1. 1 Bioinformatics for Biologists

2. 2 Administrative stuff: Dr. Dan Graur dgraur@uh.edu Official TA: Nicholas Price Unofficial TAs: Yichen Zheng & Wenfu Li Science and Research Building 2 Room 352 Office hours: By email appointment

3. All correspondence, appointments, queries, and homework assignments must be emailed to uhbioinfo2011@gmail.com Please do not use any other email address. uhbioinfo2011@gmail.com 3

4. 4 Course website: http://nsm.uh.edu/~dgraur/

5. 5 Course website: http://nsm.uh.edu/~dgraur/

6. 6 Textbook (mandatory for every biologist and non-biologist in the world):

7. 7 Textbooks (optional): etcetera …

8. 8 Syllabus for undergraduates is online 1. Mostly bureaucratese (as dictated by the board of regents) Syllabus for graduates is online 1. Ditto.

9. 9 Final Grade will be based on a. Homework assignments b1. A scientific project (for undergraduate students) b2. A “publishable” scientific project (for graduate students)

10. 10 The room gets very very cold. Please dress properly. Important information

11. 11 Allergies =

12. 12 Purpose of the course: