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Introduction to BioinformaticsQUIZ

Dr. Etienne Z. GNIMPIEBA

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Summary 1. Bioinformatics

fundamentals2. Career3. Applications

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1. Bioinformatics fundamentals Quiz

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“Biotechnology is Any technological application that uses________________, living organisms, or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific use.”

Clinics

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Computer Science

Economy

Biological Systems

Statistics

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Fill the blank box in the figure

Systems Biology

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Biotechnology

Bioinformatics

Chemistry

Agriculture

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What is Bioinformatics?

Computer science applications for

biology

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Biology and Informatics

Biotechnology subdomain

All of the above

None

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What does this image represent?

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Protein Model

Interactions of approximately 70

metabolitesInteractions of approximately 100

genes

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Bioinformatics challenges are:

Development of new research interest

on DNA

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Accumulating mass of data

Biological systems complexity

All of the above

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Which gives a correct list of bioinformatics' topics

Computational biology, economy, molecular

evolution

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Genome sequence, protein sequence,

autonomyGenome sequence, protein

sequence, database

Biotechnology, computer science

None

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What is central molecular dogma?

An enzyme mechanism

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An explanation of the flow of genetic information within a biological system

Biological system method

The cells found in the hollow part of

some bones

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2. Bioinformatics Applications Quiz

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What is the goal of Bioinformatics?

To make models

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To help Biologist’s with their

research

To make processing tools

Connect the core uses and tools with the surrounding

disciplines.To close the gap between biology and computer

science

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Biology

Computer Science

Molecular Nutrition

Pharma-cology

Medicine

Ecology

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What is Data Manipulation?

The storage of information

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The collection of information

The analysis of information

The creation of information

All of the above

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Which of these is an example of a Data Manipulation tool?

BioExtract Server

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KEGG

BRENDA

Virtual Cell

DNA Microarray

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Which of these is an example of a Data Manipulation tool?

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An example of a data

manipulation modelModel demonstrating how to perform a PCR

Methods for solving complex systems biology

questions

Model demonstrating how to perform a DNA

Microarray

Biological questionDifferentially expressed genesSample class prediction etc.

Testing

Biological verification and interpretation

Microarray experiment

Estimation

Experimental design

Image analysis

Normalization

Clustering Discrimination

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What are the two origins for models in Bioinformatics?

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Analyzing data, or analyzing systems and

interactionsAnalyzing data, or PCR testing

Analyzing systems, or interactions, or lab

experiments

Analyzing Systems Biology processes, or lab

experiments

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The E Cell is an example of what?

A Google App Tool

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Data Manipulation

Tool

Bioinformatics Model

Another subset of the Virtual Cell

A helpful learning image

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What does this model represent?

HIV Spread

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Cancer Tumor

Flu Spread

Google Body Browser App

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3. Bioinformatics Career Quiz

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Who can become a bioinformatician?

Anyone who has graduated high

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Someone with an initial background in

BiologySomeone with an initial background in

Computer ScienceBoth above answers

Anyone who has graduated college

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Where can someone find a Bioinformatics Job?

All of the aboveSB QUIZ

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State and Federal Agencies

Research Institutions

Universities

Pharmaceutical Companies

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What does a bioinformatician do?

All of the aboveSB QUIZ

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Modeling and simulation

Pharmacogenomics

Sequence Assembly

DNA computing

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What skill does someone NOT need to become a bioinformatician?

Skills for data analysis, storage, and retrieval SB QUIZ

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How to perform DNA Microarrays

and PCRs

Database administration and programming skills

Biologist and computers scientists

Genomic sequence analysis

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What does this image represent?

None of the aboveSB QUIZ

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Data Manipulation ToolAn example of a Bioinformatics ModelThe different bioinformatics careers

• Cloud• Databank• Database• Data designer• Information manipulation• Create/collect information

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