Current & Future Courses

         This 2016 course is comprised of three modules covering:
         - Foundations of Bioinformatics
         - Statistics for Bioinformatics
         - Systems and Network Biology






  • Fundamentals of Biomedical Informatics - course directer (coming in 2017)
         This course will be composed of six four week one credit modules, namely:
         - Foundations of Bioinformatics
         - Genome and Epigenome Informatics
         - Statistics for Bioinformatics
         - Systems and Network Biology
         - Data Science
         - Clinical Informatics


  • Introduction to Structural Bioinformatics (BI527)
         - Lecture Slides (PDF)
         - Lab session handout “Protein Structure Visualization and Small Molecule Docking” (PDF)
         - Lab session data files (LabDataBackup.tar.gz)


  • Computational Biophysics and Structure Based Drug Discovery - overview.

  • Special Topics in Biological Physics: Natures Molecular Machines - Spring 2014.


Past Lectures & Courses

Below you will find previous course details along with links to select lecture slides, workshop material and software tutorials.




  • “An introduction to biomolecular structure”, California State University, San Marcos, USA, 2009

  • “An introduction to protein form and function”, University of California, San Diego, USA, 2008


  • Computational Chemistry (postgraduate),

  • Structural Bioinformatics (postgraduate),

  • Biomolecular Structure (postgraduate),

  • Chemical Equilibria (undergraduate),

  • Protein Form and Function (undergraduate)

  • Bioinformatics on the World Wide Web (undergraduate).


Laboratory Resources for Students

  • Download my “4students.tar.gz” quick start archive,
  • Unpack in your home directory and inspect the README file.
  • See the lab wiki for further information.