Genomics and Computational Biology
MIT OpenCourseWare offers this course examining how sequence, structure, and function connect within complex biological networks, and how genomics data can be modeled quantitatively at scale. Lecture sessions cover algorithmic, statistical, database, and simulation methods, with exercises applying these tools to medicine, biotechnology, drug discovery, and genetic engineering. Supplementary sections address practical skills in Perl and Mathematica as they apply to biological analysis. The course also weighs current limitations of computational genomics against where the field might realistically go next. Materials come from MIT's own curriculum and are free to access, with lecture notes and assignments included, though there is no certificate offered through OCW. It suits students who want a technical grounding in bioinformatics methods rather than a conceptual survey of genomics.