Bioinformatics course
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Bioinformatics at the University of Oslo
Bioinformatics xxx: A course in bioinformatics for molecular biology (8.0 credit points)
The aim of the course is to introduce students to bioinformatics resources and tools for molecular biology research by having some of the best researchers in Norway to talk about their field in general and then present their own data. Students are encouraged to bring a lap-top; we will be set up for in-course demonstrations as well as practical lab excercises. The course is intended for biology students. No prior background in bioinformatics or computer science is required.
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Registration is not yet open.
Information: ian.donaldson@biotek.uio.no
Registration: ragni.indahl@biotek.uio.no
Dates and times
The course is provisionally set to occur in weeks 37 and 38 (September 7th and 14th).
Each day will consist of three time slots for lectures and/or practical labs between 9 AM and 4 PM.
Place
Forskningsparken
Mondays to Thursdays: Room 10
Fridays: Room 7
Exceptions: none so far
Lunch is on your own between 1:00 PM and 2:15 PM (except 15th and 22nd: 11:00 AM to 12:30). Please completely vacate the room during these lunch times.
Programme
Please note: The displayed programme is a preliminary schedule under development. Changes are possible.
| Time | Speaker | Contact | Details and suggested readings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 - Monday | |||
| 9.00-9.15 | Ian Donaldson | ian.donaldson at biotek.uio.no | Introduction |
| 9.15-11.00 | Statistics I | ||
| 11:15-13.00 | |||
| 14.15-16.00 | |||
| Day 2 - Tuesday | |||
| 9.15-11.00 | Statistics II | ||
| 11:15-13.00 | |||
| 14.15-16.00 | |||
| Day 3 -Wednesday | |||
| 9.15-11.00 | Torbjørn Rognes | torognes at ifi.uio.no | Sequence alignments and BLASTing |
| 11:15-13.00 | Robert Lyle | High throughput sequencing | |
| 14.15-16.00 | ? | Phylogeny or sequence profiles (TBD) | |
| Day 4 - Thursday | |||
| 9.15-11.00 | Dave W. Ussery | Comparative genomics | |
| 11:15-13.00 | Sequence lab | ||
| 14.15-16.00 | Sequence lab | ||
| Day 5 - Friday | |||
| 9.15-11.00 | Microarrays | ||
| 11:15-13.00 | |||
| 14.15-16.00 | |||
| Day 6 - Monday | |||
| 9.15-11.00 | Bjørn Dalhus | Structural biology review and PyMOL (TBC) | |
| 11:15-13.00 | Jon K. Laerdahl | Structural bioinformatics tools, predictors, and 3D modeling (TBC) | |
| 14.15-16.00 | Dalhus and Laerdahl | Structural tutorials and exercises (TBC) | |
| Day 7 - Tuesday | |||
| 9.15-11.00 | Ian Donaldson | ian.donaldson@biotek.uio.no | Working with gene lists and over-representation analysis |
| 11:15-13.00 | Ian Donaldson | Interaction, Complex and Pathway data resources | |
| 14.15-16.00 | Antonio Mora, Sabry Razick, Paul Boddie | Interaction lab | |
| Day 8 - Wednesday | |||
| 9.15-11.00 | Stig Omholt | Causally cohesive genotype-phenotype modelling for understanding complex traits (TBC) | |
| 11:15-13.00 | Multivariate analysis of genetic data illustrated on yeast and human data (TBC) | ||
| 14.15-16.00 | Methods for genome-wide association studies on high-dimensional phenotypic data (TBC) | ||
| Day 9 - Thursday | |||
| 9.15-12.00 | Other ideas: Student presentations, Programming (Python, Taverna, R), Machine learning, BioPortal, EMBNet, Genome browser, text mining and PubGene, SIMULA and modelling | ||
| Day 10 - Friday | |||
| 9.15-12.00 | Open lab and study session | ||
| Day 10 - Monday | |||
| 9.15-13.15 | Exam (4 hour written open book) | ||
