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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS MBG 5005 INTRODUCTION TO BIOINFORMATICS ELECTIVE 2 2 0 8

Offered By

Molecular Biology and Genetics Master Programme

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR GÖKHAN KARAKÜLAH

Offered to

Molecular Biology and Genetics Master Programme

Course Objective

This introductory course aims to provide students with an understanding of the concepts of bioinformatics and computational biology and their applications.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To describe the concepts of bioinformatics and computational biology 2   To know major molecular biology data repositories 3   To know how to access and to retrieve biological data from public databases 4   To know principles of biological sequence and high-throughput data analysis 5   To understand system level bioinformatics approaches in molecular biology at introductory level

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Basics of bioinformatics and computational biology 2 Types of biological information 3 Introduction to programming languages and databases 4 Bibliographic and biological sequence databases 5 Genome databases and genome browsers 6 Protein and protein structure databases 7 Sequence alignment and pyhlogenetic trees - I 8 MIDTERM 9 Gene expression and regulation 10 High-troughput techniques and gene expression databases 11 Biological ontologies and online data analysis tools 12 Introduction to systems biology 13 Metabolic pathway and interaction databases 14 Principles of biological data integration 15 Assignment Presentations 16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Lesk, Arthur. Introduction to Bioinformatics. Fourth edition. Oxford University Press, 2013. ISBN: 9780199651566

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 AS Midterm Exam 2 FN Final Exam 3 BNS Final Course Grade roundAS * 0.50+FN*0.50

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)

gokhan.karakulah@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 Tutorials 16 1 16 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 15 3 45 Preparation for final exam 1 35 35 Preparing assignments 10 3 30 Preparing presentations 4 3 12 Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20 Final 1 2 2 Midterm 1 2 2 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 204

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 4 LO.2 3 2 LO.3 2 LO.4 2 LO.5 4