1. Bioinformatics Professor: Monica Bianchini Dipartimento di Ingegneria dellInformazione e Scienze Matematiche E–mail: monica@diism.unisi.it Phone: 0577 234850 1012 Mobile: 320 4355875 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 email By appointment, fixed beforehand by email

2. 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

3. 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 www.diism.unisi.it/monica/bioinfo.html

4. 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