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.

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.