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This course will cover the principles of epigenetic control of gene expression, how epigenetic control contributes to cellular differentiation and development, and how it goes...

This online course (MOOC) introduces the fundamentals of cancer biology, diagnosis, and treatment. Topics covered in the course are:Incidence and Etiology of CancerGenetics of...

This online course program explores how biological concepts apply to daily life. The program content includes subjects typically covered in introductory biology classes (energy,...

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...

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 online course explores how scientists are deciphering the language of genomes.

This online course focuses on facts about the human body biology and chemistry, genetics, and medicine that will be intertwined with the science of Big Data and skills to...

This course explores computational methods -- algorithms and data structures -- for analyzing DNA sequencing data. Topics include DNA, genomics, and how DNA sequencing is used....

This course explores that dynamic programming is a powerful algorithmic tool when comparing two genes (i.e., short sequences of DNA) or two proteins. When "zooming out" to...

This MOOC explores the basic science of plant biology. It includes the structure-function of plants and of plant cells, the process of how plants grow and develop, the concept...

How do we infer which genes orchestrate various processes in the cell? How did humans migrate out of Africa and spread around the world? In this class these two seemingly...

This course covers the concepts and tools to understand, analyze, and interpret data from next generation sequencing experiments. It teaches the most common tools used in...

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

This online course explores how synthetic biology, genetic engineering, and metabolic engineering is used in algae biotechnology. The course also gives an overview of the...

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

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...

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 course will present short primers in genetics and mechanisms underlying variability in drug responses. A series of case studies will be used to illustrate principles of how...

The original articles where concepts of molecular genetics appeared are not frequently part of the normal curriculum of biologists, biochemists and medical students. This course...