2.  We had a brief introduction to Bioinformatics  Learned about DNA › DNA sequencing  ATGC or in RNA, the T becomes a ‘U’  Only some of the videos such as the diseases one was interesting to watch › Extracted Nucleic Acid from fruits  I really liked how we had a hands on activity rather than just a video or a lecture

3.  DNA bracelet › We made bracelets using colored beads which represented the different letters(ATGC) in a sequence  We also used the translation table to figure out what type of amino acid each sequence was  Bio-Linux › How to install Bio-Linux on a computer  I liked how we were taken step by step during this process › Basic Linux commands  We got to experiment with Pico and Perl

4.  Bioinformatics software/websites › NCBI  We used NCBI to search nucleotide sequences and analyze them › BLAST  Can be used to find similarities between sequences › EMBOSS  We used the different EMBOSS command line programs such as: seqret, entret, transeq, etc which was really helpful  I liked how we got more practice with Bio-Linux since it by using

5.  Project Work › We obtained the target sequences of the organisms using seqret › Primers  Designed primers by finding similar stretches of DNA (we used Jemboss applications to find it)  We identified various organisms through the primers constructed