About this Specialization
The past 15 years have been exciting ones in plant biology. Hundreds of plant genomes have been sequenced, RNA-seq has enabled transcriptome-wide expression profiling, and a proliferation of "-seq"-based methods has permitted protein-protein and protein-DNA interactions to be determined cheaply and in a high-throughput manner. These data sets in turn allow us to generate hypotheses at the click of a mouse or tap of a finger.The Plant Bioinformatics Specialization on Coursera introduces core bioinformatic competencies and resources, such as NCBI's Genbank, Blast, multiple sequence alignments, phylogenetics in Bioinformatic Methods I, followed by protein-protein interaction, structural bioinformatics and RNA-seq analysis in Bioinformatic Methods II. In Plant Bioinformatics we cover 33 plant-specific online tools from genome browsers to transcriptomic data mining to promoter/network analyses and others. Last, a Plant Bioinformatics Capstone uses these tools to hypothesize a biological role for a gene of unknown function, summarized in a written lab report.This specialization is useful to any modern plant molecular biologist wanting to get a feeling for the incredible scope of data available to researchers. A small amount of R programming is introduced in Bioinformatic Methods II, but most of the tools are web applications. It is recommended that you have access to a laptop or desktop computer for running these as they may not work as mobile applications on your phone or tablet.
From | University of Toronto via Coursera |
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Hours | 55 |
Instructor | Nicholas James Provart |
Language | English |
Subjects | Science Engineering |
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Bioinformatics Specialist 1 $80k
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Staff Bioinformatics $133k
Bioinformatics Engineer 3 $140k
Senior Bioinformatics $150k
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The past 15 years have been exciting ones in plant biology. Hundreds of plant genomes have been sequenced, RNA-seq has enabled transcriptome-wide expression profiling, and a... Coursera | University of Toronto |
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The past 15 years have been exciting ones in plant biology. Hundreds of plant genomes have been sequenced, RNA-seq has enabled transcriptome-wide expression profiling, and a... Coursera | University of Toronto |
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From | University of Toronto via Coursera |
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Hours | 55 |
Instructor | Nicholas James Provart |
Language | English |
Subjects | Science Engineering |
Careers
An overview of related careers and their average salaries in the US. Bars indicate income percentile (33rd - 99th).
Bioinformatics Specialist 1 $80k
Bioinformatics Specialist 1 $80k
Bioinformatics Instructor $93k
Bioinformatics Scientist 5 $95k
Bioinformatics Technician 2 $106k
Investigator, Bioinformatics $107k
Bioinformatics Technician 4 $108k
Bioinformatics Engineer 2 $110k
Bioinformatics 2 $122k
Staff Bioinformatics $133k
Bioinformatics Engineer 3 $140k
Senior Bioinformatics $150k
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