Educational Services (bioinformatics courses)

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. Click here for a calendar of educational events. 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
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

CS101C MySQL for Biologists, Level 1
CS102C MySQL for Biologists, Level 2

CS101D MATLAB for Biologists, Level 1

CS101E Python for Biologists, Level 1
CS102E Python for Biologists, Level 2

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

Site license

We also offer a site license option for those individuals and organizations interested in getting unlimited access to multiple course offerings. The video lectures are pre-recorded, attendees can watch them on the internet, and download all the other course materials. The instructors are still available to answer your questions, or clarify any issues pertaining to the materials. Rather than taking each course separately, this offers significant savings to organizations, and even individuals! To get more detailed information about the various options available, go to the site license page.

Our clients

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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Calendar of upcoming courses

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