TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Doctorate Of Science
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	10
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Learn basic bioinformation flow 2) Get practice on using and developing bioinformatics and clinical informatics tools 3) Meet to research challenges in the field
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	Basic molecular biology, Bioinformation flow, Sequence alignment, Multiple sequence alignment, Alignment heuristics Gene regulation, Gene regulatory networks,Statistical inference, Protein structure prediction, Clinical bioinformatics Suffix trees and suffix arrays, Recent challenges
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Basic molecular biology 2nd Week Bioinformation flow 3rd Week Sequence alignment 4th Week Multiple sequence alignment 5th Week Alignment heuristics 6th Week Gene regulation 7th Week Gene regulatory networks,Statistical inference 8th Week Mid-term 9th Week Protein structure prediction 10th Week Protein structure prediction 11th Week Clinical bioinformatics 12th Week Suffix trees and suffix arrays 13th Week Recent challenges 14th Week Recent challenges
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Zvelebil Marketa, Baul Jeremy O., Understanding Bioinformatics, 1/E, Garland Science, 2007 Claverie Jean-Michel, Notredame Cedric, Bioinformatics for Dummies, 2/E, ISBN: 0470089857, Wiley Publishing, 2007
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Project
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 30 Project 1 30 Total(%) 60 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 60 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 40 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 2 2 Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 14 11 154 Preparation for Final exam 1 69 69 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 44 44 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 2 2 Homework Total Workload 313 Total Workload / 30 10,43 ECTS Credits of the Course 10
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No