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This online course explores the basics of genetic engineering and biotechnology and why genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are politically contentious.

This online course helps to understand the evolution of Alzheimer’s Disease through a molecular and genetic perspective and the contribution of a biological approach to the...

This online course (MOOC) explores genetic, environmental, psychological, economic and social factors in treating chronic diseases such as diabetes.

This online course teaches JavaScript programming by implementing key biology concepts in code, including natural selection, genetics and epidemics.

This online course gives an overview of the principles behind genetics and evolution. Topics include:The concept of and evidence for evolutionBasic transmission genetics and...

This online course explores how molecular genetic techniques are used to identify the genetic factors that contribute to the development of disease.

This online course explores how genes are inherited and how they affect important personal and societal issues (part 1 of 2).

This course teaches how graph theory can be used to assemble genomes from these short pieces and also about brute force algorithms and how to apply them to sequencing...

This course will provide an introduction to genomic medicine and a better understanding of the issues associated with personal genomic information

In this course, students will compare DNA from an individual against a reference human genome to find potentially disease-causing mutations. They will also learn how to identify...

This online course explores how to perform RNA-Seq, ChIP-Seq, and DNA methylation data analyses, using open source software, including R and Bioconductor.

This course teaches how to use tools from the Bioconductor project to perform analysis of genomic data. This is the fifth course in the Genomic Big Data Specialization from...

This online course gives an introduction to the structure and meaning of DNA and the genetic code.

This online course teaches how the brain works and the basics of neuroscience, genetics and consciousness.

This course discusses the basic biology of modern genomics and the experimental tools used for measurement. This is the first course in the Genomic Big Data Science Specialization.

This online course explores the foundations of the field of genetics and how to apply those concepts to understand modern studies of heredity.

This course begins a series of classes illustrating the power of computing in modern biology. It teaches how to apply popular bioinformatics software tools to real experimental...

In this online course, participants are given the following task: Given a collection of simulated error-free read-pairs, they use the paired de Bruijn graph to reconstruct the...

This class will cover an introduction to command line tools for managing genomic data. It will start with basic Unix commands for managing files and directories, followed by a...

This online course gives an introduction to the field of bioethics.The course explores some of the most difficult - and fascinating - moral challenges in health, medicine, and...