Postgraduate Course: Environmental Gene-Mining and Metagenomics (PGBI11097)
Course Outline
| School | School of Biological Sciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | The course will provide lecture-based instruction in the field of environmental metagenomic analysis, practical instruction in contamination-free environmental sediment sampling via a field excursion using state-of-the-art bioinformatics packages. |
| Course description |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: 34 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 3,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 30,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
65 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Students will complete two reports:
Report 1 - Methods section (30%)
Report 2 - Company Board Report (70%)
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| Feedback |
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate advanced knowledge of the importance of gene-mining and metagenomics to biotechnology
- Understand how environmental samples can be collected and analysed in order to investigate their potential for the isolation of novel organisms and functions
- Know how to analyse an environmental sample using molecular techniques to detect novel microbial communities, species and gene function
- Understand the basis of next-generation sequencing technologies and how to apply them to marker gene and metagenomic analysis
- Be able to produce a report from in the style of submission to a company management board describing the activities of the company's R & D department
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
PCR and whole-genome amplification under clean conditions.
Preparation of samples for next-generation DNA sequencing.
DNA fingerprinting of marker genes.
Cloning and Sanger sequencing of environmental DNA fragments.
Analysis of next-generation marker gene sequence data using bioinformatics pipelines.
Assembly and annotation of next-generation metagenome sequence data.
Functional prediction of metagenomic potential from marker gene surveys.
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| Keywords | EnvGMM |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Andrew Free
Tel: (0131 6)50 5338
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Course secretary | Ms Andrea Nichol
Tel: (0131 6)50 8643
Email: |
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