MOL204 - Applied bioinformatics
MOL204 - Anvendt bioinformatikk
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Last updated: 24 October 2007
About MOL204
The explosive growth in generation of bioinformatical data and the need to use bioinformatical tools in all aspects of molecular biological research has been the primary reason for making this course. While this course is intended for molecular biologists as a users course, the Department of informatics provides an educational programme for those who wish to learn how to develop bioinformatical tools including INF380.
The course was founded by professor Rein Aasland and is organised by Pål Puntervoll. Additional lectures are given by other professors and scientists at University of Bergen (see lecture plan). On these pages you will find information about the course, materials for the lectures, exercises, etc. Note however, that we also use the UiB student portal extensively for this course.
Course description
Content
The course gives an introduction to the use of bioinformatical tools, including analysis of protein and DNA sequences, database searches, pairwise and multiple sequence alignments, prediction of secondary structure, visualisation and analysis of protein structure, and phylogenetic trees. The theoretical basis for selected key methods are discussed.
Aim
The course aims to give molecular biologists hands-on training in using bioinformatical methods and give informatisists inisight in relevant bioinformatical problems that appears from molecular biology.
Notes
The course has limited capacity. If needed, the course will be provided in English.
Curriculum
The curriculum is defined by the lectures and exercises.
The main book for the
course is: Westhead, D.R., Parish, J.H., and Twyman, R.M.
(2004). Instant Notes in Bioinformatics Bios
Scientific Publishers Ltd (NOK 280 hos Studia) ISBN:
1859962726. Relevant book chapters are listed in the lecture plan.
We recommend the
following book as support text: Ingvar Eidhammer, Inge
Jonassen, William R. Tylor (2003). Protein
bioinformatics John Wiley & Sons (appr. NOK 700,-)
[Publisher
Info]. ISBN: 0-470-84839-1.
Exam
The grades for MOL204 will be based on the final written exam (4 hours) which will be held on December 17. 2007
Previous exams are available here.
News
The 20 November lecture will take place at VILVITE - room C. Also, the last PC-lab session has been moved to Wednesday 21 November.
[13 November 2007]
Lectures and exercises
Lectures: Tuesdays 10:15-12:00 in the MBI course room (439C1) in the HIB Biobuilding's 3th floor (4. etg.).
A detailed lecture plan is available here. Note that the plan is subject to constant revisions throughout the course.
PC lab sessions will be held in FLAB 1130, ground floor (1. etg.) – Datablokken, HiB. Sessions will be on the following Thursdays:
- 6 September
- 4 October
- 1 November
- 22 November
Time:
- Group I - 9:15-12
- Group II - 13:15-16 (note the time!)
Overview of groups can be found here
Registration
To register for the course, students must follow the normal procedures at the University of Bergen - see the student portal for more information.
Pages edited by Pål Puntervoll and Rein Aasland.