Checklist for computers

At the exam in Introduction to Bioinformatics, you are going to use the same resources (web-servers and programs) that you used for the exercises — if your computer has worked fine for all the exercises, it will also work fine for the exam.

Hardware

A laptop.

It makes no difference whether you use Windows, Mac, or Linux, as long as you have the listed software. However, an iPad, an Android tablet, or a Chromebook will NOT be enough for the exam.

A mouse.

A mouse is important in order to use PyMOL (see below) optimally. The mouse should have two buttons plus a scroll-wheel in the middle.

Internet connection

Your computer must be able to connect to DTU wi-fi. Use the standard DTU net which will be open during your exam; NOT the special exam net.

Software

A modern Internet Browser (FireFox, Edge, Safari (Mac only), Google Chrome, Opera).

NB: You must have FireFox, Chrome, or Opera on your machine, so you are able to switch browser in case Edge (Windows) or Safari (Mac) has trouble with a certain website.

Geany (or another GOOD plain text editor)

Download and install from http://geany.org/, see the Plain text files and Geany exercise.

PyMol

Download and install from https://pymol.org/, see the PyMol tutorial and the exercises in PDB & PyMol, and Malaria vaccine.

A license file is found on Learn → Content → Week 06.

Seaview

Download and install from http://doua.prabi.fr/software/seaview, see Exercise: Multiple Alignments (Seaview version).

Text processing software

for writing your answers. You can e.g. use:

• Microsoft Word
• OpenOffice / NeoOffice / LibreOffice
• Pages (for Mac).
• Google Docs

Tool for making PDF files

included in Windows 10/11 and Mac.

Tool for taking screenshots

included in Microsoft Word, Windows 10/11, and Mac.

For Windows users we recommend the free program Greenshot which can not only take screenshots and copy them to the clipboard, but also make simple edits and annotations in the screenshots.