NIU BIOINFORMATICS


Dr. Mitrick A. Johns

Department of Biological Sciences

Northern Illinois University

Spring 2011

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Office Hours: Summer 2011

MTWTh 10:30-12 in Montgomery 409


Classes

These are the most recent web pages for the classes I teach. They change during the course of the semester if they are being taught.

BIOS 101 Plant Products and Human Affairs Last taught: Fall 2010.

BIOS 103 General Biology Last taught: Fall 2009.

BIOS 205 Organismal Diversity (Protists, Fungi, Plants) Last taught: Spring 2011.

BIOS 308 Genetics Last taught: Summer 2011.

BIOS 477 Human Genetics Last taught: Fall 2006.

BIOS 643 Bioinformatics Last taught: Spring 2010.

BIOS 646 (was BIOS 546) Programming for Bioinformatics Last taught: Fall 2010.


BIOS 493K P2/600K P2 Genome Annotation Last taught: Spring 2008.

BIOS 591 Recombinant DNA Lab Last taught: Spring 2002.


NIU Sites

NIU home page           Blackboard access           MyNIU access

http://www.ulib.niu.edu/

NIU Biology Department home page           U: drive access. Use Biology Dept password to login.

NIU Webmail           NIU Student Webmail           NIU Library

Quick Copy (print a copy for Kristi!)           other useful info


Presentations

Seminar of my research given October 29, 2009 Genome Dynamics in Bacillus megaterium

General introduction to the field Prokaryotic Genomics

Genetics of Human Sexual Development

High school workshop on Bacillus megaterium and bioinformatics. A computer-based exercise in gene location and identification. March 2009

Elderhostel presentation on Monsters and genetics


Research

Most of my current research is focused on the genomes of Bacillus megaterium and related species.

Bacillus megaterium genome annotation and analysis.

B. megaterium sequence utilities: BLAST, getting specific genes or sequences, gene names, etc.


My older bioinformatics research web page

Arabidopsis repeat sequence viewer

Link to Bioinformatics Program web page

Links to useful external sites for annotation


Contact Information

my e-mail address: rjohns@niu.edu

phone: 815-753-7836

FAX: 815-753-0461

Mailing Address:
     Dr. Mitrick A. Johns
     Dept. of Biological Sciences
     Northern Illinois University
     DeKalb IL 60115
     USA

If you need a street address, add this line above the city line:
     155 Castle Dr.

If you need a delivery to the Biology department (e.g. FedEx):
     Montgomery 349

The street address for NIU (Central Receiving) is: 1515 W. Lincoln Hwy.

office: Room 409 Montgomery Hall


 

Misc

My Miscellaneous Stuff

Book List

DeKalb Festival Chorus