University of California San Diego
Hacking COVID-19 — Course 1: Identifying a Deadly Pathogen
University of California San Diego

Hacking COVID-19 — Course 1: Identifying a Deadly Pathogen

This course is part of Applied Bioinformatics Specialization

Taught in English

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Mikhail Rayko
Sabeel Mansuri
Vikram Sirupurapu

Instructors: Mikhail Rayko

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There are 2 modules in this course

In Chapter 1, we will first travel back in time to learn about the history of the SARS outbreak of 2003. Next, we will travel to late 2019 to learn about the origins of SARS-CoV-2, a novel virus that wreaked havoc upon the world during the COVID-19 pandemic. Lastly, we will explore the biology behind this mysterious virus as we take our first steps towards Hacking COVID-19.

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2 videos1 reading1 app item

In Chapter 2, we will learn about how modern technologies are able to sequence DNA in small chunks. Next, we will learn how to use SPAdes, a popular genome assembly tool, to reconstruct the SARS-CoV-2 genome from small fragments. Lastly, we will learn how to use QUAST to assess the quality of our assembled SARS-CoV-2 genome.

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Mikhail Rayko
University of California San Diego
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