Bioinformatics

Course Outline: Bioinformatics

Course ResponsibleTheodoros Goulas

Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:

  • Know how to perform information searches, using browsers, in databases and university

libraries.

  • Know how to operate some technical / scientific software programs
  • Know how to carry out simple computer programs and how to apply them to solve specific

problems in biology.

  • Understand basic concepts related to genetic information flow and storage.
  • Understand and uses the methods and techniques used to understand the transfer of

genetic information as well as the analysis

  • Apply the methods of DNA, RNA and protein analysis with Bioinformatics tools.
  • Uses basic bioinformatics tools to extract information from databases.
  • Understands the importance of Bioinformatics in Food Science and Nutrition