1. Bioinformatics and Biocomputing BM1106
Dr Chua Kim Lee, Dept of Biochemistry, NUS and
Meena Sakharkar and
Dr Tan Tin Wee, Director, Bioinformatics Centre
Class of 2000

2. Scope of Course Introduction to Bioinformatics and Biocomputing
Basic knowledge and skills in Internet Bioinformatics and BioDatabases
Basic knowledge of key topics in bioinformatics and biocomputing

3. Scope of Practicals
Prerequisite: Basic Users' Understanding of Basic Internet applications and services available on NUSNET - , Telnet, FTP, World Wide Web, Mailing Lists and NewsGroups
NUSNET III IntraNet Bioinformatics Services
Internet Biological Databases
Introduction to Basic HTML
Creation of Biological Website
Creating a simple BioDatabase with form filling HTML commands, input and search capability: WebForms and simple CGI interface to computational software

4. Assessment
Continual Assessment of Website created during Practical mini-project
MCQ at the end of the course

5. Feedback
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