E4014 Project of the Computational Biology - Biomedical Bioinformatics

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/3/0. 3 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Eva Budinská, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Ing. Matej Lexa, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Vojtěch Bartoň (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Pavla Holochová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Monika Čechová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Ing. Vlad Popovici, PhD (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Eva Budinská, Ph.D.
RECETOX – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Mgr. Eva Budinská, Ph.D.
Supplier department: RECETOX – Faculty of Science
Timetable
Mon 10:00–12:50 D29/347-RCX2
Prerequisites
None, it is a basic course.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Students in this course work in two to four-person groups and solve problems in experimental data processing, analysis and modelling. In addition to solving the problem itself, the students practically learn the principles of teamwork.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, student will be able to:
- review the scientific area related to the assigned task;
- use selected tools and methods to solve the assigned task;
- present the level of completion of the assigned task;
- cooperate in teams.
Syllabus
  • 15.9. 10:30-12:30 Introduction, logistics, project introduction Faculty of informatics
  • 22.9. 10:30-12:30 Introduction to NGS Illumina and NGS data analysis, nanopore sequencing, nextflow
  • Faculty of informatics
  • 29.9. Consultation with a mentor (not a lecture)
  • 6.10. 10:30-12:30 Checkpoint 1 - Project presentation and plan of activities
  • Univerzitní Kampus Bohunice, D29/RCX2
  • 13.10 10:00-13:00 Recetox - exercises (Ilumina), Bohunice University Campus, D29/RCX2
  • Self-study - video lectures - analysis of 16SrRNA data
  • 20.10. Consultation with a mentor (not a lecture)
  • 27.10. 10:30-12:30 Checkpoint 2 - Meeting and presentation of interim results - basic bioinformatics data processing, quality control, estimation of taxonomic composition, etc.
  • Faculty of informatics
  • 3.11. Consultation with a mentor (not a lecture)
  • 10.11. Consultation with a mentor (not a lecture)
  • 17.11. State holiday
  • 24.11. Checkpoint 3 - Meeting and presentation of interim results - statistical analyses and visualizations Bohunice University Campus, D29/RCX2
  • 1.12. Consultation with a mentor (not a lecture)
  • 8.12. Checkpoint 4 - Miniconference - final project presentations
  • Fakulta informatiky
  • 15.12. Consultation with a mentor, finalization of the projects
Literature
Teaching methods
teamwork, presentations, consultations, discussions between the teams, self-study The course will be taught according to the schedule above. As it is a joint course with FI, part of the teaching will be on the University campus and part of the teaching will be at the Faculty of Informatics.
Assessment methods
Two interim presentations and a final presentation of the resolved data analysis problem
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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