Educational Services (Bioinformatics Courses)

Introduction
Courses in Computer Science
Courses in Computational Biology
Courses in Applied Math & Statistics
Registration
Calendar
"Course Bundle" option
Our Customers

Introduction

The Bioinformatics Organization offers professional development courses for continuing scientific education. These are short, postgraduate-level courses on computational topics of interest to prospective and practicing researchers in the life sciences. Course titles and descriptions are below. We offer online and on-site courses, most of which can be customized for the needs of companies or organizations. Please contact us for further details.

A screenshot of a live lecture held online. Click on the image for a sample lecture (reduced resolution) on Dchip.

For online courses, the Bioinformatics Organization uses a system for streaming the multimedia of live lectures. It incorporates the following features:

Full A/V streaming from the instructor's computer to the students' computers
Ability to show the instructor's desktop on the students' computers
Ability to share PowerPoint slides and to use graphical "call-outs" with the students
IM-style text chat between students and the instructor

Computer science topics

Level-100 courses in computer science use laboratory scenarios and data to introduce biologists to fundamental computing topics.
Our CS101 courses are for biologists who are unfamiliar with some or all of the computer languages and tools used in the bioinformatics discipline. And our CS102 courses build upon the concepts introduced in the respective CS101 courses. CS102 courses are project-based and use take-home assignments to acquaint the biologist with larger and more complex computing problems.

Computer Programming Series:

CS101 Introduction to Bioinformatics Programming (Perl, Mysql)

CS101A Perl for Biologists, Level 1
CS102A Perl for Biologists, Level 2
CS103A Perl for Biologists, Level 3

CS101B R for Biologists, Level 1
CS102B R for Biologists, Level 2
CS103B R for Biologists, Level 3 (Coming soon)

CS101C MySQL for Biologists, Level 1
CS102C MySQL for Biologists, Level 2
CS103B Mysql for Biologists, Level 3 (Coming soon)

CS101D MATLAB for Biologists, Level 1
CS103B Matlab for Biologists, Level 2 (Coming soon)
CS103B Matlab for Biologists, Level 3 (Coming soon)

CS101E Python for Biologists, Level 1
CS102E Python for Biologists, Level 2
CS103B Python for Biologists, Level 3 (Coming soon)

Data Discovery & Acquisition Series:

CS111A Introduction to Genome Browsers

Miscellaneous:

CS121A Image Processing, Level 1

Biology topics

Level-200 courses in biology cover special topics that field but introduce analytical techniques that can be utilized by practitioners in any of the allied fields (CS, math, chemistry, engineering and physics).

Microarray Data Analysis Series:

BI201A Gene Expression Analysis
BI201B SNP Genotyping
BI201C dChip for Gene Expression and SNP Genotyping
Network & Pathway Analysis Series:

BI211A Protein-Protein Interactions

Genomics Series:

BI221A Mitochondriomics

Math topics

Level-100 courses in math use laboratory scenarios and data to introduce biologists to essential topics in mathematics.

Our MA101 courses are for biologists who are unfamiliar with some or all of the mathematical methods used in the bioinformatics discipline.

Biostatistics Series:

MA101 Introduction to Data Analysis
MA101A Distributions, Tests and Graphics

Registration

NB: The educational services website at Bioinformatics.Org requires a separate account.

Calendar

Click here for a calendar of educational events.

"Course Bundle" option

We also offer a "Course Bundle" option for those individuals and organizations interested in getting unlimited access to most of our course offerings. The video lectures are pre-recorded - attendees can watch them on the internet, and download all the other course materials (slides, examples, software). The instructors are still available to answer questions, or clarify any issues pertaining to the materials. This option offers significant savings, when compared to taking each of our courses separately. It also provides a great deal of flexibility.

Price: $2000 per user (perpetual access).

Any new courses added in the first year will automatically become available to customer. Renewal fee of 20% applies for adding new courses in subsequent years.

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Our Customers

Many researchers and scientists have benefited from our workshops; here are some testimonials:

Very interactive and rewarding. -- Edouard Cadieu, Ph.D., NIH/NHGRI

I really enjoyed the courses and look forward to future offerings. -- John Laycock, Ph.D., Amgen Inc.

I learned a lot and got really motivated. -- Carlos J. Blondel, Santiago, Chile

Our attendees come from far and wide; here's a partial list:

Amgen
BD Diagnostics
Baylor College of Medicine
Max Planck Institute
McGill University
Midwest Research Institute
Sigma-Aldrich
Transgene
University of New Mexico
US Department of Agriculture
US National Cancer Institute
US National Institutes of Health
Wyeth Research

If you have any questions, please send a message to J.W. Bizzaro (login required) or call +1 978 562 4800.

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