MIS 114:  Introduction to Computer Programming for Biology

An introduction to bioinformatics, genomics and other exciting developments of the 21st century.  Let's annotate the malaria genome as a focus for the course.  Let's learn the Python scripting language as well.

More Formal Course Description

Instructor:  Russ B. Altman
altman@smi.stanford.edu
650-725-3394

Python consultant:  Jeff Chang, jchang@smi.stanford.edu

Meeting time:  Monday and Wednesday 3:30-5:00 (sometimes 5:30)
Location:  MSOB X-275 Conference Room or thereabouts.

Important Resources:

Altman Malaria Page
Stanford Malaria Sequencing Resource
Python Scripting Language
Rasmol/Raswin molecular display software
MAGE molecular display software
NCBI main web page
PDB, the 3D structure database
Glimmer home page
 

Useful Lectures by Dr. Altman from MIS 214
    (also see MIS 214 Course Web Page from 1999)
        March 30:  Introduces basic biology and bioinformatics databases.

Assignment 1:  data in course ftp site.
Assignment 2:  Very useful NCBI malaria data ftp site