BMS2062 · Introduction to bioinformatics

Overview

Bioinformatics unites the major advances in biology, biochemistry and the biomedical sciences with those in computing, bioinformatics and networking. The unit covers the application of the internet to biomedical sciences; organisation and uses of scientific databases; use of computational methods in genomics and proteomics; fundamentals of molecular modelling; analysis and presentation of biomedical data; and communication of biomedical data using information technology.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. Predict the consequences of DNA variation within different regions of the genome.
2. Identify the key structural features of genes and mRNA sequences, which allow them to be transcribed & translated into proteins.
3. Evaluate what transcriptomics experiments reveal about the RNAs present within a cell or a collection of cells.
4. Evaluate what proteomics experiments reveal about the proteins present within a cell or a collection of cells.
5. Determine how protein sequence and structure analysis provides insights into the function of a protein and its possible role in a disease state.
6. Investigate the role of bioinformatics and molecular biology in advancing our understanding, detection & treatment of disease.

Workload

A total of 12 hours per week including 6 hrs of teacher-directed learning (such as lectures and applied sessions) and 6 hours of student-directed study.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.