| Teachers | TAKAHASHI, Senji | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade, Semester | Year 2 1st semest [Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering] | |
| Category | Basic Major Subjects | |
| Elective, Credits | Requisites 2credit | |
| Syllabus Number | 5A102 | |
This class will provide an essential background and basic techniques on Information Technology for Biosciences.
This course introduces spreadsheet program (EXCEL), software for draw and edit chemical structures (Symyx Draw), molecular graphics visualisation (Raswin), database and/or web-tool analysis (PDB, NCBI,DDBJ,CLUSTALW).
Covered topics include software of life science, sequence, structure and function databases of DNA and protein molecules, advanced sequence, and structure alignment methods.
The aims of this course are to
1. obtain basic knowledge and techniques about experimental data processing and analysis.
2. be able to draw and edit chemical structures using software.
3. be able to use Raswin to aid in the analysis and visualization of molecular graphics.
4. be able to understand and explain basic bioinformatics.
At the end of the course, students are expected to write report/thesis/scientific paper and give an oral presentation.
This is a hands-on, project-oriented class.
Grading will be decided based on progress report,take-home examination, and practical test.
No final exams will be given.
| Kind | Title | Author | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Textbook | A handout and resources will be provided throughout the course as needed. | ||
| References |
To Be Announced.
| 1 | Introduction of Information Technology on Biosciences |
| 2 | Spreadsheet program; Charting and Statistical Functions |
| 3 | Spreadsheet program; Correlation coefficient |
| 4 | Spreadsheet program; Least squares method |
| 5 | Spreadsheet program; Least squares method and Practical Test |
| 6 | Draw and edit chemical structures; Basic techniques |
| 7 | Draw and edit chemical structures; Natural organic compounds |
| 8 | Draw and edit chemical structures; Lactam antibiotics |
| 9 | Molecular Graphics Visualisation; Basic techniques |
| 10 | Molecular Graphics Visualisation; Protein Data Bank |
| 11 | Molecular Graphics Visualisation; Practical Test |
| 12 | Bioinformatics webtool; NCBI, DDBJ |
| 13 | Bioinformatics webtool; CLUSTALW, Practical Test |
| 14 | Presentation software; Basic techniques, preparation for presentation. |
| 15 | Presentation software; Presentation |
