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Course Description

The human genome reference sequence took decades and vast resources to complete. The human transcriptome reflects how the genome is deployed, and is vastly more complex and elusive, but great strides in characterizing transcriptomes have been enabled by sequencing technology in the last decade. The objective of this course is to gain an understanding of the ways transcriptomes are analyzed with modern sequencing methods. In this course, students will move beyond thinking of gene expression as getting lists of up and down genes, and gain an appreciation for the multiple interacting mechanisms at play that determine protein levels from transcripts - including splicing, RNA modifications, and translational control. Starting from a biological question about gene regulation, the student will learn to design the experiment to assay that question, as well as choose the appropriate tools and perform the analysis. The student will also gain an understanding of current and cutting edge sequencing technology to know what assays are possible.

This course will use open-source (free) programs, which require command-line knowledge to install.

Target audience

This course is for graduate students and researchers that wish to build on their computational skills and apply that knowledge to practical problems of RNA analysis.

Learner Outcomes

  • Understand complex mechanisms of transcriptional and post-transcriptional gene regulation
  • Describe and identify the major sequencing experiment data types and tools
  • Plan a data analysis strategy for a sequencing experiment
  • Execute a data analysis strategy for a transcriptomic dataset

Microcredential(s)

This course may apply toward the Bioinformatics Endeavor digital badge.

Prerequisites

BIOF 501, BIOF339 or Familiarity with R
Basic command line usage or Unix/Linux

If you are unsure that you meet the prerequisite requirements, please contact registrar@faes.org and provide information about your course of interest and background knowledge.

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Section Title
Getting the Message: High Resolution Analysis of Transcriptomes
Type
Online Asynchronous
Dates
Mar 29, 2023 to May 16, 2023
Total Cost (Includes $75 non-refundable technology fee per course)
Eligible Discounts Can Be Applied at Checkout (2 Credits) $775.00
Potential Discount(s)
Available for Academic Credit
2 Credit(s)
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