The course was divided into two days by six credit hours for each day. The scientific subject was divided as follows:
First day:
· Introduction to Molecular Biology
· Introduction to Bioinformatics
· Study of different databases
· retrieve and search for publications and scientific research through databases
· Retrieve and evaluate different genes from databases
Second day:
· Study the similarities between sequences using Pair Wise Alignment (BLAST)
· Primers design using more than one software as IDT and Primer-BLAST program
· Evaluation of primer design using specialized programs MFE primer 3.0
· Recovery of the amino acid sequence of proteins
· Study of protein synthesis using different software as PROSIT, UniPro, SMART, and Pfam databases