testing; relational databases; basic data structures and algorithms; and BioPerl. Includes skill building through analysis of real high throughput biological data. May be taken Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) with consent of instructor and graduate advisor. Liu, Stajich Genetics, Genomics, and Bioinformatics 286 / Programs and Courses