Biomedical Informatics
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Core course in MSc Life Science and Technology, elective course MSc Chemistry
Admission requirements
Basic bioinformatic knowledge.
Description
Main topics: Computational analysis of genomic data (genome assemblies, genome-scale alignments, genomic context analysis, SNP data analysis). Evolution and diversity of human genome. Medical Genomics (biomarker identification, epigenetics, disease-associated genes, human pathogen data, gut metagenomics). Computational analysis of biopolymers (structure predictions, biomolecular engineering, functional annotation of proteins, protein design). Cheminformatics, data mining of biologically active compounds, searching for drugs and drug targets.
Mode of instruction
Lectures accompanied by bioinformatic assignments and their analysis.
Language
English
Timetable
Schedule information can be found on the website of the programmes.
Literature
Lecture notes with the list of references and Internet resources, distributed at the start of the course; slides presented during the lectures.
Examination
Written examination and assignments.
Contact Information
a.p.goultiaev {at} umail.leidenuniv.nl