Tel Aviv University School of Computer Science

Spring 2004
       

                                Topics in BioInformatics                           

    (0382-1101-01)

Wednesday 13-15, Schrieber 007

 
 Course coordinator: Prof. Benny Chor


Contact Info:
 
  Email Phone Office
Benny Chor benny@cs.tau.ac.il 640-5977 Schreiber 223

 
 
 

Course Outline Each  week, a different lecturer will talk on a topic related to bioinformatic aspects of her/his research.
                                Tel-Aviv Uni. students and staff interested in bioinformatics are welcome to attend (subject to seats' availability).
                                         

Course schedule (subject to change):


 
Lecture

Date

 Subject

Speaker 

     1
3/3/04
  Introduction to BioInformatics 
 Benny Chor
      2
10/3
 Predicting the structures of large transmembrane 
 domains based on intermediate-resolution cryo-EM
             3
   17/3
 Introduction to Phylogeny                         Tal Pupko
             4
   24/3
 What distinguish human from the rest of the world?                            Gil Ast
             5
   31/3
A novel look at brain's hidden space
Bacterial wisdom
                     Itai Baruchi
                  Eshel Ben-Jaccob
             6
   14/4
 Studying microorganism metabolism in silico
                      Eytan Ruppin
             7
   21/4
 Integrative methods for analysis of gene networks
                        Ron Shamir
             8
   28/4
 Why all bioinformatisists should work on plants
                   Danny Chamovitz
             9
    5/5
 Integrating mathematics with biology and drug discovery
     Avi  Rosenberg, Compugen
             10
   12/5
 Structural Bionformatics and computer assisted drug design
                     Haim Wolfson
             11
   19/5
 Protein-protein interactions
                     Ruth Nussinov
             12
    2/6
 Statistical issues in BioInformatics
                    Yoav Benjamini
             13
    9/6
 Computational dissections of genetic pathways
  Yitzhak (Tzachi) Pilpel, Weizmann


Administrativia