Fundamentals of Genomics 

Course Numbers 11:115:423; 16:682:534; 16:215:604

COURSE SCHEDULE 

Foran Hall 124, Tuesday and Thursday, 5th Period (3:55pm – 5:15pm)

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Instructor: Debashish Bhattacharya

Office Location: Foran Hall 102

Phone: 848-932-6218; Email: d.bhattacharya@rutgers.edu

Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday, for 45min after class

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course will focus on the foundations of modern genomics: from experimental design to data acquisition, analysis, and interpretation. The course will be of an introductory nature and is intended to provide students with the tools and understanding to take part in the on-going genomics revolution. Areas to be covered include de novo genome sequencing and assembly, gene prediction and annotation, functional genomics (RNA-seq), metagenomics, and single cell genomics. Applications of these tools in the environmental, medical, and evolutionary microbiology fields will be covered with each of these broad areas being looked at in detail through lectures, paper-readings, and discussions. Students in this semester-long theory course are expected to enter with basic training in biology and an interest in bioinformatics and evolution.