058020 Applied Bioinformatics

Details
Department of Plant Biology
Earliest Possible Year
Duration1 semester
 
Credits6 (ECTS)
Course LevelJoint BSc and MSc
 
Examinationwritten examination


Some Aid allowed

Description of Examination: pass/fail, internal examiner
 
Organisation of TeachingThe course consists of lectures, journal clubs, and computer exercises
 
Block Placement3-week course June
 
Teaching LanguageEnglish
 
Optional Prerequisites057518 Plant Biology
058568 Theme: Experimental Molecular Biology
 
Course Objectives
The course deals with Plant Biotechnology in the postgenomic era. In addition to basic textbook knowledge, the students will be educated in the non-textbook knowledge (as the books are not yet written) to whole-system approaches to basic questions. Computer projects will give the students hands-on experience on analysis of post genomic plus ensure that the students are familiar with relevant web sites in plant science.
 
Course Contents
The course consists of lectures in the current technology on generation of mutants, sequence analysis, generation of phylogenetic trees, microarray systems, proteomics, metabolite profiling, as well as transcriptional gene silencing. Current literature will be discussed in 'journal clubs'. In the afternoon, computer projects will give the students hands-on experience on analysis of array data, metabolite profiles, proteomics, sequences in phylogenetic trees with bootstrap values, plus ensure that the students are familiar with relevant web sites in plant science. The course will enable the students to make use of the tools available in the postgenomic era.
 
Teaching And Learning Methods
The course consists of lectures, colloquia, computer exercises.
 
Course Litterature
Scientific papers handed out at the course start, lecture and exercise handouts
 
Course Coordinator
Barbara Ann Halkier, bah@life.ku.dk, Department of Plant Biology/Plant Biochemistry Laboratory, Phone: 35333342
 
Study Board
Study Committee NSN
 
Course Scope
lectures12
practicals33
preparation131
examination4

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