Summer Research Week 1 (07/04 - 07/08)

Bioinformatics

• Read the Concepts of Bioinformatics and take notes. The material will give you a short and concise introduction to the field of Bioinformatics. 

Genetics and Molecular Biology

• Browsing through Chapter 6- From Gene to Phenotype, Chapter 7- DNA: Structure and Replication, Chapter 8- RNA: Transcription and Processing, Chapter 9- Proteins and their Synthesis, and Chapter 10- Regulation of Gene Transcription of An Introduction to Genetic Analysis at your own pace. Get the main concepts and terminologies without worrying about the details. Take notes on the definitions of key vocabularies, and document the important processes. The more and faster you can pick up, the easier for you to understand and handle many issues in your project.