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LIS590BI Intro to Bio Info Probs & Res [Introduction to Biological Informatics Problems and Resources


Description: Explores the current landscape of biological informatics from the LIS perspective, including: types of problems studied by biological scientists, methods and instruments used, and which problems have informatics components; the range of data that exist; the uses of metadata, ontologies, and controlled vocabularies; data manipulation tools; application software; specific tasks and workflows; and data-driven science. Lecture, discussion, and hands-on components.
Credit Hours: 4 GR hours

Schedule: T: 1:00 - 3:50 p.m.
Location: 52 LISB
Instructor: MacMullen


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