Srividya Sundaresan (vidya at gene.COM) wrote:
: Hello everybody!
: I am a molecular/cellular biologist with no formal training in computer
: programming. I was wondering if there were any short (few weeks)
: courses/training programs designed to introduce someone with my
: background to bioinformatics. Any info, leads, URLs, etc. would be
: highly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
: -Vidya
If you speak French :
http://www.pasteur.fr/formation/infobio-uk.html
Course in informatics offered at the Pasteur Institute.
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In the series of courses offered at the Pasteur Institute, a course
will be offered in informatics in biology. The next session will take
place from the 5th of January to the 10th of April 1998. The course
description is attached.
Registration is mandatory via the committee of courses. Call the
secretary of Information and Education of the Pasteur Institute at
+33 1 45 68 81 40 or via E-mail at algo at pasteur.fr for further
information.
The working language of the course is French. Tuition costs: a
nominal fee, approximately 2 500 French Francs (500 US Dollars).
Course Description
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Informatics in biology
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The objective of this course is to give to the researchers and future
researchers in biology, an initial exposure to informatics. Entry in
the course is reserved to those with a degree in biology or an equivalent
discipline.
With more and more tools available to the biologist, it has become important
that the biologist acquire the ability to judge for themselves the
usefulness of a new software by the algorithms it employs.
The accent is put on the fundamental aspect of this discipline. Two
applications in biology will be studied, the analysis of sequences
and molecular modeling.
The theoretic aspects of informatics will be introduced: programming
languages, programing, logic, and also in the technical domain of
the system, the network, and computer architecture. Programming is taught
according to the functional paradigm (Scheme), but other styles
of programming, such as algorithmic and object oriented, will be introduced.
The goal of an excellent level of theory will not hurt the acquisition of
practical knowledge which will be directly usable in the labratory.
The course will consist of lectures and practical sessions.
Algorithms, programming practice and theory (course) 60h
Algorithms and programming practical (with Scheme) 42h
Programming with Java 33h
Object-oriented programming 12h
Computing systems: evolution and realizations 12h
The programming language C and systems programming 12h
Introduction to Unix and X practical 17h
Perspectives of informatics lecture 10h
Algorithms for Biology
Algorithms 30h
Examples (Sequence analysis) practical 24h
Molecular modelling 15h
Installation (gcc) 10h
Machine architecture and System planning 10h
Logic 10h
Networks 12h
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Total 309h
Course Instructors
Laurent Bloch
William Saurin
Manuel Serrano
Frederique Galisson
Manuel Serrano
Daniel Azuelos
Eric Gressier
Thierry Rose
Louis Jones
Francoise Balmas
Christophe Wolfhugel
Stephane Bortzmeyer