AGSC 7070 - Applied Genomics (3)

This course is designed for graduate students to understand and discuss the advanced topics in functional genomics, bioinformatics and tools and software commonly used in the field of next-generation sequencing technologies and explore the underlying sources of genetic variation in populations. It helps students learn how to detect and analyze this variation and how to interpret observed variation. It is a combination of lectures, group discussion and hands-on training on tools, scripts, and software for analyzing data generated in this field. The course will familiarize the students with current methods in genomics and bioinformatics. The emphasis for this course is more on practical aspects of genomics research. Prerequisite(s): Undergraduate or Graduate Genetics.