Module CS4013-KP04

Bioinformatics (BioinfKP04)


Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each winter semester

Credit points

4

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

  • Bachelor CLS 2023, compulsory, specialization field bioinformatics
  • Bachelor Medical Informatics 2019, compulsory, medical computer science
  • Bachelor CLS 2016, compulsory, specialization field bioinformatics

Classes and lectures:

  • Bioinformatics (exercise, 1 SWS)
  • Bioinformatics (lecture, 2 SWS)

Workload:

  • 45 hours in-classroom work
  • 20 hours exam preparation
  • 55 hours private studies

Contents of teaching:

  • Life, Evolution & the Genome
  • Sequence assembly - Industrial reading of genetic information
  • DNA sequence models & hidden markov models
  • Viterbi-Algorithm
  • Sequence alignment & dynamic programming
  • Unsupervised data analysis (k-means, PCA, ICA)
  • DNA microarrays & GeneChip technologies

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

  • Students are able to explain the basic concepts of coding, transcription and translation of information in living beings.
  • They are able to explain how a solution of the shortest common superstring problem can be estimated with a simple greedy algorithm.
  • They are able to create a Markov chain or a Hidden Markov Model (HMM) for a given modelling problem.
  • They are able to give examples on how to solve a problem using dynamic programming.
  • They are able to implement the introduced algorithms (in Matlab)
  • They are able to use unsupervised learning methods and they are able to interpret the results.
  • They are able to explain basic Microarray-and DNA-Chip-Technologies.

Grading through:

  • portfolio exam

Responsible for this module:

  • Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Amir Madany Mamlouk

Teacher:

Literature:

  • H. Lodish, A. Berk, S. L. Zipursky and J. Darnell : Molekulare Zellbiologie Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, 4. Auflage, 2001, ISBN-13: 978-3827410771
  • A. M. Lesk : Introduction to Bioinformatics Oxford University Press, 3. Auflage, 2008, ISBN-13: 978-0199208043
  • R. Merkl and S. Waack : Bioinformatik Interaktiv: Grundlagen, Algorithmen, Anwendungen Wiley-VCH Verlag, 2. Auflage, 2009, ISBN-13: 978-3527325948
  • M. S. Waterman : Introduction to Computational Biology Chapman and Hall, 1995

Language:

  • offered only in German

Notes:

Admission requirements for taking the module:
- None

Admission requirements for participation in module examination(s):
- See portfolio

Module exam(s):
- CS4013-L1: Bioinformatics, portfolio exam, the specific examination elements and their weightings are announced at the beginning of the semester

Last Updated:

24.01.2022