| MATHEMATICS (TURKISH, PHD) | |||||
| PhD | TR-NQF-HE: Level 8 | QF-EHEA: Third Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 8 | ||
| Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
| GEN4057 | Special Topics in Bioinformatics | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| The course opens with the approval of the Department at the beginning of each semester |
| Language of instruction: | En |
| Type of course: | Departmental Elective |
| Course Level: | |
| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
| Course Coordinator : | Prof. Dr. GÜLAY BULUT |
| Course Objectives: | This course aims to discuss technical papers from the recent bioinformatics literature, examine their algorithms and conduct an intensive study on a specific bioinformatics problem. |
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The students who have succeeded in this course; 1. Define an insight on the open research questions in bioinformatics. 2. Discuss current solutions to tackle with bioinformatics problems. 3. Acquire an ability to participate in discussion on open research issues in computational biology. 4. Acquire an understanding of existing bioinformatics solutions for genomics. 5. Acquire an understanding of existing bioinformatics solutions for proteomics. 6. Develop an ability to focus on several bioinformatics articles and present their findings. 7. Obtain a familiarity with emerging topics in bioinformatics. 8. Obtain a familiarity with emerging topics in computational biology. 9. Develop an ability to find, read and discuss scientific articles published in bioinformatics field. |
| This discussion-based bioinformatics course will expose students to the latest developments in bioinformatics analysis and algorithms. |
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation | |
| 1) | Genomics (genome sequencing, storage and study of genome information, genome databases) | ||
| 2) | Genomics (polymorphism in the human genome and association with diseases) | ||
| 3) | comparative genomics (genome subtraction method, whole-genome alignment methods, genome-context methods, gene-fusion method) | ||
| 4) | structural genomics (the scientific program of structural genomics, target selection in structural genomics) | ||
| 5) | functional genomics (integration of experimental and computational methods) | ||
| 6) | functional genomics (gene-expression data and DNA micro-arrays) | ||
| 7) | functional genomics (regulatory networks, protein-protein interaction networks) | ||
| 8) | Proteomics, Protein folding and fold recognition | ||
| 9) | Epigenomics | ||
| 10) | Cancer informatics | ||
| 11) | non-coding RNA identification and search | ||
| 12) | emerging topics in bioinformatics | ||
| 13) | emerging topics in computational biology | ||
| 14) | Review | ||
| Course Notes: | Articles from the primary literature (scientific journals, e.g. Nature Reviews Genetics, Nature, Science, Genome Research, Nature Genetics, Nature Methods, Bioinformatics, Molecular Systems Biology etc.) |
| References: | Articles from the primary literature (scientific journals, e.g. Nature Reviews Genetics, Nature, Science, Genome Research, Nature Genetics, Nature Methods, Bioinformatics, Molecular Systems Biology etc.) |
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Attendance | % 0 | |
| Laboratory | % 0 | |
| Application | % 0 | |
| Field Work | % 0 | |
| Special Course Internship (Work Placement) | % 0 | |
| Quizzes | % 0 | |
| Homework Assignments | 2 | % 10 |
| Presentation | % 0 | |
| Project | 1 | % 25 |
| Seminar | % 0 | |
| Midterms | 1 | % 25 |
| Preliminary Jury | % 0 | |
| Final | 1 | % 40 |
| Paper Submission | % 0 | |
| Jury | % 0 | |
| Bütünleme | % 0 | |
| Total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 35 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 65 | |
| Total | % 100 | |
| Activities | Number of Activities | Workload | |
| Course Hours | 14 | 42 | |
| Laboratory | |||
| Application | |||
| Special Course Internship (Work Placement) | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 94 | |
| Presentations / Seminar | |||
| Project | |||
| Homework Assignments | |||
| Quizzes | |||
| Preliminary Jury | |||
| Midterms | 1 | 2 | |
| Paper Submission | |||
| Jury | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | |
| Total Workload | 140 | ||
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution |