Biological Sciences 321GE - Conference Course: 'Genomics and Bioinformatics'

How does the organization of information in a genome impact an organism's evolution? How does gene expression shift due to environmental factors and how can that shift and a gene's genomic context tell us about the evolution of ecologically important traits? In this course we will explore the variety of evolutionary and ecological questions that can be answered with genomic and transcriptomic techniques and discuss common methodological approaches. In lab we will get hands-on experience working with real genomic datasets and learn how genomic sequencing data is organized, gain familiarity with basic bioinformatic skills, and practice using a variety of analytical methods.

Prereq: 8 credits at the 200 level in Biological Sciences.; Coreq: BIOL-321GEL.