Keywords

Learning outcomes

Practical skills to find, retrieve and analyze data from major bioinformatic databases; construction of multiple sequence alignments; critical evaluation of analysis results; elementary knowledge of phylogenetics; basic understanding of protein structure data and its visualization.

Contents

A general introduction to key areas of bioinformatics: bioinformatic databases, genomics, DNA and protein sequences, protein structures; theory and practice of the most common computational tools used in bioinformatics. Same course as BIKE2080 (3 ECTS), but supplemented with an additional molecular graphics project.

Teaching methods

Teaching method	Contact	Online
Independent work	0 h	80 h

Work on the internet course (estimated 30 h), guided by on-line tutoring and optional live tutoring sessions. The course includes small, obligatory assignments during the self-study period and a larger project in the end (estimated 30 h). The project is documented in a written report which is evaluated by the tutor. Learning extra molecular graphics and producing images, constitutes a second project (estimated 20 h).

Teaching language

English

Evaluation and evaluation criteria

Numeric 1-5.
Your learning will be evaluated based on your learning diary work, projects, and Moodle activity. Evaluation criteria include demonstrating the understanding of key concepts in your projects and/or diary, reflection of your learning, sharing of your ideas and findings in the forums, completing all analyses required for the main project and interpreting the results, and working in the given 8-week deadline. The weighting of different parts is 60/10/10/20 for main project, graphics project, diary and Moodle work, respectively.

Study materials

Course material on the internet

Further information

Enrolment: http://bioinf.uta.fi/courses/

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