Module Identifier | BS33720 | ||
Module Title | GENOMICS AND BIOINFORMATICS | ||
Academic Year | 2002/2003 | ||
Co-ordinator | Dr Michael K Winson | ||
Semester | Semester 1 | ||
Other staff | Dr Gerard J Bishop, Dr Hywel D Griffiths, Dr James R Jefferies, Dr Leighton Pritchard, Professor Michael Young, Dr Roy Goodacre | ||
Pre-Requisite | BS10910 or external equivalent, BS22520 , BS22720 | ||
Course delivery | Lecture | 24 Hours | |
Seminars / Tutorials | 6 Hours | ||
Other | 10 Hours Workshop. 5 x 2hours workshops | ||
Assessment | Semester Exam | 2 Hours Essays and data interpretation | 60% |
Semester Assessment | Poster presentation and Essay Poster presentation during the 8th week of Semester 1, and essay to be submitted during 12th week of Semester 1. | 40% | |
Supplementary Exam | 2 Hours | ||
Supplementary Assessment | Essays and data interpretation (plus resubmission of failed coursework or an alternative) |
? will appreciate current research strategies for gene discovery and determining gene function (genomics) and biological data analysis and interpretation (bioinformatics)
? will have practical experience and knowledge of the concepts underlying database access, sequence analysis, protein classification and functional assignment
? will be able to utilise bioinformatics resources, including websites and software tools, to analyse gene and protein sequences
? will have experience of presenting the results of bioinformatic analysis of gene and protein sequences in a research poster format to a mixed audience
? will appreciate the range of computational methods being used to interpret functional genomics data
? will appreciate the role that genomics and bioinformatics has to play in modern medicine
? will be aware of the current status of the human genome project and its context in society.