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PHVIT9560 Bioinformatics with emphasis on analysis of high throughput sequencing data Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Bioinformatikk med fordypning i analyse av data fra massiv parallell sekvensering
Weight
5.0 ECTS
Year of study
2021/2022
Course history
Curriculum
FALL 2021
Schedule
Programme description

  • Introduction

    The course will introduce students to basic bioinformatics including best practice when setting up and managing bioinformatics projects. The course covers introduction to high throughput sequencing technologies and will give students hands-on experience with the analysis of data from various sequencing platforms. Applications that are included in the practical part are processing of raw data reads, control of quantity and quality of data (FASTQC), expression analysis of small RNA sequencing data (miRNA) and transcriptome sequencing/microarray (mRNA-seq, cDNA) data, and detection of variation (e.g. SNPs) after resequencing (variant calling).

  • Required preliminary courses

    All

  • Learning outcomes

    Pass / Fail

  • Teaching and learning methods

    One internal and one external examiner will assess the answer papers submitted by all candidates.

  • Course requirements

    The course can also be offered to students who have been admitted to the "Health Science Research Programme, 60 ECTS", by prior approval from the supervisor and based on given guidelines for the research programme.

  • Assessment

    All obligatory exercises must be completed to take the final exam. The final exam is a written examination with invigilation, 4 hours. One internal and one external examiner will assess the answer papers submitted by all candidates.

  • Grading scale

    Grades are awarded on the basis of pass or fail.

  • Examiners

    One internal and one external examiner will assess the answer papers submitted by all candidates.

  • Target group and admission

    This course is primarily aimed at PhD candidates admitted to the PhD programme in Health Sciences and PhD students from Memorial University, Newfoundland. General terms for admission to the course is a completed master's degree in molecular biology or equivalent qualification (e.g. completed MABIO4400). Priority will be given to PhD candidates from HIOA and Memorial University, Newfoundland.

    Note that all students must have a laptop not more than 2 years old (windows 7 or more recent or mac with OS X). The laptop must be able to connect to wireless network.

    The course can also be offered to students who have been admitted to the "Health Science Research Programme, 60 ECTS", by prior approval from the supervisor and based on given guidelines for the research programme.