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==Pre-reading==
 
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This paper is a good crash-course in concepts of graph theory and their application to biology. It contains a lot of definitions that I don't expect you to learn by heart. But do familiarize yourself with the concepts - they are important to properly work with the '''R''' graph tutorial.
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==An '''R''' tutorial on biological graphs==
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Graph theory has so many applications in computational systems biology that being able to compute with graphs in '''R''' is a phantastic asset. This brief tutorial reviews the basics and then covers the igraph package in some detail. It concludes with an exploration of the graph of functional relationships of human proteins from the STRING database.
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* Open RStudio
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* Select '''File &rarr; New Project ...'''
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* Enter the repository URL for the tutorial: https://github.com/hyginn/R_Exercise-Graphs
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;Note - This tutorial has a hand-in component that will replace the quiz:
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: ''" - Find the nodes with the 10 - highest betweenness centralities. Use centr_betw() to calculate the values, V() to get the names, and how many nodes there are. The N - 10 highest ranked nodes is what you are looking for. Get the list of IDs. Then find what these proteins are..."''
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Bring with you to class:
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* a list of these protein IDs,
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* with a brief annotation what they are (use STRING, or ensembl to get a synopsis),
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* and a short paragraph of why this is remarkable - or not.
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Latest revision as of 02:20, 1 March 2016

Assignments for Week 5
Graphs !

< Assignment 4 Assignment 6 >

Note! This assignment is currently active. All significant changes will be announced on the mailing list.

 
 





Pre-reading

This paper is a good crash-course in concepts of graph theory and their application to biology. It contains a lot of definitions that I don't expect you to learn by heart. But do familiarize yourself with the concepts - they are important to properly work with the R graph tutorial.


Pavlopoulos et al. (2011) Using graph theory to analyze biological networks. BioData Min 4:10. (pmid: 21527005)

PubMed ] [ DOI ]


 

An R tutorial on biological graphs

Task:
Graph theory has so many applications in computational systems biology that being able to compute with graphs in R is a phantastic asset. This brief tutorial reviews the basics and then covers the igraph package in some detail. It concludes with an exploration of the graph of functional relationships of human proteins from the STRING database.


  • Open RStudio
  • Select File → New Project ...
  • Choose Version control → Git
  • Enter the repository URL for the tutorial: https://github.com/hyginn/R_Exercise-Graphs
  • Click on Create Project.
  • Start the tutorial by typing init()


Note - This tutorial has a hand-in component that will replace the quiz
" - Find the nodes with the 10 - highest betweenness centralities. Use centr_betw() to calculate the values, V() to get the names, and how many nodes there are. The N - 10 highest ranked nodes is what you are looking for. Get the list of IDs. Then find what these proteins are..."

Bring with you to class:

  • a list of these protein IDs,
  • with a brief annotation what they are (use STRING, or ensembl to get a synopsis),
  • and a short paragraph of why this is remarkable - or not.



 


 
That is all.


 

Footnotes and references

 



 


 
Ask, if things don't work for you!
If anything about the assignment is not clear to you, please ask on the mailing list. You can be certain that others will have had similar problems. Success comes from joining the conversation.
... are required reading.


 



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