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Advanced bioinformatics, 6 ECTS credits.
/Avancerad bioinformatik/
For:
KeBi
TB
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Prel. scheduled
hours: 48
Rec. self-study hours: 112
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Area of Education: Science
Main field of studies: Chemical Biology, Engineering Biology
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Advancement level
(G1, G2, A): A
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Aim:
In molecular biology, bioinformatics has become an important tool to manage and take advantage of the large amounts of valuable data produced. Computerized analysis has a role as both a support for laboratory projects and a way to extract knowledge from existing data sets. The rapidly growing amount of information, however, there are new requirements to automate and make large-scale analyzes. This course aims to introduce technologies to meet this challenge. The topics covered by the course has many applications, but we select examples from bioinformatics.
After the course you should be able to:
- Working in Unix
- Structuring information for effective computer processing
- Use a scripting language to solve bioinformatics problems.
- Use code libraries in the area to facilitate programming
- Create automated pipelines for various applications.
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Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
Biochemistry, Cellbiology, Microbiology, Gene technology and molecular genetics, Bioinformatics
Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.
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Organisation:
The teaching consists of lectures and practical exercises. Lectures presents underlying theory and applications. The practical laboratory work aims to exemplify and deepen knowledge on realistic problems and issues.
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Course contents:
Working in Unix, introduction to Python, Good practice for scientific programming. Important code libraries for scientific programming, terminology in bioinformatics, databases and important software / methods.
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Course literature:
Practical computing for biologists, Steven H.D. Haddock
Scientific articles.
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Assignment
Laboratory work
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3 ECTS
3 ECTS
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Course language is English.
Department offering the course: IFM.
Director of Studies: Magdalena Svensson
Examiner: Björn Wallner
Course Syllabus in Swedish
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