COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTRODUCTION TO BIOINFORMATICS ALGORITHMS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
CME 4425 INTRODUCTION TO BIOINFORMATICS ALGORITHMS ELECTIVE 2 2 0 6

Offered By

Computer Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ZERRIN IŞIK

Offered to

Computer Engineering

Course Objective

This course intends to equip students with basic knowledge and skills to solve computational poblems in the field of Bioinformatics.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Define Cell, DNA, RNA, Protein, Transcription and other basic biological concepts of bioinformatics
2   Use pairwise and multiple sequence alignment algorithms
3   Apply Dynamic Programming,
4   Perform microarray data analysis
5   Define learning algorithms for Bioinformatics

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Cell, DNA, RNA, Protein, Evolution Computational Problems in Bioinformatics
2 Sequence Alignment
3 Dynamic Programming
4 Sequence Alignment
5 Multiple Sequence Alignment
6 Motif Finding
7 Sequence Database Search
8 Phylogenetic Tree Construction
9 Protein Bioinformatics
10 Microarray Data Analysis
11 Application of Clustering Algorithms
12 Functional Annotation
13 Biological Pathway and Network Analysis
14 Student Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Text Book: Introduction to Bioinformatics, Arthur M. Lesk, Oxford University Press, 2019

Supplementary Text: Understanding Bioinformatics, Marketa J Zvelebil, Jeremy O. Baum, CRC Press, 2007

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lectures
2. Individual and group work
3. Project

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PRJ PROJECT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + PRJ * 0.40 + FIN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + PRJ * 0.40 + RST * 0.40


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)

zerrin@cs.deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

TBA

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 14 14
Preparation for final exam 1 18 18
Project Preparation 1 24 24
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 144

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.15
LO.254
LO.354333
LO.45433
LO.5543