| TYPE OF COURSE UNIT | Elective Course |
| LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT | Bachelor's Degree |
| YEAR OF STUDY | - |
| SEMESTER | - |
| NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED | 4 |
| NAME OF LECTURER(S) | -
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| LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT |
At the end of this course, the students;
1) Understand content of functional genomics, physical mapping of the genome and sequence analysis technologies.
2) Learn functional genomic applications for diagnosis of genetic diseases.
3) Understand gene identification, genome annotation and comparative genomic approaches using bioinformatics tools.
4) Understand integrative genomics and systems biology, and meta-genomics approaches.
5) Perform literature review on a topic of interest of the course content, and discuss results.
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| MODE OF DELIVERY | Face to face |
| PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE | No |
| RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT | None |
| COURSE DEFINITION | The aim of this course is to introduce the methods used in bioinformatics and functional genomics. This course will discuss how eukaryotic organisms respond to various conditions at the whole genome level. |
| COURSE CONTENTS | | WEEK | TOPICS |
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| 1st Week | Definition and Content of Functional Genomics | | 2nd Week | Genome Organization and Structure | | 3rd Week | Physical Mapping of the Genome | | 4th Week | Sequence Analysis Technologies | | 5th Week | Sequence Analysis | | 6th Week | Functional Genomic Applications for Diagnosis of Genetic Diseases | | 7th Week | Microarrays for Genomics | | 8th Week | MIDTERM | | 9th Week | Gene Identification | | 10th Week | Bioinformatics and Genome Annotation | | 11th Week | Comparative Genomics | | 12th Week | Integrative Genomics and Systems Biology | | 13th Week | Meta-genomics | | 14th Week | Student Projects |
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| RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING | Principles of Gene Manipulation and Genomics, 7th Edition. S.B. Primrose and R.M. Twyman. Blackwell Publishing, 2006.
Research articles.
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| PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS | Lecture,Discussion,Project,Presentation |
| ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA | | | Quantity | Percentage(%) |
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| Mid-term | 1 | 35 | | Project | 1 | 15 | | Attendance | 1 | 5 | | Total(%) | | 55 | | Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) | | 55 | | Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) | | 45 | | Total(%) | | 100 |
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| ECTS WORKLOAD |
| Activities |
Number |
Hours |
Workload |
| Midterm exam | 1 | 2 | 2 | | Preparation for Quiz | | | | | Individual or group work | 14 | 1 | 14 | | Preparation for Final exam | 1 | 25 | 25 | | Course hours | 13 | 3 | 39 | | Preparation for Midterm exam | 1 | 20 | 20 | | Laboratory (including preparation) | | | | | Final exam | 1 | 2 | 2 | | Homework | | | | | Project | 1 | 20 | 20 | | Total Workload | | | 122 |
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| Total Workload / 30 | | | 4,06 |
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| ECTS Credits of the Course | | | 4 |
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| LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION | Turkish |
| WORK PLACEMENT(S) | No |
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