This course introduces fundamental concepts and tools in genomics and bioinformatics to provide students with a foundation for doing innovative research. The course emphasizes on various types of functional genomic data available and current computational methods for interpreting and integrating the data to make inferences about cellular function. Topics covered include an introduction to genomics and bioinformatics, genomic sequencing, assembly and annotation, transcriptomics, proteomics, and application of genomic approaches.

CILO-1: Explain fundamental concepts of functional genomics and systems biology. CILO-2: Use computational methods in analyzing large genomic data datasets. CILO-3: Formulate genome-related hypothesis and design an experimental plan for testing and analysis. CILO-4: Critically evaluate genomic and computational biology literature.