This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. The purpose of this project is to develop an interdisciplinary bioinformatics course for undergraduate biology, math, computer science, and chemistry students at Cameron University. The objectives of this course include teaching students to understand how information is stored and retrieved in biological systems and helping them to understand how this relates to information storage and retrieval by computers. Students will derive a working knowledge of current bioinformatic databases and their applications and will understand how database algorithms are designed to identify conserved sequences, compare genomic information, and align sequences. Students will also be taught to appreciate and understand the problems associated with analyzing large data sets obtained from micro-array experiments and will gain an understanding of the statistical concepts that are applied to the analysis of these large data sets. Students from biology, math, computer science, and chemistry will learn to interrelate as an inter-disciplinary team to solve problems. Both students' and peers' feedback will be used to measure the course design.
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