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| GBIO0009-1 | Bioinformatics
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| Duration : | 30h Th, 30h Pr |
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| Credits/ECTS : |
| Master in Biomedical Engineering, in-depth approach, 1st year | | First semester | | 5 |
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| Master in Electrical Engineering, in-depth approach, 2nd year | | First semester | | 5 |
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| Master in Computer Engineering, in-depth approach, 2nd year | | First semester | | 5 |
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| Master in Computer science, Research Focus, 2nd year | | First semester | | 6 |
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| Master in Bio-informatics and Modelling, Research focus, 1st year | | First semester | | 6 |
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| Holder(s) : | Kristel Van Steen |
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| Language : | English language |
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| Course contents : | This course is an introduction to bioinformatics and may include the following topics : data base management and data base searches for bioinformaticians, statistics for bioinformatics, sequence alignment, pattern recognition, phylogenetics, statistical genetics and microarray analysis |
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| Course objective : | At the end of this course, students will have a taste of different areas covered by bioinformatics, with practical knowledge about data base searches, sequence alignment, gene expression comparison and genomewide screening. |
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| Workshops : | Personal work via reading assignments, homeworks and larger projects, mainly using Bioconductor tools in the free software R. |
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| Organization : | Tuesday afternoon, between 14h-18h (check with teaching staff), Institut Montefiore, first semester.
The course will be interactive in English/French. All course notes are in English. Homeworks can be handed in in French. Examination will be in French. |
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| Written notes : | Slides in English |
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| Assessment : | Homeworks, projects and written exam. |
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| Contacts : | Kristel.VanSteen@ulg.ac.be |
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| Remarks : | Please consult http://www.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~kvansteen/GBIO0009-1/ac20092010/ for practical and more detailed information, including course note material and homework assignments. |
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