COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THE BASIC OF BIOINFORMATICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TRO 5010 THE BASIC OF BIOINFORMATICS ELECTIVE 2 2 0 6

Offered By

Translational Oncology

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR YASEMIN BASKIN

Offered to

Translational Oncology

Course Objective

Provide knowledge about to bioinformatics tools and techniques.
How do I know that can take advantage of bioinformatics technologies, cancer data banks, in silico models and to connect them to know this area is to provide assessments of bioinformatics.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Knowledgeable about bioinformatics.
2   Acquire knowledge of bioinformatics methods in cancer research
3   Be able to know biological sequences, sequence searching and alignment
4   Be able to know the structure and domain databases
5   A knowledge of the pathway and process data bases
6   A knowledge of the pathway and process data bases

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is Bioinformatics 1
2 What is Bioinformatics 2
3 Application areas in cancer research 1
4 Application areas in cancer research 2
5 Application areas in cancer research 3
6 Bioinformatics tools and techniques1
7 Bioinformatics tools and techniques2
8 Bioinformatics tools and techniques3
9 Cancer databases 1
10 Cancer databases 2
11 Cancer databases 3
12 in silico studies 1
13 in silico studies 2
14 in silico studies 3
15 Debates

Recomended or Required Reading

Molecular Biology of the Cell, 6th Edition. Ed. Bruce Alberts, Alexander Johnson, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter. Garland Publishers
Essential Cell Biology - 4th Edition Bruce Alberts, Dennis Bray, Karen Hopkin, Alexander D Johnson, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter Garland Publishers
The Biology of Cancer, 2nd Edition, Robert A. Weinberg, Garland Publishers
Molecular Biology of the Gene, 7th edition, James Watson, Alexander Gann, Tania Baker, Michael Levine, Stephan Bell, Richard Losick, Stephan Harrison Pearson Cold Spring harbor Laboratory Press.
Principles of Molecular Diagnostics and Personalized Cancer Medicine, Dongfeng Tan, henry Lynch, Wolters Kluwer, Lippincott Williams&Wilkins.
The Handbook of Biomarkers, Kewal Jain, Humana Press
Translational and Experimental Clinical Research, Daniel Schuster, William Powers, Lippincott Williams&Wilkins.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, the topics with classroom activities (presentations and homework assignments) to consolidate and discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PRF PERFORMANCE
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 +PRF * 0.20 + FIN* 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 +PRF * 0.20 +RST* 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. The learner will clearly define outlined LO1, LO2, LO3, which will evaluate with exam.
2. The learner will recognize, LO4, LO5, LO6 will evaluate with homework, prepared presentations by themselves and exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

yasemin.baskin@deu.edu.tr ; 0 232 412 58 01

Office Hours

Wednesday 10:00-11:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 15 2 30
Tutorials 15 2 30
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 15 2 30
Preparation for midterm exam 1 8 8
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 4 5 20
Preparing presentations 2 10 20
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.155555
LO.25555555
LO.355555
LO.455555
LO.555555
LO.655555

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