
Short lecture today | |
Dear students, As mentioned last lecture, today we will meet for only 45 minutes (12:30-13:15). The recording of the other half is available for you in the course materials. Best, Dvir |
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Additional package for tutorial 3 | |
Dear students, The most important package for Tutorial 3 is the markdown package. In case you didn't install this package yet, the updated instructions are in the instructions file. Best, Alona |
פורסם ב- 11/4/2021, 22:13:48 Created on 11/4/2021, 22:13:48 Создано 11/4/2021, 22:13:48 تم النشر ب- 11/4/2021, 22:13:48 |

Packages installation for Tutorial 3 | |
Dear students, To be able to run the code at our next tutorial you will need to install a Bioconductor and a few additional packages. Detailed instructions regarding the installation of all of the aforementioned can be found in the course material in the Tutorial 3 section. Please make sure you first install Bioconductor and then the following packages: IRanges GenomicRanges MSA BSgenome.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg19 seqinr ape Please pay attention that installation of few packages may take a while, so please arrange accordingly. Best, Alona |
פורסם ב- 11/4/2021, 21:06:42 Created on 11/4/2021, 21:06:42 Создано 11/4/2021, 21:06:42 تم النشر ب- 11/4/2021, 21:06:42 |
מצלמה בשיעורים | |
בכיתה טאוב 2 לא ניתן לכוון את המצלמה בזום על המרצה. בשיעור הראשון הפעלתי את המצלמה מהמחשב האישי ולא השתמשתי במצלמה שבכיתה. בשיעור השני השתמשתי במצלמה של הכיתה. זוהי שאלה לסטודנטים המתחברים מהזום (או צופים בהקלטות של השיעורים) - אודה אם תוכלו לענות על הסקר - https://forms.gle/DfuhtEAn9BNYLfir9 |
עדכון אחרון ב- 7/4/2021, 13:35:06 Last updated on 7/4/2021, 13:35:06 Последняя модификация 7/4/2021, 13:35:06 تمت الحتلنة الأخيرة ب- 7/4/2021, 13:35:06 |
Course registration | Zoom links | |
Dear students, 1. We opened more slots for students to sign for the course. If you have not already registered, please do it as soon as possible, as space is limited. 2. Zoom links for the lecture and tutorial are available under "Course materials" (חומר הקורס). See you later today. Best, Dvir |
פורסם ב- 22/3/2021, 10:43:50 Created on 22/3/2021, 10:43:50 Создано 22/3/2021, 10:43:50 تم النشر ب- 22/3/2021, 10:43:50 |
Your intention to come to lecture/tutorial in-person or to participate in Zoom | |
Dear students, To allow us an optimal teaching experience and to allow you an optimal learning experience please fill up a very short doodle regarding your intention to come to lecture/tutorial in-person or to participate in Zoom. https://doodle.com/poll/dy8fnskpqdatgdxx?utm_source=poll&utm_medium=link Thank you, Alona |
עדכון אחרון ב- 19/3/2021, 15:10:35 Last updated on 19/3/2021, 15:10:35 Последняя модификация 19/3/2021, 15:10:35 تمت الحتلنة الأخيرة ب- 19/3/2021, 15:10:35 |
Hybrid and in-person teaching | |
Dear Students, The lecture on Monday will be given at hybrid teaching format, meaning that the lecture will be given in-person and simultaneously online at Zoom and will be recorded. Please pay attention that the class is very spacious and there is enough room for all the students at the course. After the lecture, you have a tutorial. The tutorial at 14:30-15:30 is given in-person only. The tutorial at 15:30-16:30 is given in hybrid teaching format: in-person, and online at Zoom and will be recorded. If you want to gain the maximal attention at in-person tutorial, you are cordially invited to attend the tutorial at 14:30-15:30, as at hybrid tutorial my attention will be split between online and in-person teaching. The links to the Zoom lecture and tutorial will be published a short while before the lecture and the tutorial. Have a nice weekend, Alona |
עדכון אחרון ב- 18/3/2021, 18:28:38 Last updated on 18/3/2021, 18:28:38 Последняя модификация 18/3/2021, 18:28:38 تمت الحتلنة الأخيرة ب- 18/3/2021, 18:28:38 |
A required software for the tutorials and a kind reminder | |
Dear students, In our course you will be working with biological data and for this purpose, we will use R - programming language, and RStudio, a user-friendly application that allows you to get the best R can give you in data analysis. You are cordially requested to make sure that both R and RStudio are installed on your computer, as we will start learning R at our first tutorial. Please follow the instructions in this link https://rstudio-education.github.io/hopr/starting.html in order to install both R and RStudio. The next stage is packages installation. R packages are similar to libraries in C/C++. Please take a few minutes to understand the concept of packages as described at: https://rstudio-education.github.io/hopr/packages2.html . For our first lessons, you’ll need to install tidyverse collection of packages that includes most of the packages that you’re likely to use in data analyses (such as ggplot2, dplyr, stringr etc.). Install all the packages in the tidyverse by running install.packages("tidyverse") command in the Console window. You can read about different packages in the tidyverse here: https://www.tidyverse.org/packages/ . Please make sure that RStudio is installed at your computer altogether with R and the required packages before the first tutorial to allow you a convenient hands-on experience. Another issue - thanks to everybody who filled up the questionnaire, everyone that didn't manage to do it - please find a few minutes to tell us about yourself and your expectations. Best, Alona |
פורסם ב- 17/3/2021, 11:14:49 Created on 17/3/2021, 11:14:49 Создано 17/3/2021, 11:14:49 تم النشر ب- 17/3/2021, 11:14:49 |
Questionnaire | |
We hope you enjoyed watching the documentary (and if not, highly recommended). Before we start the semester we want to know you better. It would help us understand what is your background and what you hope to gain from this course. Please fill out the following questionnaire: https://forms.gle/xGxbP5EgPWt2Gks88 Best, Dvir and Alona |
פורסם ב- 15/3/2021, 13:29:17 Created on 15/3/2021, 13:29:17 Создано 15/3/2021, 13:29:17 تم النشر ب- 15/3/2021, 13:29:17 |
הגן: היסטוריה אינטימית | The Gene: An Intimate History | |
I'm very excited to start the semester in a couple of weeks. Before the semester begins, I would like to recommend a documentary by Ken Burns, which is based on the book "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ea5T6WFc9po We will discuss many of the subjects mentioned in this documentary, and it is recommended to watch it before the course begins. Note that the movie is 4 hours long. Enjoy, Dvir |
עדכון אחרון ב- 4/3/2021, 13:45:08 Last updated on 4/3/2021, 13:45:08 Последняя модификация 4/3/2021, 13:45:08 تمت الحتلنة الأخيرة ب- 4/3/2021, 13:45:08 |
Waiting list for the course "Introduction to Bioinformatics" (236523) | |
We now have over 70 students already signed up for the course. This is great, and I hope you are excited as I am to start the semester. Since the capacity of the course is limited, we had to stop the enrolment. However, there are many students that are interested in enrolling, and we are trying to find a solution. No promises for now. If you want to sign up for the waiting list, please fill out this form - https://cutt.ly/zjnGHbd . Please do not fill it you are already enrolled. Best, Dvir |
עדכון אחרון ב- 13/1/2021, 11:32:10 Last updated on 13/1/2021, 11:32:10 Последняя модификация 13/1/2021, 11:32:10 تمت الحتلنة الأخيرة ب- 13/1/2021, 11:32:10 |