The goal of this Bioinformatics course was to introduce basic techniques of bioinformatics, including sequence manipulation, construction of phylogenetic trees, sequence assembly, BLAST searching, and basic comparative genomics.

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Through taking this course, I learned foundational concepts of molecular biology such as replication, transcription, and translation of genetic material. Frankly, this course is not really applicable to my research interests but I appreciated the opportunity to learn how to use UNIX to be a major support tool in manipulating and understanding genetic material.

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I believe I will take away the central dogma as new knowledge but unless I am working on sequence manipulation or the construction of phylogenetic trees, then I will not apply this knowledge at this time.