Project

Soft Kitty

20 completions

~ 6 hours

4.3

Use one of the most popular tools called BLAST to guess the origin of unknown sequences. Learn how to validate your data on nucleotide and amino acid levels. Explore the features of these types of sequences. Interpret the results and format them according to the common standards. Learn to combine technical skills with biological knowledge.

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Edvancium

About

Hello, friend! I definitely need your advice right away. My cat is presenting the symptoms of a strange disease, and I don't know how to identify it. Using Sanger sequencing on a sample from my cat, my colleagues sequenced several regions of unknown nature. I'm not sure which one has an impact and could potentially be dangerous. Could you please help me?

Training project

This project allows you to practice and strengthen your coding skills, helping you get ready for more advanced tasks ahead.

What you'll learn

Once you choose a project, we'll provide you with a study plan that includes all the necessary topics from your course to get it built. Here’s what awaits you:

Study the nucleotide sequence search method.

Find out how to check the sequence for the number of open reading frames.

Understand how you can go from searching by nucleotide sequence to searching by protein sequence.

What is the difference between searching by nucleotide and by amino acid sequence for the same fragment?

Creating a local BLAST database.

Run BLAST using a local database.

Write a mini-report on your findings to tell a friend what their cat is sick with and how you figured it out.

Reviews

Yoann

3 months ago

4.7

I've learned the basics of writing a scientific article, how to navigate and use the blast tools suite and its results on the web and how to use a local db on linux for comparison.Overall, I've learned how to analyze nucleotide sequences obtained from a sample of an organism, search for a protein, ...

Cedar Mackaness

3 years ago

4.3

How to use the blast suite of tools on the web and on the command line.

Vadim Staroverov

3 years ago

5.0

Интересный, познавательный проект. Несколько необычный для человека, изучающего программирование.

4.3

Learners who completed this project within the course rated it as follows:

Usefulness

4.4

Fun

4.4

Clarity

4.1