Department of Biology & Biochemistry, Unit Catalogue 2009/10 |
BB20096: Biochemical problems & bioinformatics [For MBiochemistry students] |
 Credits:
| 3 |
| Level:
| Intermediate |
| Period: | Semester 2 |
| Assessment:
| CW 100% |
| Supplementary Assessment: | Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites:
| In taking this unit you cannot take BB20015 and before taking this unit you must take BB20018 and take BB20020 |
| Description: | Aims: To develop students' abilities to assimilate compilations of experimental data and to draw valid conclusions from them. To introduce protein and nucleotide databases and their use. Learning Outcomes: After taking the course, the student should be able to: * study a collection of biochemical observations, such as the Results Section of a publication or simply a series of related observations compiled specifically for the exercise, and assess their significance. Indications of this ability could be, e.g. answering particular questions or writing the Discussion section of a paper. It is especially important that the student learns to draw only such conclusions as are fully justified by the data. * use database search tools to explore nucleotide and protein data for relevant information. * demonstrate in an exam a knowledge of core areas of biochemistry covered by the Biochemistry programme. Skills: Learning & studying T/F/A, Written communication T/F/A, Numeracy & computation T/F/A, Problem solving T/F/A. Content: Several members of academic staff will participate in the Course, each providing a particular data interpretation problem. This will be handed out and explained to the class, who will then have a short period of time to provide written answers. These will be marked and returned. Also sessions on bioinformatics and database searching. There will be a briefing on expected core knowledge and an in-class test of this knowledge. |