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This site contains course materials, scripts, homeworks, and resources for Computational Biology, Spring 2024.
Lecture Outlines & Homework Assignments
| Date | Lecture | Homework |
|---|---|---|
| January 16 | Introduction | - |
| January 17 | - | Homework #1 |
| January 18 | GitHub | - |
| January 23 | Markdown | - |
| January 24 | - | Homework #2 |
| January 25 | Markdown II | - |
| January 30 | Regular Expressions | - |
| January 31 | - | Homework #3 |
| February 1 | Atomic Vectors I | - |
| February 6 | Atomic Vectors II | - |
| February 7 | Portfolio Check #1 | Homework #4 |
| February 8 | Atomic Vectors II | - |
| February 13 | Matrices, Lists, Data Frames | - |
| February 14 | - | Homework #5 |
| February 15 | Matrices, Lists, Data Frames II | - |
| February 20 | Probability Distributions | - |
| February 21 | - | Homework # 6 |
| February 22 | Data Curation | - |
| February 27 | Functions | (Experimental Designs) |
| February 28 | Homework # 7 | |
| February 29 | Functions 2 | Lecture 13 |
| March 5 | Town Meeting Day Recess | - |
| March 6 | Portfolio Check #2 | Catch-Up Day |
| March 7 | Control Structures I | - |
| March 12 | Spring Recess | - |
| March 13 | Spring Recess | - |
| March 14 | Spring Recess | - |
| March 19 | dplyr/SQL | - |
| March 20 | dplyr+SQL lecture notes | Homework #8 |
| March 21 | For Loops I | - |
| March 26 | For Loops II | - |
| March 27 | - | Homework #9 |
| March 28 | Strategic Coding Practices I | - |
| April 2 | Strategic Coding Practices II | - |
| April 3 | - | Homework #10 |
| April 4 | ggplot I | - |
| April 9 | ggplot II | - |
| April 10 | Portfolio Check #3 | Homework #11 |
| April 11 | ggplot III | - |
| April 16 | ggplot IV | - |
| April 17 | - | Homework #12 |
| April 18 | Functional Programming | - |
| April 23 | Shell Commands | - |
| April 24 | - | Catch-up Day |
| April 25 | - | Catch-up Day |
| April 30 | Lecture Spillover Day | - |
| May 1 | Lecture Spillover Day | - |
| May 2 | Lecture Spillover Day | - |
Important Dates
- 22 January: Last day to add classes without instructor permission
- 29 January: Add/Drop, Pass/No Pass, Audit Deadline
- 1 April: Last day to withdraw
- 19 April: Honors Day
- 3 May: Last day of classes
- 4,5,8 May: Reading days
- 6,7,9,10 May: Final exam days
Meet The Class of 2024
| Student | GitHub and Portfolio Links | Fun Fact |
|---|---|---|
| Carlos Amissah | GitHub Portfolio | I love Ghana jollof |
| Anushka Canfield | GitHub Portfolio | I don’t know the day I was born. My birthdate is an educated guess. |
| Emily Dombrowski | GitHub Portfolio | I have a pug named Penelope!!! |
| Madelynn Edwards | GitHub Portfolio | I love bugs! |
| Gwen Ellis | GitHub Portfolio | I was a junior Olympian in cross country! |
| Nicole Gorman | GitHub Portfolio | My favorite movie is Shawshank Redemption. |
| Nick Gotelli | GitHub Portfolio | For the past 40 years, I have owned and raised pure-bred, show-quality chow chows. |
| Kyle Grasso | GitHub Portfolio | I can solve a Rubik’s Cube and I also know how to juggle. Unfortunately, I can’t do both at the same time. |
| Rachel Hall | Github Portfolio | I am from Charlotte, North Carolina and my undergrad was at NC State University studying Textile Engineering with a minor in Chemical Engineering. |
| Chika Ikpechukwu | GitHub Portfolio | I love dancing |
| Alexander Kissonergis | GitHub Portfolio | I enjoy climbing. |
| Teresa Mungazi | GitHub Portfolio | |
| George Ni | GitHub Portfolio | I used to train birds for falconry and science shows. |
| Maryam Nouri-Aiin | GitHub Portfolio | my house plants :) |
| Megan O’Connor | GitHub Portfolio | When I interned at an aquarium I got to take care of/hang out with an octopus named Pepper! |
| Frances Oppenheimer | GitHub Portfolio | I’m the director of punk music at WRUV |
| Daniel Penados-Richter | GitHub Portfolio | I like to cook. My grill chicken is particularly good! |
| Nicole Phelan | GitHub Portfolio | During my free time I like to bake |
| Molly Ratliff | GitHub Portfolio | I am from Michigan |
| Ely Remes | GitHub Portfolio | I teach skiing |
| Chanchal Saratkar | GitHub Portfolio | I like to collect animal specimens. |
| Shelby Scarfo | GitHub Portfolio | I have lived in every state in New England. |
| Jenner Smith | GitHubPortfolio | |
| Kelsey Soule | GitHub Portfolio | My favorite ice cream flavor is banana. |
| Alexander Steiner | GitHub Portfolio | I am an identical twin. |