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Genome Solver FMN

Faculty Training in Basic Bioinformatics

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  • Access Genome Solver teaching modules and experts
  • Gain online support throughout the process of implementing new materials in your course
  • Collaborate with peer mentors on lecture/classroom/lab effective tips and strategies

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Caffeine is a very common stimulant consume worldwide as tea, coffee, mate, cocoa, and chocolate. Ever wondered why plants make caffeine? Do all caffeine producing plants have the same enzymes for caffeine biosynthesis?
Bioinformatics Education, Bioinformatics and Genomics
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01.2020
Genome Solver began as a way to teach undergraduate faculty some basic skills in bioinformatics; no coding or scripting is required. These activities have modified Lesson 1: Introduction to Genome Solver.
Bioinformatics Education, Bioinformatics and Genomics
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01.2020

Databases: A Study of Influenza

Selene Nikaido

Version: 1.0 Adapted From: Lesson II - Databases v1.0

This lesson introduces the student to the Influenza Research Database. Students will select Influenza genome sequences to see how they are related. Students tests hypotheses about evolutionary ideas involving reassortment in Influenza.
Bioinformatics Education, Bioinformatics and Genomics, molecular evolution, Influenza
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01.2020

Introduction to Genome Annotation

Selene Nikaido

Version: 1.0 Adapted From: Lesson III - Annotation v2.0

This exercise is an adaptation of the Annotation Lesson by Rosenwald et al. It introduces the use of bioinformatics tools to extract information from genome databases. It is a basic lesson on genome annotation databases.
microbiology, Genome annotation, Bioinformatics Education, Bioinformatics and Genomics
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01.2020

BLAST-HGT PROJECT

Shawna Reed

Version: 1.0 Adapted From: Lesson V - Phylogenetics v2.0

Genome Solver modules were combined to make one project for students using tools within NCBI BLAST to explore phylogenetics and horizontal gene transfer from phage to Chlamydia.
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01.2020