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About the Course

Large-scale biology projects such as the sequencing of the human genome and gene expression surveys using RNA-seq, microarrays and other technologies have created a wealth of data for biologists. However, the challenge facing scientists is analyzing and even accessing these data to extract useful information pertaining to the system being studied. This course focuses on employing existing bioinformatic resources – mainly web-based programs and databases – to access the wealth of data to answer questions relevant to the average biologist, and is highly hands-on. Topics covered include multiple sequence alignments, phylogenetics, gene expression data analysis, and protein interaction networks, in two separate parts. The first part, Bioinformatic Methods I (this one), deals with databases, Blast, multiple sequence alignments, phylogenetics, selection analysis and metagenomics. The second part, Bioinformatic Methods II, covers motif searching, protein-protein interactions, structural bioinformatics, gene expression data analysis, and cis-element predictions. This pair of courses is useful to any student considering graduate school in the biological sciences, as well as students considering molecular medicine. Both provide an overview of the many different bioinformatic tools that are out there. These courses are based on one taught at the University of Toronto to upper-level undergraduates who have some understanding of basic molecular biology. If you're not familiar with this, something like https://learn.saylor.org/course/bio101 might be helpful. No programming is required for this course. Bioinformatic Methods I is regularly updated, and was completely updated for January 2024....

Top reviews

SA

Jul 11, 2020

This course is very well organized, easy to understand, and explained everything steps by step which will help to grasp the concept easily. If you are a beginner like me, you should take this course.

BA

Nov 2, 2021

Bioinformatics 1 was very interesting and enlightening for me. I learnt practical skills which I can now apply in to ace an impactful career. Thank you so much Coursera for this amazing opportunity!

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By Solomon o

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Aug 24, 2021

Standard training and flexible learning schedule.

By Hewan D

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Apr 21, 2020

Thank you so much for your well-organized course.

By Md. S H

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Dec 13, 2018

Just wow! The speciality is the discussion forums

By PAULA V L

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Jan 5, 2021

I love it. Very useful on my thesis and college.

By Filipa P

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Mar 1, 2020

Amazing well done course! Really recommend! :-)

By Chun-Jou H

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May 30, 2016

Very organized. The labs are extremely helpful!

By Sandeep K

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Jun 30, 2018

Best course to learn basics of bioinformatics.

By Elena S

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Jan 30, 2016

It's a very useful course, very well explained

By Raghavendra G

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Jun 22, 2021

Lab instructions and lectures were very good

By Angana B

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Jun 21, 2020

Learnt a lot from this session. Very useful!

By Jehanne C

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Apr 12, 2020

Très bonne introduction à la bioinformatique

By Aparna R

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Jan 8, 2018

awesome course... learned a lot... thank you

By Juri N O

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Jul 20, 2022

The best bioinformatics course on Coursera.

By Jose A R D L

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Jul 16, 2020

Great balance of theory and practical work.

By Pedro C R

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Jan 31, 2018

Very well explained, intuitive and usefull!

By Brenda G D S B

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Feb 14, 2021

Excelente curso, buenisimas explicaciones

By SHUVAM S

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Jul 19, 2020

It helped me a lot.

Thanks a lot, Dr.Nick!

By Noor M

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Jan 28, 2018

excellent course will recommend it to all

By Sergio M

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Jul 13, 2022

This is an excelent introductory course.

By Axel V

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Jul 20, 2021

curso excelente muy didactico y flexible

By Sana S

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Jul 29, 2023

it was a very good learning experience,

By Chui-Boon J

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Nov 5, 2019

It is a good basic course for beginner.

By Prakash V C

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Nov 24, 2015

This is an absolutely fantastic course!

By Kodithuwakku A D T L W

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Jun 17, 2020

one of the best course. I enjoyed lot.

By Nishant M (

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Jan 20, 2023

Just take it, You will not regret it!