UCSC Ext. Sequence Analysis in Bioinformatics, Advanced, Jan. 25 – March 29, 2010 Course Description Designed for individuals who already have a solid grasp of simple alignment and phylogenic analyses, this course addresses more sophisticated and cutting-edge computational methods and algorithms for the analysis of complex biological sequence data. Lecture topics include Hidden Markov Models for gene finding and conducting profile-based searches; probabilistic methods for phylogenetic analysis; RNA structure prediction techniques; stochastic context-free grammars for RNA analysis; and methods for conducting ultra-fast database searches. Instructor: SAMI KHURI, Ph.D Dates and Times: Mondays, Jan. 25 – March 29, 2010, 6:00 - 9:00 pm Location: UCSC Ext. in Silicon Valley, 2505 Augustine Drive, Santa Clara Tuition: $670 (Early Enrollment - $603 See details at www.ucsc-extension.edu/biosciences
