MOLB 7950: Informatics and Statistics for Molecular Biology
This page contains an outline of the topics, content, and assignments for the semester. Note that this schedule will be updated as the semester progresses, with all changes documented here.
| MOLB 7950 - {{< var semester >}} Schedule | ||||||||||
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| Classes held in-person in TBD, 9:00-10:30am | ||||||||||
| Date | Block | Topic | Instructor | Title | Links | |||||
| Prepare | Slides | Exercises | HW | Key | ||||||
| Week 1 | ||||||||||
| 01 | Mon, Aug 26, 2024 | Bootcamp | R | Taliaferro | Intro to R & RStudio | 📖 | 📄 | 💪 | 🧠| . |
| 02 | Tue, Aug 27, 2024 | Bootcamp | R | Taliaferro | Tidy data & tidyr | . | . | . | . | . |
| 03 | Wed, Aug 28, 2024 | Bootcamp | R | Taliaferro | dplyr | . | . | . | . | . |
| 04 | Thu, Aug 29, 2024 | Bootcamp | R | Taliaferro | ggplot2 | . | . | . | . | . |
| 05 | Fri, Aug 30, 2024 | Bootcamp | R | Taliaferro | ggplot2 | . | . | . | . | . |
| Week 2 | ||||||||||
| 06 | Mon, Sep 2, 2024 | - | - | - | NO CLASS: LABOR DAY | . | . | . | . | . |
| 07 | Tue, Sep 3, 2024 | Bootcamp | R | Taliaferro | tidyverse odds & ends | . | . | . | . | . |
| 08 | Wed, Sep 4, 2024 | Bootcamp | R | Taliaferro | putting it all together | . | . | . | . | . |
| 09 | Thu, Sep 5, 2024 | Bootcamp | R | Taliaferro | putting it all together | . | . | . | . | . |
| 10 | Fri, Sep 6, 2024 | Bootcamp | Statistics | Ramachandran | Stats intro and history | . | . | . | . | . |
| Week 3 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Mon, Sep 9, 2024 | Bootcamp | Statistics | Ramachandran | Probability and descriptive stats | . | . | . | . | . |
| 12 | Tue, Sep 10, 2024 | Bootcamp | Statistics | Ramachandran | Hypothesis testing | . | . | . | . | . |
| 13 | Wed, Sep 11, 2024 | Bootcamp | Statistics | Ramachandran | Hypothesis testing | . | . | . | . | . |
| 14 | Thu, Sep 12, 2024 | Bootcamp | Statistics | Ramachandran | Exploratory data analysis | . | . | . | . | . |
| 15 | Fri, Sep 13, 2024 | Bootcamp | Statistics | Ramachandran | Big data concerns | . | . | . | . | . |
| Week 4 | ||||||||||
| 16 | Mon, Sep 16, 2024 | DNA | Mapping chromatin structure and transactions | Ramachandran | Experimental overview | . | . | . | . | . |
| 17 | Wed, Sep 18, 2024 | DNA | Chromatin-centric methods | Ramachandran | Information from fragment length distributions | . | . | . | . | . |
| 18 | Fri, Sep 20, 2024 | DNA | Chromatin-centric methods | Ramachandran | Meta-plots and heatmaps | . | . | . | . | . |
| Week 5 | ||||||||||
| 19 | Mon, Sep 23, 2024 | DNA | Where do proteins bind in the genome? | Ramachandran | Experimental overview | . | . | . | . | . |
| 20 | Wed, Sep 25, 2024 | DNA | Factor-centric methods | Ramachandran | Peak calling | . | . | . | . | . |
| 21 | Fri, Sep 27, 2024 | DNA | Factor-centric methods | Ramachandran | Sequence motif analysis | . | . | . | . | . |
| Week 6 | ||||||||||
| 22 | Mon, Sep 30, 2024 | RNA | RNA-seq Overview | Taliaferro | - | . | . | . | . | . |
| 23 | Wed, Oct 2, 2024 | RNA | Differential Gene Expression | Taliaferro | - | . | . | . | . | . |
| 24 | Fri, Oct 4, 2024 | RNA | Differential Gene Expression | Taliaferro | - | . | . | . | . | . |
| Week 7 | ||||||||||
| 25 | Mon, Oct 7, 2024 | RNA | Alternative Splicing | Taliaferro | - | . | . | . | . | . |
| 26 | Wed, Oct 9, 2024 | RNA | Vignette | Taliaferro | - | . | . | . | . | . |
| 27 | Fri, Oct 11, 2024 | - | - | - | NO CLASS: CSDV RETREAT | . | . | . | . | . |
| Week 8 | ||||||||||
| 28 | Mon, Oct 14, 2024 | RNA | RBP | Taliaferro | - | . | . | . | . | . |
| 29 | Wed, Oct 16, 2024 | RNA | RBP | Taliaferro | - | . | . | . | . | . |
| 30 | Fri, Oct 18, 2024 | RNA | Long-read sequencing | Hesselberth | - | . | . | . | . | . |
| Week 9 | ||||||||||
| 31 | Mon, Oct 21, 2024 | RNA | Single-cell | Riemondy | - | . | . | . | . | . |
| 32 | Wed, Oct 23, 2024 | RNA | Single-cell | Riemondy | - | . | . | . | . | . |
| 33 | Fri, Oct 25, 2024 | - | - | - | NO CLASS: MOLB RETREAT | . | . | . | . | . |
| Week 10 | ||||||||||
| 34 | Mon, Oct 28, 2024 | Final | - | - | Final project presentations | . | . | . | . | . |
| 35 | Wed, Oct 30, 2024 | Final | - | - | Final project presentations | . | . | . | . | . |