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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS MBG 6112 DATABASES IN BIOINFORMATICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 12

Offered By

Molecular Biology and Genetics

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ATHANASIA PAVLOPOULOU

Offered to

Molecular Biology and Genetics Molecular Biology and Genetics Biomedicine and Health Technologies

Course Objective

This course aims to provide students with an understanding of how to search, retrieve and interpret data from bioinformatics databases.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To know major biological data repositories 2   To know how to access and to retrieve biological data from public databases 3   To perform advanced database search 4   To integrate information from diverse databases 5   To promote data-driven hypothesis generation

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Introduction to Biological Databases-I 2 Introduction to Biological Databases-II 3 Primary Sequence Databases 4 Genome Annotation Databases 5 Gene Expression Databases 6 Protein Signature Databases 7 Protein-Protein Interaction Databases 8 MIDTERM 9 Structural Databases 10 Post-translational Modifications Databases 11 Phylogenomics Databases 12 Ontology Databases 13 Metabolic Pathway Databases 14 Biomedical Databases 15 Assignment Presentations 16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Nucleic Acids Research (Database issue), Online ISSN 1362-4962 - Print ISSN 0305-1048

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Theoretical lectures with PowerPoint presentation and assignment presentations by students

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM 2 FIN FINAL EXAM 3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + FIN *0.50 4 RST RESIT 5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50 *** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

athanasia.pavlopoulou@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 14 3 42 Preparation before/after weekly lectures 14 6 84 Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 30 30 Preparation for Final Exam 1 37 37 Preparing Individual Assignments 12 5 60 Preparing Presentations 2 20 40 Final 1 3 3 Mid-term 1 4 4 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 300

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 LO.1 5 LO.2 5 LO.3 5 LO.4 5 LO.5 5