NOTE: Four Course Quizzes will be given in Discussion Section in lieu of Midterm Exams.
See BIMM140 Syllabus for Dates and Information.

BIMM 140 Syllabus

Date	Lec	Instructor	BIMM 140 Tentative Lecture Topic	Mount Book Chapter	Supplementary Readings
M 31 Mar	1	MG / DS	Introduction to Bioinformatics	2
W 02 Apr	2	DS	Resources, Sequence Databases, Finding Information I	2	.
F 04 Apr	3	DS	Windowed Analyses; Statistics I	3:53-58	.
M 07 Apr	4	MG	"Dot Matrix Plots"; Statistics II	3:59-64
W 09 Apr	5	DS	Homology; Introduction to Alignments; Statistics III	3:65-76
F 11 Apr	* *	* * *	* * Quiz 1: 20 min, * * * * * in Section * * * *	* *	* *
F 11 Apr	6	DS	Evaluation of Alignments Scoring Systems	3:77-119
M 14 Apr	7	MG	Probabilistic Models; Bayes Theorem	3:119-124
W 16 Apr	8	MG	Gene Modeling	8
F 18 Apr	9	MG	Gene modeling	8
M 21 Apr	10	MG	Database Searching: FASTA	7:281-300
W 23 Apr	11	MG	Database Searching: BLAST	7:300-317
F 25 Apr	* *	* * *	* * Quiz 2: 20 min, * * * * * in Section * * * *	* *	* *
F 25 Apr	12	MG	Resources, Ontologies, Finding Information II	2	Gene Ontology Browse current ontologies
M 28 Apr	13	MG	RNA Folding	5	.
W 30 Apr	14	MG	RNA Folding	5	.
F 02 May	15	MG	Introduction to Phylogenetic Trees	6:238-248 4:140-152
M 05 May	16	MG	Phylogenetics: Multiple Alignment and Trees	6:254-275 4:152-160
W 07 May	17	DS	Phylogenetics: Multiple Alignment and Trees	6:248-254 6:275-279
F 09 May	* *	* * *	* * Quiz 3: 20 min, * * * * * in Section * * * *	* *	* *
F 09 May	18	DS	Phylogenetics: Multiple Alignment and Trees	6:248-254 6:275-279
M 12 May	19	MG	Protein Families; Protein motifs	9:381-429
W 14 May	20	MG	Protein Motifs and Patterns	9:429-445
F 16 May	21	MG	Protein Motifs and Patterns	7:320-334 4:160-200
M 19 May	22	MG	Protein Motifs and Patterns	7:320-334 4:160-200	.
W 21 May	23	DS	Protein Structural Properties	9:445-460	.
F 23 May	* *	* *	* * Quiz 4; 20 min, * * * * * in Section * * * *	* *	* *
F 23 May	24	DS	Protein Structural Properties	9:445-460
M 26 May	* *	* *	* * Memorial Day * * * * Holiday * *	* *	* *
W 28 May	25	DS	Protein Homology Modeling	9:460-473
F 30 May	26	DS	Protein Homology Modeling	9:460-473	.
M 02 Jun	27	DS	Protein Homology Modeling	9:460-473
W 04 Jun	28	MG	Functional Genomics/Proteomics	10
F 06 Jun	29	DS	Human Haplotypes / Linkage Disequilibrium	---
Th 12 June 11:30-2:30	* *	* *	* * BIMM 140 * * * * FINAL EXAM * * WLH2207	* *	* *
Note: Readings should be completed before the indicated time so that you are prepared to discuss the material during the lectures