Perspectives in Bioinformatics
| Áreas Científicas |
| Classificação |
Área Científica |
| OFICIAL |
Biotecnologia |
Ocorrência: 2019/2020 - 1S
Ciclos de Estudo/Cursos
| Sigla |
Nº de Estudantes |
Plano de Estudos |
Anos Curriculares |
Créditos UCN |
Créditos ECTS |
Horas de Contacto |
Horas Totais |
| BINF |
35 |
Study Plan |
1 |
- |
3,5 |
45 |
94,5 |
Docência - Responsabilidades
Língua de trabalho
Portuguese - Suitable for English-speaking students
Obs.: Aulas lecionads em Português, mas o material de trabalho está totalmente em inglês
Objetivos
This curricular unit is designed primarily to provide to the student an overview of boinformátics as an interdisciplinary science that allows the storage and analysis of large volumes of biological information, involving biochemists, biologists, mathematicians and experts in the latest informatic techniques applied to Biological and Chemical sciences. In addition, it is intended with this curricular unit to introduce the student to several fields of action and application of bioinformatics.
Resultados de aprendizagem e competências
The ultimate goal of this introductory curricular unit is to show the vast scope of application of Bioinformatics, inviting experts in the field to present their work in the area.
Modo de trabalho
Presencial
Programa
1. "Central Dogma": relationship between life sciences, bioinformatics, computer science and how information technology as it relates to other sciences.
2. Cycles of seminars with professionals in bioinformatics invited to present recent applications of bioinformatics in: disease treatment, including drug design; systems biology; obtaining useful information from microarray analysis and other types of chips.
3. Bioethics Bioinformatics: convergence between bioethics and ethics of computing (applied ethics).
Bibliografia Obrigatória
Vince Buffalo; Bioinformatics Data Skills. ISBN: 978-1-4493-6737-4
Métodos de ensino e atividades de aprendizagem
The course consists of a theoretical exposition of the topics covered, followed by their respective practical application.
Students must perform autonomous learning work through written assignments.
Software
VirtualBox
Qualquer distribuição de GNU/Linux
Tipo de avaliação
Distributed evaluation with final exam
Componentes de Avaliação
| Designation |
Peso (%) |
| Participação presencial |
20,00 |
| Teste |
20,00 |
| Trabalho escrito |
60,00 |
| Total: |
100,00 |
Componentes de Ocupação
| Designation |
Tempo (Horas) |
| Estudo autónomo |
18,00 |
| Frequência das aulas |
30,00 |
| Trabalho escrito |
12,00 |
| Total: |
60,00 |
Obtenção de frequência
Completion of 2 written assignments, a test and class participation/performance of homework.
Fórmula de cálculo da classificação final
Written work 1 (30%) + Written work 2 (30%) + Test (20%) + Participation in class and homework delivery (20%).
Alternatively, entirely by written exam.
Melhoria de classificação
Exclusively by exam.