Gwybodaeth Modiwlau

This module is an integrated series of lectures and workshops covering the application of bioinformatics techniques to genomics and functional genomics. Bioinformatics encompasses the methodologies (particularly computational) enabling the analysis and integration of information made available by structural, physiological, taxonomic and genomic studies with the ultimate goal of assigning functions to genes. The training will provide students with the basic skills appropriate to undertaking level 3 laboratory and bioinformatics projects and employment or further research as bioinformaticians. The training will build on ICT expertise gained in level 1 modules in Biochemistry, Genetics and Information Technology & Quantitative Biology.

The course will provide both theoretical and practical training in computer based database searching, introducing the rationale behind the use of software for searching databases, processing and presenting biological information. The content will emphasise the importance of the computational approach and many of the skills obtained will be generic and transferable to other areas of biology in addition to molecular biology. The key topics will include fundamentals of database searching, computational gene finding, multiple alignment and analysis of sequences, protein classification and functional assignment, phylogenetic analysis and functional genomics.