Cancer Genomics and Class Discovery 2018

MATH / GMB / BCB 891

Time: February 19 – April 2, Monday 5:00-7:10pm
Location: Marsico 5004
Instructors: Chuck Perou, Katie Hoadley, Steve Marron, Andrew Nobel, Joel Parker, and Greg Forest

The objectives of this course are to:

  • Gain an understanding of the genomic data types being collected on human tumors
  • Learn about the basics of RNA and DNA NGS sequence analysis
  • Learn about pattern discovery tools including hierarchical clustering and biclustering
  • Understand the challenges of integrating heterogeneous data types
  • Learn real world examples of complex data integration for class discovery

 

February 19, 2018 – Lecture 1 (Chuck Perou and Katie Hoadley)

 

February 26, 2018 – Lecture 2 (Andrew Nobel)

  • Lecture
  • Goals for week
    • Start to form groups of 3-4 students

March 5, 2018 – Lecture 3 (Katie Hoadley)

March 12, 2018 – No Class 

  • Goals for week
    • Thinking about analysis to perform
    • Email instructors as needed for advice

March 19, 2018 – Lecture 4 (Joel Parker)

March 26, 2018 – Lecture 5 (Steve Marron)

April 2, 2018 – No Class, work on project analyses

April 9, 2018 – In Class Student Presentations (group) and 2-3 page written Report (individual)