[Bioforum] Distance courses in computational biology

[Heather Vincent]

This is an update for those people interested in taking one or more of 
the above courses in March 2010.  The courses may be taken as individual 
modules, or you could work towards a qualification in :

Computational Bioinformatics
or
Computational Systems Biology

The courses beginning on 1 March 2010 include:

Introduction to software development in Java 
(http://octette.cs.man.ac.uk/bioinformatics/modules/bs6250.html)
Introduction to microarray data analysis 
(http://octette.cs.man.ac.uk/bioinformatics/modules/BIOL61010.html)
Databases and data modelling 
(http://intranet.cs.man.ac.uk/peve/msc/distance/moduleunits/databases.html)
Biocomputing 
(http://octette.cs.man.ac.uk/bioinformatics/modules/BIOL61092.html)
Object-oriented analysis and design with UML 
(http://intranet.cs.man.ac.uk/peve/msc/distance/moduleunits/oo.html)
Introduction to Ontologies for the Biosciences 
(http://octette.cs.man.ac.uk/bioinformatics/modules/cs847.html)

You will find further information, including the current fees and a link 
to the online application form, here : 
http://octette.cs.man.ac.uk/bioinformatics/index.html  If you have any 
questions, or need advice on the module options, please contact 
Heather.Vincent from manchester.ac.uk