Bioinformatics Professor: Monica Bianchini Dipartimento di Ingegneria dellInformazione e Scienze Matematiche E–mail: Phone: Mobile: Students assistance: Tuesday, from 2.30 to 4.30 p.m. Tuesday, from 2.30 to 4.30 p.m. By appointment, fixed beforehand by By appointment, fixed beforehand by

Course program Main topics Molecular biology and biochemistry Searches in biological database and pairwise alignments Substitution patterns Distancebased phylogenetic methods Characterbased phylogenetic methods Genomics and gene recognition Prediction of protein and RNA structures Proteomics Lectures and laboratory exercises and seminars from industry experts

Textbooks Dan E. Krane, Michael L. Raymer, Fundamental Concepts of Bioinformatics, BenjaminCummings Pub. Co., United States, 2002 Arthur M. Lesk, An Introduction to Bioinformatics, Oxford Press, 3 rd ed., 2008 Lessons slides, freely downloadable at

Examination Practical exam: Use of AI tools for biological data processing (based on existing software) Team work Discussion of the obtained results as a part of the oral examination Oral exam