Course Catalog 2009-2010
International

Basic Pori International Postgraduate Open University

|Degrees|     |Study blocks|     |Courses|    

Course Catalog 2009-2010

SGN-6106 Computational Systems Biology, 5 cr

Person responsible

Olli Yli-Harja

Implementations

No implementations

Requirements

Participation in the exercises, an essay, lecture diary / final examination.

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

-

Learning outcomes

The course provides the basic knowledge of computational methods used in systems biology.

Content

Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. Different types of models in systems biology.     
2. Mathematical and computational methods in systems biology.     
3. Possibilities of signal processing in systems biology.     
4. Effects of measurement systems in data acquisition.     


Evaluation criteria for the course

Points obtained from the requirements (exercises 20%, essay 40%, lecture diary / examination 40%).

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course

Study material

Type Name Author ISBN URL Edition, availability, ... Examination material Language
-   Lyhyt MATLAB-opas              Suomi  
Other online content   MATLAB Primer              English  
Other online content   MATLAB: Getting started         If you have no previous MATLAB experience, it would be useful to read the first parts of one of these MATLAB introductions.      English  


Prerequisites

Course Mandatory/Advisable Description
SGN-1107 Introductory Signal Processing Advisable    
SGN-1200 Signal Processing Methods Advisable    
SGN-6056 Introduction to Computational Systems Biology Mandatory    

Additional information about prerequisites
SGN-6056 Introduction to Computational Systems Biology can be replaced with equivalent knowledge (eg. courses BIO-1200 Biochemistry 1 and BIO-1250 Microbiology 1).

Prerequisite relations (Requires logging in to POP)

Correspondence of content

There is no equivalence with any other courses

Last modified16.03.2010
ModifierKirsi Järnström