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Unit description
Provides an overview and introduction to Bioinformatics focusing on the application of computational methods, information science and scientific databases in genomics and proteomics. A key focus will be the understanding of important concepts underlying bioinformatics, with a thorough grounding in standard computational techniques for the analysis of biological sequence data.
Unit content
- Introduction of bioinformatics, review of DNA structure, organisation, replication, transcription and translation
- Biomolecular databases
- Sequence alignment and database searching
- Basic gene and genome analysis
- Phylogenetic relationships
- Analysis of next generation sequencing data
- Application of expression systems
- Computational approaches in comparative genomics and human disease
- Proteomics
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | understand how genes, the molecules they produce and the molecules that regulate them can be analysed using computing resources |
| 2 | source reliable bioinformatics literature and on-line databases to critically appraise DNA, RNA, and protein sequence information |
| 3 | apply knowledge of gene structure-function relationships and incorporate statistical methodology to set problems and case studies |
| 4 | critically analyse the concepts and approaches to characterising genes and genomes |
| 5 | critically analyse the impact of bioinformatics and emerging technologies on current and future biological research |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- understand how genes, the molecules they produce and the molecules that regulate them can be analysed using computing resources
- source reliable bioinformatics literature and on-line databases to critically appraise DNA, RNA, and protein sequence information
- apply knowledge of gene structure-function relationships and incorporate statistical methodology to set problems and case studies
- critically analyse the concepts and approaches to characterising genes and genomes
- critically analyse the impact of bioinformatics and emerging technologies on current and future biological research
Teaching and assessment
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