Description:

This seminar will introduce undergraduate students, especially freshman and sophomores, to a variety of issues and topics in teh field of bioinformatics. (1 unit)
 

April 1      Introduction to Bioinformatics    http://elcapitan.ucsd.edu/bild94/
                Dr. Douglas Smith
                Research Emeritus, Biology, UCSD
 

April 8     "Working with Large Data Sets: Genomes, Microarrays and Networks"
               Dr. Bill Loomis
               Professor of Biology, UCSD

April 15   "Bioinformatics-From Tool to New Scientific Discipline"
               Dr. Lukas Buehler
               Bioinformatics Consultant
               Lecturer of Biology, UCSD

April 22   "Genomic Bioinformatics"
                Dr. Darrell Ricke
                Principal Scientist, Syngenta

April 29    "Bioinformatics: An Academic and Corporate View"
                Dr. Elizabeth Waters
                Staff Scientist, Bioinformatics Department, Diversa Corporation

May 6      "Microarray Technology for High Thoughput Gene Expression Analysis"
                Dr. Gary Hardiman
                Director, Biomedical Genomics Micro Facility, UCSD

May 13    "The What, Where and Why of Structural Bioinformatics"
                Dr. Philip E. Bourne
                Director, Integrative Biosciences
                San Diego Supercomputer Center
                Professor of Pharmacology, UCSD

May 20    "Whole-Genome Functional Annotation"
                Dr. Brian Karlak
                Head of Informatics, Syrrx

June 3    "Population Genetic Analysis of Disease Data at the Cellular Level"
                Dr. Nicholas Schork
                Professor of Bioinformatics, UCSD