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4 Weeks
Introduction to Bioinformatics
Learn the fundamentals of bioinformatics — from biological databases and file formats to sequence alignment, BLAST searches, and phylogenetic analysis.
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Article15 min
What is Bioinformatics?
An overview of bioinformatics as a discipline — where biology meets computer science. Learn the key questions bioinformatics aims to answer.
Video20 min
Navigating NCBI & GenBank
Explore the National Center for Biotechnology Information — the world's largest repository of molecular biology data.
Video18 min
Exploring Ensembl & UniProt
Learn how to use Ensembl for genome browsing and UniProt for protein sequence & function research.
Exercise25 min
Hands-on: Retrieving a Gene Record
Practice retrieving the BRCA1 gene record from NCBI and finding its protein in UniProt.
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