Hacking COVID-19 — Course 3: Unraveling COVID-19's Origins
Coursera
5 Courses
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Overview
Embark on a scientific journey with the "Hacking COVID-19 — Course 3: Unraveling COVID-19's Origins", offered through Coursera by the University of Queensland. This immersive course is designed for individuals at all levels of expertise in computational biology - from beginners to bioinformatics experts interested in applying their skills to the COVID-19 pandemic. Explore the origins of SARS-CoV-2 by stepping into the shoes of bioinformaticians who played a key role in investigating the virus outbreak. Throughout this course, we delve into genomic concepts, provide ample practice opportunities, and present a progression of challenges focusing on multiple sequence alignment and maximum-likelihood phylogenetic inference of SARS-CoV-2 genomes. Prepare yourself for a comprehensive learning experience that lays the groundwork for future courses in this series, which will further explore bioinformatics analyses utilized during the COVID-19 pandemic. Categories include Bioinformatics Courses and Coronavirus Courses.
Syllabus
Taught by
Niema Moshiri, Mikhail Rayko, Pavel Pevzner, Vikram Sirupurapu and Sabeel Mansuri