Conifer Translational Genomics Network

POST-Class survey HCS806 BioInformatics 2009 POST-Class Survey

Please mark the box Graduate student Post-doctoral Fellow Staff Faculty that describes you

Mark one box in this column Mark all that apply to indicate A1 Please indicate your academic focus: to indicate your primary focus: your secondary foci: Population Genetics and Evolution Molecular Biology Genomics or Bioinformatics Pathology Plant breeding

Other (specify):

Somewh Not at all Not very Very Extremel at Please mark one number in each row to indicate how confident you are right confiden confiden confiden y confiden t t t confident now about your current ability to do each of the following: t

A1 Install software in the WINDOWS operating system 1 2 3 4 5

A2 Use NCBI databases for BLAST 1 2 3 4 5

A3 Interpret a BLAST output 1 2 3 4 5

A4 Use UNIX/LINUX operating system 1 2 3 4 5

A5 Search databases and literature associated with gene function 1 2 3 4 5

A6 Use ENTREZ to download custom sequence databases 1 2 3 4 5

A7 Format a database for stand-along BLAST in UNIX 1 2 3 4 5

A8 Run stand-alone BLAST on your computer 1 2 3 4 5

A9 Run a PERL program 1 2 3 4 5

A10 Use BioPERL 1 2 3 4 5

Comments: POST-workshop survey Open ended questions.

Would you recommend this class to other graduate students?

What changes would you like to see made to the curriculum and content?

What content would you like to cover in a second “Bioinformatics” class?

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