Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Learning objectives

Knowledge

Students who have passed the module should be able to

• Account for the molecular mechanisms involved in the synthesis, structure and replication of DNA, transcription of genes, and translation of mRNA
• Account for the structure of prokaryotic and eukaryotic genomes
• Account for commonly used databases and use common search tools for retrieving data and linking data from public databases

Skills

• Evaluate the use of a variety of central molecular biology techniques
• Account for possibilities and limitations in sequence comparison algorithms and use these algorithms for the analysis of molecular evolution of genes and proteins
• Recite the principles behind advanced algorithms for data mining: e.g. Neural Networks, Hidden Markov Chains and Support Vector Machines
• Analyse simple data from microarray and sequence tag based gene expression analysis
• Produce a strategy for the physical cloning of a gene using information retrieved from databases

Competences

• Interpret the central dogma of molecular biology

Type of instruction

• Lectures and theoretical exercises

Extent and expected workload

150 hours

Exam

Exams