BIOS-IN9410 – Bioinformatics for Molecular Biology
Course description
Course content
This course provides an overview of a range of resources and practical bioinformatic tools that are used in molecular biology. Scientists actively developing and applying bioinformatic tools in their research will talk about their fields and their own work. The course is mainly intended for biology students who need to perform bioinformatic analyses in their own research. The course is also open for students with a computer science or related background wishing to extend their knowledge of informatics problems in the biological domain. Students must bring a lap-top for in-course demonstrations and the practical lab exercises.
Learning outcome
After completing this course, you
? can explain the need for high-throughput sequence analysis within molecular biology
? can perform bioinformatic analyses in a shell environment on a remote supercomputer
? can use basic programming and scripting to use and adapt existing analytical pipelines
? can use different biological databases for a range of applications
? can perform short read sequence alignment towards a reference genome
? can explain the basics of 3D genome organization and how to model this
? can perform exploratory high-throughput (RNAseq) data analyses in R
? can explain the basics of 3D protein folding and x-ray crystallography
Admission to the course
PhD candidates from the University of Oslo should apply for classes and register for examinations through?Studentweb.
If a course has limited intake capacity, priority will be given to PhD candidates who follow an individual education plan where this particular course is included. Some national researchers’ schools may have specific rules for ranking applicants for courses with limited intake capacity.
PhD candidates who have been admitted to another higher education institution must?apply for a position as a visiting student?within a given deadline.
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The courses? BIOS-IN9410 and BIOS-IN5410?have joint?admission. Applicants are ranked by the following criteria:
Master students?and PhD candidates?at the MN faculty who have the course as part of the approved curriculum.
Other PhD candidates?and visiting PhD candidates.
Students with admission to single courses on master’s level and exchange students
Applicants are ranked by credits in each group; all applicants within 1st rank before applicants in 2nd etc.If admission is limited to a fixed number of participants, admission will be decided by drawing lots for students who are ranked equally
Recommended previous knowledge
This course is open to students studying biology, mathematics or computer science. Students must have at least 120 study points to apply. Students must have a basic understanding of biology/molecular biology?at least corresponding to 10 university study points in molecular biology or similar.
The course might be relevant also for students without this background, but candidates should in this case contact the course coordinator before signing up.
Overlapping courses
- 10 credits overlap with BIOS-IN5410 – Bioinformatics for Molecular Biology.
- 8 credits overlap with MBV-INF4410 – Bioinformatics for Molecular Biology (continued).
- 8 credits overlap with MBV-INF9410 – Bioinformatics for Molecular Biology (continued).
Teaching
The course is given as?five weeks intensive course that consists of:
- Lectures
- In-class tutorials?
- Exercises
- A written assignment given during the course that must be approved.
It is only necessary to be physically present at the UiO campus for certain parts of the course.
An 80% attendance is mandatory for the lectures. You will lose your seat on the course if documentation for absence is not provided to the student administration studieinfo@ibv.uio.no? before the first lecture.
Compulsory assignments must be approved and compulsory attendance must be completed in order to sit for the exam
Access to teaching:
A student who has completed compulsory instruction and coursework and has had these approved is not entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework. A student who has been admitted to a course, but who has not completed compulsory instruction and coursework or had these approved, is entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework, depending on available capacity.??
Examination
4 day take home exam
Obligatory assignments must be completed and approved before the exam and in the same semester.
When writing your assignments make sure to familiarize yourself with the?rules for use of sources and citations.?Breach of these rules may lead to suspicion of?attempted cheating.
An additional, limited, oral examination may be arranged in cases where this is necessary for the student evaluation.
It will also be counted as one of the three attempts to sit the exam for this course, if you sit the exam for one of the following courses: BIOS-IN5410 – Bioinformatics for Molecular Biology, MBV-INF9410 – Bioinformatics for Molecular Biology (continued) and MBV-INF4410 – Bioinformatics for Molecular Biology (continued)
Examination support material
Students may use notes and handouts collected throughout the course.
Language of examination
The examination text is given in English.You may submit your response in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish or English.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a pass/fail scale. Read more about the grading system.
Resit an examination
In this course, postponed exams are not offered for exam candidates who are ill before the exam or who become ill during the exam. A deferred submission deadline can be offered. The illness must be documented with a doctor's certificate dated no later than the ordinary submission date. You must submit the doctor's certificate to the course's contact point before the submission deadline for the home exam. New exams are not offered to candidates who withdraw or do not pass the regular exam.
More about examinations at UiO
- Use of sources and citations
- Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
- Withdrawal from an exam
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Explanation of grades and appeals
- Resitting an exam
- Cheating/attempted cheating
You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.