| Date | Chp | Topic |
| 2021-1-10 |
1 | Lec: String-matching algorithms in BLAST and FASTA |
| Lab: Sequence database and heuristic string matching: NCBI Entrez, BLAST and DAMBE |
| 2021-1-17 |
3 | Lec: Motif-characterizing algorithms |
| Lab: Position weight matrix and motif characterization |
| 2021-1-24 |
4 | Lec: Motif discovery with Gibbs sampler with optional EXCEL illustration |
| Lab: Gibbs Sampler and intron branchpoint sites (BPS) |
| 2021-1-31 |
5 | Lec: Lec: Introduction to RNA-Seq analysis |
| Lab: RNA-Seq software demonstration only (~1 hr) |
| 2021-2-7 |
9 | Lec: Amino acid and codon usage bias and indices |
| 1st mid-term exam+Lab: Codon Usage Bias |
| 2021-2-14 |
| Reading week |
| Reading week |
| 2021-2-21 |
8 | Lec: Bioinformatics and translation initiation |
| Lab: Secondary Structure, MFE And IRES |
| 2021-2-28 |
17 | Lec: Evolution of acid-resistance in Helicobacter pylori |
| Lab: Genomic Isoelectric Point Profiling |
| 2021-3-7 |
2 | Lec: Sequence alignment by dynammic programming |
| Lab: Sequence Alignment |
| 2021-3-14 |
12 | Lec: Transition bias and substitution models |
| Lab: Choosing The Best-Fit Substitution Model |
| 2021-3-21 |
14-16 | Lec: Molecular phylogenetics |
| Mar. 22, 2nd mid-term exam+Lab: Molecular Phylogenetics |
| 2021-3-28 |
15-16 | Lec: Molecular clock |
| Lab: Testing The Molecular Clock Hypotheses |
| 2021-4-4 |
15 | Lec: Dating speciation and gene duplication events |
| Lab: Dating with the Least-Squares Method |