MOLB 7950: Informatics and Statistics for Molecular Biology

This page contains an outline of the topics, content, and assignments for the semester. Note that this schedule will be updated as the semester progresses, with all changes documented here.

MOLB 7950 - Fall 2023 Schedule
Classes held in-person in TBD, 9:00-10:30am
Date Block Topic Instructor Title Links
Prepare Slides Exercises HW Key
Week 1
01 Mon, Aug 26, 2024 Bootcamp R Taliaferro Intro to R & RStudio 📖 📃 💪 🧠
02 Tue, Aug 27, 2024 Bootcamp R Taliaferro Tidy data & tidyr
03 Wed, Aug 28, 2024 Bootcamp R Taliaferro dplyr
04 Thu, Aug 29, 2024 Bootcamp R Taliaferro ggplot2
05 Fri, Aug 30, 2024 Bootcamp R Taliaferro ggplot2
Week 2
06 Mon, Sep 2, 2024 - - - NO CLASS: LABOR DAY
07 Tue, Sep 3, 2024 Bootcamp R Taliaferro tidyverse odds & ends
08 Wed, Sep 4, 2024 Bootcamp R Taliaferro putting it all together
09 Thu, Sep 5, 2024 Bootcamp R Taliaferro putting it all together
10 Fri, Sep 6, 2024 Bootcamp Statistics Ramachandran Stats intro and history
Week 3
11 Mon, Sep 9, 2024 Bootcamp Statistics Ramachandran Probability and descriptive stats
12 Tue, Sep 10, 2024 Bootcamp Statistics Ramachandran Hypothesis testing
13 Wed, Sep 11, 2024 Bootcamp Statistics Ramachandran Hypothesis testing
14 Thu, Sep 12, 2024 Bootcamp Statistics Ramachandran Exploratory data analysis
15 Fri, Sep 13, 2024 Bootcamp Statistics Ramachandran Big data concerns
Week 4
16 Mon, Sep 16, 2024 DNA Mapping chromatin structure and transactions Ramachandran Experimental overview
17 Wed, Sep 18, 2024 DNA Chromatin-centric methods Ramachandran Information from fragment length distributions
18 Fri, Sep 20, 2024 DNA Chromatin-centric methods Ramachandran Meta-plots and heatmaps
Week 5
19 Mon, Sep 23, 2024 DNA Where do proteins bind in the genome? Ramachandran Experimental overview
20 Wed, Sep 25, 2024 DNA Factor-centric methods Ramachandran Peak calling
21 Fri, Sep 27, 2024 DNA Factor-centric methods Ramachandran Sequence motif analysis
Week 6
22 Mon, Sep 30, 2024 RNA RNA-seq Overview Taliaferro -
23 Wed, Oct 2, 2024 RNA Differential Gene Expression Taliaferro -
24 Fri, Oct 4, 2024 RNA Differential Gene Expression Taliaferro -
Week 7
25 Mon, Oct 7, 2024 RNA Alternative Splicing Taliaferro -
26 Wed, Oct 9, 2024 RNA Vignette Taliaferro -
27 Fri, Oct 11, 2024 - - - NO CLASS: CSDV RETREAT
Week 8
28 Mon, Oct 14, 2024 RNA RBP Taliaferro -
29 Wed, Oct 16, 2024 RNA RBP Taliaferro -
30 Fri, Oct 18, 2024 RNA Long-read sequencing Hesselberth -
Week 9
31 Mon, Oct 21, 2024 RNA Single-cell Riemondy -
32 Wed, Oct 23, 2024 RNA Single-cell Riemondy -
33 Fri, Oct 25, 2024 - - - NO CLASS: MOLB RETREAT
Week 10
34 Mon, Oct 28, 2024 Final - - Final project presentations
35 Wed, Oct 30, 2024 Final - - Final project presentations