If you lack the requisite biology background

• Intro to molecular biology for computer scientistis ((Larry Hunter)
• Chapter 3 of Jones and Pevsner
• genes VII, Benjamin Lewin - an extensive (990 pages!) overview of genes and how they work.

Relevant Seminars at penn

• Penn Bioinformatics Forum
• Penn Genomics Institute (PGI) calendar
• CBIL reading gro up

Other useful links

• Molecular g enetics pointers (Sean Eddy)
• Intro to sequ ence analysis (Sean Eddy)
• reading list ((Larry Hunter)
• Bioinf ormatics at other universitites