Applied Bioinformatics Lab Syllabus
For the Syllabus – Winter 2026 quarter, please click: 275AB-Syllabus
Course Description
Through this course graduate students are eligible to receive credits for successfully completing the QCB Collaboratory Workshops.
Workshops are offered quarterly with the exception of summer. Each workshop runs for 2-3 days, 2-3 hours per day, and are held weekly. Attendance is mandatory for all days.
To receive course credit for 275A, students must register for at least 3 workshops taught during the quarter, and 3 additional workshops to also receive credits for 275B. All workshops must be attended in-person to receive credit. If the course is full, please request a PTE by emailing matteope@gmail.com
The workshops introduce graduate students to contemporary methods and techniques in bioinformatics that are used to analyze high-throughput genomic data. Workshop topics include Introduction to the Unix, NGS data analysis, R Programming, BS-Seq, RNA-seq, Python, Single-Cell RNA-seq Analysis among others.
For a complete list of workshops, click here: https://qcb.ucla.edu/collaboratory/schedule-of-workshops/
Collaboratory Interactive Workshop Overview
Grading
How Your Learning Will Be Assessed (Grading Policy)
The final grade will be determined by participation (25%), a final exam for each workshop (50%), and a homework assignment for each workshop (25%).
Grading Scale:
| Letter Grade | Percentage |
| A+ | 99-100% |
| A | 93%-98.9% |
| A- | 90%-92.9% |
| B+ | 87%-89.9% |
| B | 83%-86.9% |
| B- | 80%-82.9% |
| C+ | 77%-79.9% |
| C | 73%-76.9% |
| C- | 70%-72.9% |
| D | 60%-69.9% |
| F | 0%-59% |
