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Faculty of Science Postgraduate Booklet, Session 2018/2019

Transferable Skills:
Computer programming language

Humanity Skill:
-

References:
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1. Exploring Bioinformatics: A project-Based Approach (2 Edition). Caroline St Clair and
Jonathan Visick (2013). Jones and Bartleti Publishers. ISBN: 9781284034240.
2. Bioinformatics Algorithms: An Active Learning Approach. Phillip Compeau, Pavel Pevzner
(2014). Active Learning Publishers. ISBN: 0990374602
3. Algorithms on Strings. Maxime Crochemore, Christophe Hancart, Thierry Lecroq (2014).
Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 1107670993.
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4. Building Bioinformatics Solutions 2 edition. Conrad Bessant, Darren Oakley, Ian Shadforth
(2014). Oxford University Press. ISBN: 0199658560.

SQF7005 Programming in Bioinformatics

This course aims to introduce programming techniques that can be applied in solving Bioinformatics
problem.

It covers the essential concepts in programming techniques such as procedural and object-oriented.
Common Bioinformatics tasks such as sequence analysis, accessing and retrieving data from public
databases, and interfacing with external tools such as Blast are considered to be solved using
scripting languages. Hands on introduction to programming for Bioinformatics using the scripting
languages such as Perl and Python also will be introduced.

Assessment Methods:
Continuous Assessment: 100%

Medium of Instruction:
English

Transferable Skills:
Students able to write programme using programming language and build up problem solving skills

Humanity Skill:
-

References:
1. James Tisdall (2001). Beginning Perl for Bioinformatics. O’Reilly Media.
2. Keith Bradnam and Ian Korf (2012). UNIX and Perl to the Rescue: A Field guide for the Life
Sciences. Cambridge University Press.
3. Brian D foy, Randal L. Schwartz and Tom Phoenix (2011). Learning Perl. Sixth Edition. O’Reilly
Media.
4. Tore Samuelsson (2012). Genomics and Bioinformatics: An Introduction to Programming
Tools for Life Scientists. Cambridge University Press.
5. Michael R. Barnes (2007). Bioinformatics for Geneticists: A Bioinformatics Primer for the
Analysis of Genetic Data. John Wiley & Sons.

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