| CS173/CS273A A Computational Tour of the Human Genome |
Introduction to computational biology through an informatic exploration of the human genome. Topics include: genome sequencing; functional landscape of the human genome (genes, gene regulation, repeats, RNA genes, epigenetics); genome evolution (comparative genomics, ultraconservation, co-option). Additional topics may include population genetics, personalized genomics, and ancient DNA. Course includes primers on molecular biology, the UCSC Genome Browser, and text processing languages. (Bejerano) |
| CS262 Computational Genomics |
Applications of computer science to genomics, and concepts in genomics from a computer science point of view. Topics: dynamic programming, sequence alignments, hidden Markov models, Gibbs sampling, and probabilistic context-free grammars. Applications of these tools to sequence analysis: comparative genomics, DNA sequencing and assembly, genomic annotation of repeats, genes, and regulatory sequences, microarrays and gene expression, phylogeny and molecular evolution, and RNA structure. (Batzoglou) |
| CS278 Systems Biology |
Complex biological behaviors through the integration of computational modeling and molecular biology. Topics: reconstructing biological networks from high-throughput data and knowledge bases. Network properties. Computational modeling of network behaviors at the small and large scale. Using model predictions to guide an experimental program. Robustness, noise, and cellular variation. (Covert, Dill, Brutlag, Ferrell) |
| CS279 Computational Methods for Analysis and Reconstruction of Biological Networks |
Types of interactions, including: regulatory such as transcriptional, signaling, and chromatin modification; protein-protein interactions; and genetic. Biological network structure at scales such as single interaction, small subgraphs, and global organization. Methods for analyzing properties of biological networks. Techniques for reconstructing networks from biological data, including: DNA/protein sequence motifs and sequence conservation; gene expression data; and physical binding data such as protein-DNA, protein-RNA, and protein-protein. Network dynamics and evolution. (Koller) |
| CS374 Algorithms in Biology |
Algorithms and computational models applied to molecular biology and genetics. Topics vary annually. Possible topics include biological sequence comparison, annotation of genes and other functional elements, molecular evolution, genome rearrangements, microarrays and gene regulation, protein folding and classification, molecular docking, RNA secondary structure, DNA computing, and self-assembly. (Batzoglou) |
Reflecting the wide cross-disciplinary interests and lively atmosphere on the Stanford campus, related courses in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics are taught in Applied Physics (APPPHYS 315), Biochemistry (BIOC 218), Biomedical Informatics (BIOE 210), Cancer Biology (CBIO 243), Strctural Biology (SBIO 228) and more. For further information on all Stanford courses please see The Stanford Bulletin.
