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  CSE 427Au '18:  Computational Biology
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 1:  Intro
 2:  Alignment & Scoring
   Needleman-Wunsch Ex (.xlsx)
   Smith-Waterman Ex (.xlsx)
 3:  BLAST & More Scoring
   Bio Notes - PCR & Seq
 4:  MLE & EM
   EM Example (.xls)
 5:  Motifs
 6:  Markov Models
   HMM Example (.xls)
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 7:  Genes
 8:  Noncoding RNA
   Bio Notes - Replication
   Bio Notes - PCR & Seq
 9:  CMs: ncRNA Models
 10:  Diatoms
 11:  Wrapup
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Lecture:  EEB 045 (room info) TuTh 1130- 1250 
 
Office Hours Location Phone
Instructor:  Larry Ruzzo, ruzzocs  Tu 3:30- 4:30  CSE 554  (206) 543-6298
TA :  Sean Jaffee, sjaffe1cs  M 2:00- 3:00  5th floor breakout 
TA :  Daniel Jones, dcjonescs  Th 1:00- 2:00  CSE 220 

Course Email: cse427a_au18@uw.edu. Staff announcements and general interest student/staff Q&A about homework, lectures, etc. The instructor and TAs are subscribed to this list. Enrolled students are as well, but probably should change their default subscription options. Messages are automatically archived. 

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Catalog Description: Algorithmic and analytic techniques underlying analysis of large-scale biological data sets such as DNA, RNA, and protein sequences or structures, expression and proteomic profiling. Hands-on experience with databases, analysis tools, and genome markers. Applications such as sequence alignment, BLAST, phylogenetics, and Markov models.

Prerequisites: CSE 312; CSE 332

Credits: 3

Learning Objectives: The availability of the complete genome sequences of humans and other organisms is one of the landmark achievements of science. Understanding this enormous volume of data is a problem that will challenge scientists for decades to come, and the nature and scope of the problem means that computer scientists will play a vital role. The primary objective of the course is for students to understand the variety of computational problems and solutions that arise in this interdisciplinary field. Students will learn enough of the basic concepts of molecular biology to understand the context for the computational problems presented in the rest of the course. They will learn how some of the computational methods they have encountered in other courses can be applied to solve problems in modern molecular biology. An important component is to learn the nature and capabilities of some of the key public databases available for the solution of these problems, as well as publicly available computational analysis tools and the algorithmic principles underlying them.

Grading: Homework, possibly including a small project: 90%; class participation: 10%.

Late Policy: We allow 5 "free days" in total over the quarter without penalty; e.g., one assignment may be 5 days late, or one assignment may be 2 days late and another may be 3 days late. We will deduct 25% per day for late homework in excess of the free days. Weekends count as one day; e.g. due Friday, submitted Sunday = 1 day late, Monday = 2 days late.

Textbooks: None.


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