CSE 284Personal Genomics for Bioinformaticians
This course provides an introduction to bioinformatics techniques for analyzing and interpreting human genomes. Topics covered include an introduction to medical and population genetics, ancestry, finding and interpreting disease-causing variants, genome-wide association studies, genetic risk prediction, analyzing next-generation sequencing data, how to scale current genomics techniques to analyze hundreds of thousands of genomes, and the social impact of the personal genomics revolution. Programming experience, familiarity with the UNIX command line, and a basic course in probability and statistics are strongly recommended.
Prerequisites
From the catalog: “graduate standing. Restricted to students within the CS75, CS78, CS89, CS88, CS77, CS80, CS81, CS83, and CS76 majors. All other students will be allowed as space permits.”