[Bionews] Bioinformatics courses October 2006

[Heather Vincent]

The October 2006 list of distance learning courses in Bioinformatics is 
now available.  These modules may be studied either individually, or as 
elements of the full MSc in Bioinformatics at the University of 
Manchester, UK.

The MSc modules follow two themes, Bioinformatics and Computer Science. 
  The Bioinformatics modules are:

Introduction to Molecular Biology for Computer Scientists
Introduction to Bioinformatics
Introduction to Microarray Data Analysis
Theory and Applications in Bioinformatics
The Bioinformatics of Protein Structure
The Science of Proteomics
Medicinal Chemistry (provided by the University of California, San Diego)
Molecular Modelling and Structure-based Drug Design

The computing modules are:

Introduction to software development using Java
Intermediate software development using Java
Biocomputing
Object-oriented analysis and design with UML
Introduction to Ontologies for the Biosciences

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