Fundamental Algorithms for Bioinformatics: Bioinformatics Algorithms
(academic year 2019/2020, II semester)

Masters in Medical Bioinformatics

Title of course:Bioinformatics Algorithms
(Module 2 of Fundamental Algorithms for Bioinformatics)
Lecturer:Zsuzsanna Lipták
email: zsuzsanna DOT liptak AT univr DOT it  
Course times: Wed 15.20 - 17.50
Fri 10.20 - 12.00
... for the moment online ...
Student hours:
Wed 9.30-11.30 and by appointment
Office:Ca' Vignal, 2, 1st floor, right corridor, office 1.79



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See here for last year's course (2018/2019).


GOALS of the course: To learn about some of the basic problems and algorithms behind common bioinformatics applications (sequence alignment, sequence similarity, sequence assembly, phylogenetics).

CREDITS: 12 CFU, together with module 1 of this course (Algorithm Design). This module contributes half of the grade. It is gained via a written exam, followed by oral exam. You are admitted to the oral exam only if you passed the written exam.

If you are taking this course as a student of Molecular and Medical Biotechnology (LM9) ("mutuazione Algorithms for Computational Biology"), then you will get 6 CFU (credits) for this course, and will have a different exam to take. However, it still holds that you have to take a written and an oral exam.

MATERIAL: When there are slides, I hand them out and put them up on the webpage. However, we always do more in class than what is on the slides: examples, missing proofs, additional material, illustrations, applications, etc. So you will always also need your class notes (or someone else's).

HOMEWORK: I regularly give you homework, and I expect you to do it. If you do not, you will not gain the experience in solving exercises that you need for the exam.

SYLLABUS:
Here is an overview of the topics that will be covered. The topics and the order may vary slightly.


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