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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Biology Meets Programming: Bioinformatics for Beginners by University of California San Diego

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1,558 ratings

About the Course

Are you interested in learning how to program (in Python) within a scientific setting? This course will cover algorithms for solving various
biological problems along with a handful of programming challenges helping you implement these algorithms in Python. It offers a
gently-paced introduction to our Bioinformatics Specialization (https://www.coursera.org/specializations/bioinformatics), preparing learners to
take the first course in the Specialization, "Finding Hidden Messages in DNA" (https://www.coursera.org/learn/dna-analysis). Each of the four
weeks in the course will consist of two required components. First, an interactive textbook provides Python programming ch...
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Top reviews

HD

Apr 17, 2016

I give this course 5 star because I did Bioinformatics I and I totally enjoy it. This is where programming can be fun, and practical, and you'll learn some basic biology too.What's not to love?

HL

Aug 15, 2017

I learned a lot from this difficult and time-consuming course! It covers biological concepts using Python. It made learning Python more interesting for me, since I have always loved biology.

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By Smily C

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Jun 29, 2022

This course helps me learn someting new in this field. I hope that I can learn further thing in the future.

By Mrinal S

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Apr 4, 2022

Very useful and informative course with thorough knowledge on how to code things related to Bioinformatics.L

By Eyal W

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May 23, 2018

Great course, very interesting.

Some of the python quizes are confusing but the comment are surely helpful!

By 常真

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Dec 6, 2016

thank you guys,the most difficult lesson I have got,but I love the feelings when I finally accomplish it.

By Satavisha R

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Jun 15, 2017

Amazing course. I learned plenty and can't wait to learn further more and apply the concepts to my work.

By Martin H

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Jun 18, 2018

Great course. Its challenging but also very rewarding. Will try to keep up with the subsequent courses.

By brennon s

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Jul 31, 2017

Well written and easy-to-follow. Requires very little searching for information not presented in course

By Juan M

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Aug 26, 2019

Very helpful, definitely recommend the course. Helped me learn Python and the basics of Bioinformatics

By Franco D

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Oct 23, 2019

Pretty good course, be ready from a Programming perspective (Python) because it ramps up pretty fast.

By Mufeeda C

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May 22, 2020

I would suggest this course who have intermediate knowledge in programming, not for beginners.

By Deleted A

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Aug 15, 2020

this was an awesome way of learning! especially the external interactive tool is jus amazing!

By Divyanshi T

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Apr 20, 2020

it was an amazing course, i have learned so much and would definitely recommend it to others.

By Bradley G

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Nov 7, 2024

Great introductory course for students with a biological background looking to learn coding.

By pratik

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Jan 22, 2017

Good course for someone beginning in bioinformatics with background on computer programming.

By Edgardo P F J

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Aug 11, 2020

Provides a good introduction to bioinformatics. Perfect for those interested with the area.

By Aakash R D

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May 17, 2020

A very good course for people who know biology well and are computer science engineers

By Wujiduan

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Aug 13, 2019

An excellent course for the beginners who want to start learning about bioinformatics!

By Pietro D L

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Jul 28, 2016

Excellent course for beginner like me!!!

Thank again for introducing me to this matter.

By Muhit I

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Jul 17, 2020

Very good course to start learning Bioinformatics with a focus on python programming.

By Anusha S

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Jan 11, 2023

Great course to understand the basic mathematics that goes behind genetic sequencing

By Wichayapat T

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Aug 30, 2020

Good starting course for a programmer who doesn't have much knowledge on the biology

By Qiang C

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Jan 1, 2018

I have got to understand how to search motifs and do motifs alignments using pythons

By Pablo R M

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Apr 10, 2017

Excellent course! Instructors are great and the exercises using Stepik are awesome

By Ahmed A A M S

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Aug 25, 2017

Very insightful in the Bioinformatics field, for those considering it as a career

By Duy M T

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Aug 31, 2022

I understand the basic idea of this course. However, coding is the hardest part.