VK
Aug 7, 2017
This course provided me a very quick overview of all the core concepts pertaining to DNA sequencing. It is very well organized, crystal clear demonstration of concepts and I really enjoyed the course.
KP
May 18, 2020
Very good course this is. Just a little advice, please make the quiz questions more clear and more specific because one shouldn't waste time to understand a question which is very easy to implement.
By Yi C
•Nov 5, 2021
Thank you!
By KLEBER P D S
•Jun 26, 2017
Very good!
By Bingdi L
•Jun 2, 2019
Great!!!
By Ronald F R M
•Mar 19, 2020
Thanks
By John C
•Apr 21, 2020
Well explained, clear lectures with challenging homework assignments. Coming into it as a biologist was challenging since the course is designed for computer scientists, and if you are a newbie to programming you will most likely need to spend significant time outside of the course materials. The course would be hugely improved by providing examples of ideal code once students have passed the relevant quizzes/homeworks - at least then you can compare your own work to ideal code, and learn a good approach, rather than potentially take away a flawed one.
By Osman M
•Sep 4, 2023
It is an excellent course for an introduction to computational biology, etc.. Ben Langmead is an exceptional educator. I did not know he was the mastermind behind Bowtie/Bowtie2. Omg! I am honored to attend his lecture. I highly suggest this particular course!
I gave four because I would love to see a more updated version of this course. Some fundamental concepts do not change, but a lot has changed in genomic sciences. For example, how modern hybrid assemblers work, etc., could be mentioned in the course.
By Roman C
•Feb 21, 2016
This course gives a good introduction to some basic algorithms.
The standards it sets for students, however, is very low. They ask you to download an already written piece of Python code and change a line or two.
To get the most out of this course, I recommend implementing all the algorithms yourself, perhaps even in a different language.
"Algorithms on Strings, Trees and Sequences" by Dan Gusfield will be very useful for that.
By Deleted A
•Oct 9, 2019
Very engaging and interesting course! Ben Langmead explains concepts very clearly and has clean, well-structured presentations. Enough biological background is provided even for individuals with no experience with genomics. What I found most helpful about the course is that the Jupyter Notebooks from the lectures are freely available on GitHub.
By Geoffrey K
•Nov 17, 2018
I was completely new to Python when I started this course - and the good news is I learned enough to complete! (Yay!)
I suspect I'd have given the course 5 stars had I started with slightly more Python knowledge.
Still, the feeling of having got through is sweet all the same!!
By Daniel S
•Feb 5, 2022
Almost perfect. Had a little trouble finding the (not really) provided downloadable files. Very good lectures, okay coding practicals (lack a bit of deeper explanation, feel a bit rushed). Other than that, a relly helpful course to learn the basics of handling DNA reads!
By Chunchao Z
•Jul 9, 2019
The lectures are really excellent. Things that could be improved are coding instructions. These clips are not always as clear as lectures. My suggesting is using some graphs, examples, or pseudo code when writing the python codes.
By David B
•Aug 21, 2018
It is well explained. More space to programming practical exercise is suggested.Very intriguing Programming Homework! You have to apply all the python knowledge you have learned so far and also the one you have still to learn :)
By Aydolun
•Sep 23, 2017
If you do not have a coding background, you might find the homeworks hard but the practicals in the course are very helpful.
By Valdir B J
•Mar 17, 2018
Very good lectures. Some of the homework assignments were kind of hard though (and no help in the discussion forums).
By Ana P
•Jun 4, 2017
Great teaching, very interesting content. Only missing some checking of the contents (homework pages especially).
By CAROLINA I H F
•Aug 13, 2020
Useful and really good, maybe complicated for those who are new at programming, but well worth it.
By Horațiu P
•Apr 15, 2016
Awesome course. I recommend it to all how like programming and biology, specially DNA.
By Nikhil Y
•Apr 13, 2020
It was a really good course to start in the field of computational genomics.
By Megha T T
•Dec 9, 2023
interesting algorithms and quizes really help you understand the codes
By Sasha A M
•Jul 8, 2022
Good course quite engaging, could be improved in certain areas!
By SHAN Z K
•Nov 19, 2017
It's better to get familiar with python and start the class
By Dr. M G M
•May 8, 2021
I wish you explained the practicals in more detail.
By Ulises O G L
•Jun 16, 2020
I think more background about programming is needed
By LucyZhang
•Apr 30, 2017
It's a little bit hard for the fresh guys
By Catherine J
•May 19, 2020
Excellent presentation