Bioinformatics

Code:

OPT_IM_18

Acronym:

Bioinf

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Medical Informatics

Instance: 2017/2018 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	http://www.dcc.fc.up.pt/~pribeiro/aulas/bioinformatica1718/
Responsible unit:	Department of Computer Science
Course/CS Responsible:	Master Programme in Medical Informatics

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIM	6	Current Studies Plan	1	-	3	27	81

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

To educate the student in the main concepts and techniques currently used in the important area of compational biology. Ultimately, our goal is that the student wil be able to actually address new computationally significant tasks in the area.

Learning outcomes and competences

In the end, it is intended that the student:
1 has familiarized himself with the basic concepts of Bioinformatics, with emphasis on Computational Molecular Biology;
2 Knows and understands the associated types and sources of data, as well as the most important computational problems;
3 Understands the most interesting and important algorithms, in particular on sequence alignment, phylogenetics and pattern recognition (on the genome, proteome and interaction networks).
4 Has a perspective on the most popular tools and of open research question in the area.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Computational Problems in Molecular Biology.
Overview of Molecular Biology Fundamental Concepts.
Genome Assembly.
Pairwise and Multiple Sequence Alignment.
Phylogenetic Trees.
Systems Biology and Biological Network Analysis.

Mandatory literature

Durbin Richard 070; Biological sequence analysis. ISBN: 0-521-62971-3

Complementary Bibliography

Deonier Richard C.; Computational genome analysis. ISBN: 0-387-98785-1

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical expository classes, accompanied by examples, and some practical usage of existing tools.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	30,00
Exame	30,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	40,00
Total:	100,00

Calculation formula of final grade

The evaluation has into accont the following three components:

- Article Presentation (A): 30%
- Project (P): 40% (optional)
- Written Exam (E): between 30% and 70%

The final grade is obtained using the following formula:

A*30% + maximum(E*70%, E*30% + P*40%)