Computational Structural Bioinformatics: Winter 2024

Discussions

Notes: We will use the discussion sessions to cover papers/topics that either extend what we cover in classes or open up new directions. Hopefully this will lead to interesting discussions! Please read the papers/handouts prior to coming to discussions...

Number	Topic	Slides	Papers / Videos/ Handout
1	Pymol tutorial	None	Getting started with Pymol
2	Ethics: utilitarianism and deontology	Introduction to utilitarianism	video on the trolley problem
5	Sequence alignments	None	Handwritten Notes from class on 2/06 PDF document
6	BLAST	None	Handwritten Notes from class on 2/13 PDF document
7	Utility	None	China and AI for education The lottery (Shirley Jackson)
8	Machine learning	Machine learning: Powerpoint file Machine learning: PDF file	None
2	Polygenic index and education	None	videos: Genes, education, and equity: it is complicated Genetics and education