PB172 Systems Biology Seminar

Faculty of Informatics
Autumn 2013
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. David Šafránek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. RNDr. Milan Češka, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. Ing. Václav Přenosil, CSc.
Department of Machine Learning and Data Processing – Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: doc. Ing. Matej Lexa, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Machine Learning and Data Processing – Faculty of Informatics
Timetable of Seminar Groups
PB172/01: Fri 10:00–11:50 C516, D. Šafránek
Prerequisites
SOUHLAS
The seminar is focused on studying and presentation of selected scientific articles/book chapters in the field of computational systems biology. Students are assumed to understand elementary notions from biology and chemistry (grammar school level), to know basic principles of the systems biology paradigm, and to be interested in deeper understanding of the field. Previous successful studying of PB050 is welcome.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
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Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to: understand key results of computational systems biology; work with a scientific paper; extract the information from literature; prepare and give an oral presentation.
Syllabus
  • Overview of elementary notions and paradigms
  • Selection of seminar topics (papers) and explanation of their significance
  • Studying of the selected topics
  • Presentation and discussion
Literature
  • ALON, Uri. An Introduction to Systems Biology: Design Principles of Biological Circuits. Chapman & Hall/Crc, 2006. info
  • Computational modeling of genetic and biochemical networks. Edited by James M. Bower - Hamid Bolouri. Cambridge: Bradford Book, 2001, xx, 336. ISBN 0262524236. info
Teaching methods
Student presentations, discussions.
Assessment methods
oral presentation of the selected topic
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
Teacher's information
http://sybila.fi.muni.cz/cz/predmety/PB172
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