Ohio Collaborative Conference on Bioinformatics (OCCBIO)
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Tutorial Abstract

Tutorial 4: Introduction to Bioinformatics

Title: The Fundamentals of Bioinformatics
Presenter: Michael Raymer, Wright State University

Abstract: This tutorial will present the basic concepts and fundamental algorithms underlying modern bioinformatics. From the Central Dogma of molecular biology to the algorithms and statistics of BLAST searches, we will explore the experimental and algorithmic techniques that provide the basis for bioinformatics research. Specific topics include shotgun sequencing, sequence alignment, database search and significance scores, phylogenetic tree induction, PAM and BLOSUM matrices, protein structure modeling, and drug lead screening and docking.

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