BNFO 601 
Integrated Bioinformatics
Fall 2011

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Monday
 
Wednesday
 
Friday
  Nov. 2:  Scenario 7: Cluster analysis    Nov. 4: GENERAL REVIEW
      (Bring questions)
      Questionnaire
      Exam 2 available after class
Nov. 7:  NO CLASS
      (but consultations highly encouraged!)

  9: Scenario 6: Protein threading
      Introduction: The Story
      Notes: Protein overexpression
      Notes: Resources for protein threading
      Questionnaire: (HTML)
       (Exam 2 due)
  11: Scenario 6: Protein threading
      Notes: Threading program and beyond
      Questionnaire: (HTML)
14: Scenario 6: Protein threading
      Notes: (Same as Monday's)
      Questionnaire: (HTML)
    
  16: Scenario 6: Protein threading
      Problem Set 6: Focus on 7.4 and 7.3
  18: Scenario 5: Metabolic modeling
      Pre-modeling Questionnaire
      Introduction: The story
      Notes: Introduction to metabolic modeling
      Questionnaire
21: Scenario 5: Metabolic modeling
      Presentation: Rates of catalyzed reactions
      Article: Eisenthal & Cornish-Bowdin (1998)
      Notes: Tour of article and program
      Problem Set 5: 3 and maybe 11
      Questionnaire

23: Scenario 5: Metabolic modeling
      Notes: Fixing the modeling program
      Problem Set 5: 1 and 13
      Questionnaire
  25: VCU CLOSED
28: Scenario 5: Metabolic modeling
      Notes: Introducing inhibition into the model
      Problem Set 5: 6 and maybe 10
      Questionnaire
  30: Scenario 5: Metabolic modeling
    Wrap up of modeling glycolysis
    Problem Set 5: 1, 3, 6, 10, 11, 13
    Questionnaire
  Dec. 2: Scenario 8: Markov analysis
      Notes: Detecting pathogenicity islands
      Article: Karlin (2001)
      Questionnaire