Studying genomics and quantitative biology at MIT (Part II)

#7QBWx I've always hated maths&cptr coding. But when I met dying S. Jobs, I learned this: 2 cure pple U need digital (coding) biology (DNA).
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) July 21, 2014

Results of my 2 MIT exams (2013-2014), respectively in genomics & quantitative (systems) biology (#python,#MATLAB,R): 76% & 90% #700x #7QBWx
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) July 27, 2014

Studying genomics and quantitative biology at MIT Part I

Just earned myself another @MIT digital diploma,TY, @edXOnline! #7QBWx total score: 90%. Special thanks to @ericsefr 4 #python #R tutorials!
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) July 26, 2014

Congrats to all students who finished the first-ever run of #7QBWx Quantitative Biology Workshop on @edxonline today!
— MITx biology (@MITxBio) July 31, 2014

Verified Link to Certificate

@cathcoste @MITBiology @edXOnline Congratulations!
— Shigeru Miyagawa 宮川繁 (@miyagawa_mit) August 1, 2014

For Part I, see here.

Week 5 is now live: gene expression and genomics with python & Eric Lander PhD. The first thing we get to learn in genomics and quantitative biology is the importance of patenting & patents ;-)

... and since we are talking about money...

"It would take 30 years for computers to get a million fold increase in speed. It takes you three days to get 300 billion letters of DNA... And now people have announced another factor five..."
(5 times quicker than 3 days!...)

Wainting for the $100 era... 
 Maybe Asia (how about India?) is the right place for that -- & NOT the US...

DNA has a diameter of about 2.5 nanometers:

http://www.nano.gov/nanotech-101/what/nano-size

Name of the course: Quantitative Biology Workshop -- #QBWx on twitter. This MOOC is offered by edX & MIT.

#7QBWx Workshop 6:sequence analysis in #python: completed.Score: 100%. Found it gr8! Spectacular stuff in there,highly informative #genomics
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) July 19, 2014

#7QBWx Week 5:#genomics, #python & @eric_lander. Wait. How about 5 weeks same content instead? Would make more sense @edXOnline @MITBiology
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) July 20, 2014

#7QBWx Week 5: #genomics, #python & @eric_lander?! Wait: how about FIVE weeks w/ same content? @edXOnline #MOOC #CDoM pic.twitter.com/0khFo9idyM
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) July 20, 2014

.@JCVenter U say those academic guys R not quick enuff. See #7QBWx MOOC: #genomics& #python w/ @eric_lander in1week! ->at the speed of light
— CATHERINE COSTE (@cathcoste) July 20, 2014