At the University of Manchester, UK, we have over 10 years experience in
teaching a range of online courses in computational biology. Programme
participants can take one or two courses for professional development,
or can apply to complete a formal qualification. The courses running
next semester, beginning in March 2011, include :
Introduction to software development in Java
Biocomputing, which covers perl and database design
Mathematics for metabolic modelling (An introduction to modelling
approaches, using R)
Introduction to microarray data analysis, using Bioconductor
Each course, which is paced to suit those in full-time employment, runs
over 16 teaching weeks.
For further information, please visit :
http://octette.cs.man.ac.uk/bioinformatics/index.html
If you have any questions, or would like advice on the options, please
contact our office for Advanced Professional Education (ape from cs.man.ac.uk).
