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n.BA.AD.BiIn2.24HS (Bioinformatics 2) 
Module: Bioinformatics 2
This information was generated on: 01 July 2025
No.
n.BA.AD.BiIn2.24HS
Title
Bioinformatics 2
Credits
2

Description

Version: 1.0 start 01 August 2024

 

Study Programme Applied Digital Life Sciences
Regulations Applicable RPO, 29 January 2008, School of Life Sciences and Facility Management Academic Regulations, 15 Dec. 2009, Annex for the Bachelor of Applied Digital Life Sciences degree programme
Module Type  
  Compulsory Module  X Elective Module    Optional Module
Planned Semester 6th Semester
Module Coordinator Anisimova Maria 
Telephone / E-Mail +41 (0)58 934 58 82 / maria.anisimova@zhaw.ch
Lecturer(s),
Speaker(s),
Associate(s)		 Anisimova Maria and various lecturers
Entrance Requirements Bioinformatics 1
Learning Outcomes and Competencies Technical skills:
The students can
  • explain the concepts and algorithms behind the methods taught in the course.
  • explain the relative strengths and weaknesses of the methods.
  • apply the methods on data sets.
  • apply the concepts and methods on their individual research questions.
Transferable skills:
The students can critically scrutinize computational methods, apply them to real molecular data and interpret their results.
Module Content
  • Codon models and testing for positive natural selection 
  • Bayesian phylogenetics and phylodynamics,
  • Ancestral sequence reconstruction
  • Introduction to metagenomics
  • Protein structure prediction
  • Protein function annotation and the Gene Ontology
  • Protein-protein interaction and the STRING DB
Follow-up Modules -
Methods of Instruction  Combination of lectures and exercises
Digital Resources
  • Scientific papers
  • Primers
  • Individual book chapters
  • Exercise sheets (and solutions)
  • Supplemental videos
Lesson Structure / Workload  
 Contact Hours 28
 Guided Self-Study 14
 Independent Self-Study 18
 Total Workload 60
Classroom Attendance Attendance is encouraged, but not enforced with attendance list
Assessment Oral exam at the end of the semester 100%
Language of Instruction  English
Comments -

 

Course: Bioinformatics 2
No.
n.BA.AD.BiIn2.24HS.V
Title
Bioinformatics 2

Note

  • No module description is available in the system for the cut-off date of 01 July 2025.