A UCSD-offered Coursera specialization that teaches bioinformatics through algorithms, covering topics such as sequence alignment and genome assembly.

Commenters call it a fantastic course series for learning bioinformatics algorithms and suggest it as the starting point for self-learners.

What commenters said (2)

1. Strongly recommendsanderspitman2018in “Ask HN: What are the best MOOCs you've taken?”

   The UCSD bioinformatics algorithms courses on Coursera are fantastic: https://www.coursera.org/specializations/bioinformatics

2. RecommendsArtWomb2019in “Ask HN: What are the best bioinformatics books you've read?”

   I'm far from claiming expertise in the field. But I'd start with the UCSD Bioinformatics Specialization course

   https://www.coursera.org/learn/bioinformatics

   The Biostar Handbook and BioPython library also have active communities for self learners

   https://www.biostarhandbook.com/

   http://biopython.org/DIST/docs/tutorial/Tutorial.html

   Best of luck ;)

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