Bioinformatics Basics for Microbiologists

What you'll be able to do

• ✓ Read FASTA, FASTQ and GenBank files and quality scores
• ✓ Search the main biological databases
• ✓ Run and interpret BLAST results
• ✓ Build and read a simple phylogenetic tree
• ✓ Describe an NGS workflow and its key terms

Syllabus

1. MODULE 1Sequences and databasesFormats, databases and BLAST.

   • Sequences and file formatsFree preview
   • Biological databasesFree preview
   • BLAST and sequence identification
2. MODULE 2AnalysisAlignments, trees and NGS.

   • Alignment and phylogenetic trees
   • Next-generation sequencing basics
   • Final exam (15 questions)

Questions