course_information.yaml

course:
  title: Foundations of Computational Genomics
  number: BIMS8601
  term: Spring 2022
  times: Tue/Thurs 1:30pm-3:00pm
  location: McKim Hall 1023 (BEC Classroom) (see <a href="map.png">map</a>)
  instructor_of_record: Nathan Sheffield
  instructors:
    - name: Nathan Sheffield
      url: https://databio.org
    - name: Chongzhi Zang
      url: https://zanglab.github.io
    - name: Aakrosh Ratan
      url: https://med.virginia.edu/cphg/aakrosh-ratan/
    - name: Stefan Bekiranov
      url: https://med.virginia.edu/faculty/faculty-listing/sb3de/
  description: >
    Students will learn foundations of computational methods for analysis of
    experimental data from genome, epigenome, and transcriptome sequencing
    experiments. The course will cover various biological data types (whole
    genome sequencing, ChIP-seq, ATAC-seq, RNA-seq, and DNA methylation
    profiling/bisulfite sequencing), algorithms, statistical and computational
    methods, and application areas in genomics and systems biology. Prior
    coursework/experience in linear algebra, UNIX, and R and Python programming
    required.