? Credit Points : 10  ? SCQF Level : 11  ? Acronym : BIO-P-Bioinform

The course consists of parts of the MSc in Informatics degree programme and covers principles of computational biology together with the range and impact of Bioinformatics tools used in biological sciences. The syllabus includes: biological databases; pairwise sequence alignment; sequence databases and multiple alignment profiles; gene finding, genomics and proteomics; and functional genomics. Lectures are supplemented by on-line exercises and tutorials and in-course assignments.

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Postgraduate, (School of Biological Sciences, Schedule K)

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

At the end of this course the student will have:
(i) A solid grounding in the basic principles of computational biology
(ii) An appreciation of the range and impact of Bioinformatics tools currently used in the biological sciences.
(iii) Have produced written reports identifying and applying appropriate tools to investigate questions in genetics.

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The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Dr Judith McQueen
Tel : (0131 6)50 5490
Email : Judith.McQueen@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Dr Sara Knott
Tel : (0131 6)50 5444
Email : s.knott@ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.biology.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.scieng.ed.ac.uk/