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| BIOL2023-2 | Bio-informatics
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| Duration : | 18h Th, 6h Pr |
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| Lecturer : | Laurence Lins |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January |
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Course contents :
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| -analysis of the amino acid composition of proteins
-hydrophobicity analysis
-data banks
-homology search
-sequence alignments
-detection of functional motifs
-prediction of secondary structures
-prediction of three-dimensional structures |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| Overview of the various methods for the analysis of protein sequences and practical applications.
After completing the course the student should be able to choose the proper methods of genomic/proteic analysis. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Organic chemistry, chemical structure of amino-acids, primary and secondary structures of proteins. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| learning session for the use of free access softwares for prediction of protein structure |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Lectures : 18h
learning sessions: 6h |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| - Bioinformatics basics: Applications in biological science and medicine, L. Buehler and H. Rashidi, 2d edition, Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, 2005
-La bioinformatique pour les nuls |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Personal report (100%) |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| nihil |
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Contacts :
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| Lins, Laurence (Maître de recherche FNRS)
Center for Numerical Molecular Biophysics
081 62 25 21
l.lins.@ulg.ac.be |
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