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- Level Intermediate
- Time Months
- Cost Paid
BioHacker: Bioinformatics
Issued by
Praxis AI
Earners of the Bioinformatics BioHacker credential have successfully demonstrated experiential skills in computational biology, genome data mining, structural bioinformatics, and systems biology. The Bioinformatics badge requires 50+ hours of hands-on activities and labs across 20+ skills in biotech R&D. The Bioinformatics BioHacker credential was built in collaboration with world renowned professor Alex Feltus, currently at Clemson University.
- Type Validation
- Level Intermediate
- Time Months
- Cost Paid
Skills
- Advanced Command Line Usage
- Bioinformatics
- Computational Biology
- Data Intensive Computing
- Functional Enrichment Analysis
- Genome Comparison
- Genome Data Mining
- In Silico Hypothesis Testing
- Jupyter Notebooks
- Linux Fundamentals
- Metabolic Pathways
- Navigating Genomics Databases
- Protein Structure Prediction
- Proteomics
- RNA Expression Analysis
- Sequence Alignment
Earning Criteria
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Complete 20+ hands-on bioinformatics labs using live biological computing systems
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AND - Pass short assessments (80% or better) in all lessons
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AND - Participate in weekly virtual collaboration sessions with instructor(s), mentor(s), and peers
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AND - Conduct original bioinformatics research using the skills, resources, and tools within the Bioinformatics journey
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OR - Pass capstone assessment of 100 questions at 80% score or greater
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OR - Ph.D. or 5-years of professional experience or ten published manuscripts in bioinformatics