Covers current research topics in computational molecular biology. Recent research papers presented from leading conferences such as the SIGACT International Conference on Compuational Molecular Biology (RECOMB). Topic areas include original research (both theoretical and experimental) in genomics, molecular sequence analysis, recognition of genes and regulatory elements, molecular evolution, protein structure, and combinatorial libraries and drug design. Recent research by course participants also covered.
Instructor:
Bonnie Berger
Contact Information: bab@mit.edu, x3-1827,
2-373.
Initial Meeting: Wed., 2/5 at 11:30am to 1pm, rm NE43-941.
Time and Place: Mondays, 11:30am to 1pm, rm NE43-941. (beginning 2/10).
Group Discussion: Wednesdays, 11:30am to 1pm, NE43-941.
Prerequisites: 18.417 or permission of instructor.
Course Support: Kathleen Dickey, rm NE43-330, kvdickey@mit.edu,
x3-3037
| Date | Lecture | Room | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed., 2/8 | Lecture: Introduction to the Course | NE43-941 | 11:30-1 |
| Mon., 2/10 | Guest Lecturer:Ziv Bar-Joseph, LCS/ MIT | NE43-941 | 11:30-1 |
| Wed., 2/12 | Lecture | NE43-941 | 11:30-1 |
| Mon., 2/17 | President's Day Holiday/ No Lecture | NA | NA |
| Wed., 2/19 | Lecture | NE43-941 | 11:30-1 |
| Mon., 2/24 | Guest Lecturer: Prof. Fritz Roth, Harvard Medical School | NE43-941 | 11:30-1 |
| Wed., 2/26 | Lecture | NE43-941 | 11:30-1 |
| Mon., 3/3 | Guest Lecturer: Steve Bryant, NCBI | NA | NA |
| Wed., 3/6 | Lecture | NE43-941 | 11:30-1 |
| Mon., 3/10 | Guest Lecturer: Prof. Hyman Hartman, MIT | NE43-941 | 11:30-1 |
| Wed., 3/12 | Lecture | NE43-941 | 11:30-1 |
| Mon., 3/17 | Guest Lecturer: Prof.
Serafim Batzoglou, Dept of Computer Science, Stanford University |
NE43-941 | 11:30-1 |
| Wed., 3/19 | No Lecture | NA | NA |
| Mon., 3/24 | Spring Break: No class | NA | NA |
| Wed., 3/26 | Spring Break: No class | NA | NA |
| Mon., 3/31 |
Guest Lecturer: Dr.
Sorin Istrail, Senior Director of Informatics Research, |
NE43-941 | 11:30-1 |
| Wed., 4/2 | Lecture | NE43-941 | 11:30-1 |
| Mon., 4/7 | Guest Lecturer:Prof. Michael Yaffe, Center for Cancer Research, MIT | NE43-941 | 11:30-1 |
| Wed., 4/9 | Lecture | NE43-941 | 11:30-1 |
| Mon., 4/14 | Guest Lecturer: Prof
Kevin Karplus, Univ of Calif, Santa Cruz NOTE: Apr 10-13 Recomb2003 |
NE43-941 | 11:30-1 |
| Wed., 4/16 | Lecture: No class | NA | NA |
| Mon., 4/21 | Patriot's Day Holiday: No class | NA | NA |
| Wed., 4/23 | Lecture | NE43-941 | 11:30-1 |
| Mon., 4/28 | Guest Lecturer: Prof. David Bartel, Biology Department, M.I.T. | NE43-941 | 11:30-1 |
| Wed., 4/30 | Lecture | TBA | 11:30-1 |
| Mon., 5/5 | Guest Lecturer: Joachim Theilhaber, Physicist at Aventis | NE43-941 | 11:30-1 |
| Wed., 5/7 | Lecture | NE43-941 | 11:30-1 |