Course Syllabus

Welcome to course BIO210 Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics

This course aims at providing students with experiences and skills to handle, evaluate and interpret the overwhelming flow of genome sequences and genome-wide functional data. Good experience with the use of databases and bioinformatics tools using the Internet is one major aim. Another focus is on how to functionally characterise genes for which currently there are no functional description by theoretical and experimental approaches. The course will also be an introduction to systems biology.

The course will be given in English

The course starts 16/1 2023, 13.00- 14.45, room 4205, House 4, Hälsovetarbacken (HVB). Map Medical hill.pptx 

It is important that you can attend the course start, it is at this time you get essential information regarding how the course will be organized. This occasion cannot be retaken.

It is important that you register on the course in Ladok. The self-registration can be done on Ladok in the Student Portal one week prior to course start until 11th of January.

Information about the course

Schedule – Schema BIO210 VT23.pptx 

Course literature: Pevsner J. Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics, 3rd edition Wiley Blackwell

https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.ezproxy.ub.gu.se/lib/GU/detail.action?docID=4036479

Lecture pdfs and schedule in Pages, also Files - name of teacher

Day of Ethics 2/2, deadline same day (Mandatory)

Practicals General information in Pages, each practical in Files - Practicals (Mandatory)

Lab Report Upload in Assignments, deadline 7/3 (Mandatory)

Dugga/Test 10/2, (Mandatory)  (70% correct answers on individual test will give 5 p extra to be added to exam results - if needed)

Task I Upload in Assignments, or email deadline 9/2 (Mandatory)

Task II Upload in Assignments deadline 13/3, presentation 15/3  (Mandatory)

Exam 22/3b 9.00-14.45  sal 2119, Hus 2, HVB

Syllabus

Contact

Course leaders: Åsa Sjöling and Daniel Bojar

Course administrator: Emma Ukalovic

Study counsellor: Eva-Lena Axelsson

The student expedition is at room nr. 2235 | Lundbergs laboratory, Medicinaregatan 9C and has the following opening hours:

• Tuesdays and Thursdays 12.30 - 14.30

Students with a NAIS statement should contact the study counsellor in the beginning of the course in order to receive the support that is recommended in the statement.

For more information about the department and about the university rules continue to Student Portal: https://studentportalen.gu.se/english/my-studies/cmb/?languageId=100001&skipSSOCheck=true