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ossu/bioinformatics — explained in plain English

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tl;dr

A free, self-paced 4-year curriculum for learning bioinformatics from scratch using courses from MIT, Stanford, and Johns Hopkins, no tuition, no degree required, archived but still usable.

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  root((OSSU Bioinformatics))
    Year 1 and 2 Foundations
      Biology and chemistry
      Calculus and stats
      Python and Java
    Years 3 and 4
      Molecular biology
      Genomics
      Data science electives
    Course Platforms
      Coursera
      MIT OpenCourseWare
      edX
    Audience
      Self-taught learners
      Career changers

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what do people make with this?

VIBE 1

Follow a structured 4-year learning path to enter bioinformatics without paying for a traditional degree

VIBE 2

Use the course list as a checklist to find gaps in your bioinformatics and computational biology knowledge

VIBE 3

Plan a self-study schedule for genomics using free university courses from Coursera and MIT OpenCourseWare

what's the stack?

PythonJava

how it stacks up fr

ossu/bioinformaticsanthropics/claude-agent-sdk-pythondatabasus/databasus
Stars6,8446,8446,845
LanguagePythonGo
Setup difficultyeasyeasyeasy
Complexity1/53/53/5
Audienceresearcherdeveloperops devops

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how do i run it?

Difficulty · easy time til it works · 5min

in plain english

This repository is a free, self-taught curriculum for learning Bioinformatics, put together by the Open Source Society University. It lays out a full four-year course sequence that anyone can follow at their own pace, using free online courses from universities like MIT, Stanford, and Johns Hopkins. The project is now archived and no longer actively updated, so some course links may be out of date. The curriculum is organized by year. The first two years cover the foundational science and math you need, including biology, chemistry, calculus, statistics, and introductory programming in Python and Java. The later years move into more specialized topics like molecular biology, cell biology, genomics, and a dedicated Bioinformatics series on Coursera. There is also an optional extension year covering machine learning and a genomic data science specialization. Each course listing includes an estimated duration and weekly time commitment, so you can plan your schedule. The guide recommends completing courses in order, since later material builds on earlier subjects. A community existed around this curriculum on Slack, though as an archived project that community may no longer be active. This is not software you run. It is a study plan, a curated list of links pointing to courses hosted on platforms like Coursera, edX, MIT OpenCourseWare, and Udacity. The target audience is anyone who wants to move toward working in bioinformatics without paying for a traditional degree program.

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prompt 1
I want to start the OSSU bioinformatics curriculum and I already know Python basics. Which courses in years 1-2 can I skip, and which are essential?
prompt 2
Build me a 6-month study plan focusing on the Coursera bioinformatics specialization courses from the OSSU curriculum.
prompt 3
I just finished year-2 biology and chemistry. What Python libraries should I learn next to work on real genomics data?
prompt 4
Explain what the Johns Hopkins Bioinformatics Specialization on Coursera covers, as if I have no biology background at all.

Frequently asked questions

what is bioinformatics fr?

A free, self-paced 4-year curriculum for learning bioinformatics from scratch using courses from MIT, Stanford, and Johns Hopkins, no tuition, no degree required, archived but still usable.

How hard is bioinformatics to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.

Who is bioinformatics for?

Mainly researcher.

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