Coding for Medicine - Level 2
This module shows you how coding is applied in biology and medicine. It also covers key aspects of the Linux operating system, provides guidance on accessing publicly available genomic data, and demonstrates how to use the NCBI BLAST search engine for DNA sequence analysis.
Overview
This module is more advanced than the level 1, and expects students to have some prior coding background. Here you will -
- - learn to identify living organisms from their sequences and be introduced to the 'google' for DNA data,
- - code in Python programming language and see how it helpd modern biology and medicine,
- - develop computer algorithms to analyze DNA and protein sequences from SARS-Cov-2.
- - use linux operating system and collaborative tool github.
Prerequisites
Basic familiarity of coding concepts. Limited to advanced middle schoolers and high schoolers.
Day-to-day Plan
Day 1
NCBI BLAST (search engine for DNA and protein sequences). Review of Python language.
Day 2
Public databases for DNA sequence, introduction to biological concepts like reverse complement and DNA palindrome.
Day 3-4
Developing algorithms, converting ideas into codes with problems from genetics.
Day 5-8
Problem solving, scientific debate and project on SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in linux operating system.
Day 9-10
Molecular phylogeny and evolution through the code you developed.
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