CSC 2431 Topics in Computational Molecular Biology
Fall 2008 - Course Webpage

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Course Announcements:

Instructor:  Ryan Lilien;  email:  csc2431 <<at>> cs <dot> toronto <dot> edu
Lectures:
  Wednesdays 10-12noon, Bahen B26

Office Hours:
  Mondays 4-5:30p, please email ahead of time, Pratt 286A

Text:
  No textbook.  Readings from the primary literature

Course Information Sheet (here)

A list of useful Biological Terms

AMAZING MOVIE:

The Inner Life of the Cell  (Yes, these things actually happen!)


General Course Outline:

Week Topic
1 (10/9) Introductory Biology
2 (17/9) Intro to 3 Problems (Synonymous Codon Bias, Protein Structure Analysis, Structure Based Drug Design)
Students select problem groups
3 (24/9) Special Topics Lectures (10:10am Zhaolei Zhang, 11:10am Marcus Brubaker)
4 (1/10) Introduction and Background Discussion: Synonymous Codon Bias
5 (8/10) Introduction and Background Discussion: Protein Structure Analysis
6 (15/10) No class
7 (22/10) Introduction and Background Discussion: Structure Based Drug Design
8 (29/10) Advanced Papers and Topics: Synonymous Codon Bias
9 (5/11) Advanced Papers and Topics: Protein Structure Analysis
10 (12/11) Advanced Papers and Topics: Structure Based Drug Design
11 (19/11) Hours 1 and 2: Brainstorming and Crazy Proposals: Synonymous Codon Bias
12 (26/11) Special Session: Active Site Alignment - Abraham Heifets
13 (3/12) Hour 1: Brainstorming and Crazy Proposals: Protein Structure Analysis
Hour 2: Brainstorming and Crazy Proposals: Structure Based Drug Design