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BCH441 - Bioinformatics
 
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Welcome to the "Course Wiki" for BCH441 / BCH1441.
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<small>'''These wiki pages provide information and materials, and coordinate activities and projects in the introductory bioinformatics courses and other workshops taught by Boris Steipe at the University of Toronto'''. If you are not one of my students, you can still browse this site, however I can't provide support for your explorations. The material may be useful if you invest some effort in studying it systematically.</small>
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*  for CSB195 click [http://steipe.biochemistry.utoronto.ca/bio/CSB195-syllabus.html '''here'''].
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BCH441 will be delivered in an online only mode. Class sessions will be recorded.
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*  for MGY441 click [http://steipe.biochemistry.utoronto.ca/bio/MGY441-syllabus.html '''here'''].
  
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First online class session: Tuesday, September 15. @ 17:00. <small>(Probably)</small>
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Updates to syllabus, marking scheme, and course materials are now in progress. Last year was the first online-only delivery of the course and it actually went really well. But this year will be even better as we'll try a few things that work much better online than in the classroom. Drop me a line if you have any questions, or concerns, or want to share experiences with online classes that went beyond your expectations.
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BCH441 (BCH1441) is an introduction to current bioinformatics for life science students and the specialists in the BCB Program. The course provides an overview of the sources of biomolecular data, data annotation and integration, and the interpretation of results through evidence-based reasoning. This includes the ''components'' – sequence, structure, and function, the ''relationships'' in phylogeny and in the networks of interactions and regulation, and the “systems” through which we conceptually organize our knowledge.  
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BCH441 is an introduction to current bioinformatics for life science students and the specialists in the BCB Program. The course provides an overview of the sources of biomolecular data, data annotation and integration, and the interpretation of results through evidence-based reasoning. This includes the ''components'' – sequence, structure, and function, the ''relationships'' in phylogeny and in the networks of interactions and regulation, and the “systems” through which we conceptually organize our knowledge.  
 
   
 
   
  
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The emphasis is on practical, hands-on exploration of resources in tasks and assignments. You will improve your general computer literacy and you will learn to use the programming language and statistical workbench '''R'''. Writing your own code has become indispensable in any life-science laboratory. (Yes, you will learn to program.)
 
The emphasis is on practical, hands-on exploration of resources in tasks and assignments. You will improve your general computer literacy and you will learn to use the programming language and statistical workbench '''R'''. Writing your own code has become indispensable in any life-science laboratory. (Yes, you will learn to program.)
  
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The course is complemented by [[Computational_Systems_Biology_Main_Page|'''BCB420&nbsp;/&nbsp;JTB2020''']] (offered in the Winter Term) which consolidates aspects of computational systems biology in a project context.
 
  
 
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BCH441 is a Fall Term course. We will hold interactive online sessions Tuesdays, 17:00 to 20:00 (though it is unlikely that we will take the full three hours).
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For generic dates in the Fall term, see the [https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/current/dates-deadlines/academic-dates Faculty "Academic Dates" calendar]. For specific due dates, see the [https://q.utoronto.ca/courses/180416/assignments Assignments page on Quercus].
 
For generic dates in the Fall term, see the [https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/current/dates-deadlines/academic-dates Faculty "Academic Dates" calendar]. For specific due dates, see the [https://q.utoronto.ca/courses/180416/assignments Assignments page on Quercus].
  
 
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This course will be taught in a new format: I have split up the large domain of Bioinformatics into small "learning units" that focus more or less on a single concept. You work through the units independently, in any order that makes sense to you, at your own pace, all with the goal to acquire the knowledge and skills to work on four main "Integrator Units" that bring the contents together.
 
This course will be taught in a new format: I have split up the large domain of Bioinformatics into small "learning units" that focus more or less on a single concept. You work through the units independently, in any order that makes sense to you, at your own pace, all with the goal to acquire the knowledge and skills to work on four main "Integrator Units" that bring the contents together.
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<td>Finally, as a kind of capstone, she completes the [[ABC-INT-Genome_annotation|genome annotation Integrator Unit]]. So she fill in the rest of the database units, the units on statistics and analysis of differential expression in genes, the units on networks and protein-protein interactions, and the concepts of protein functions, to complete the [[BIN-FUNC-Annotation]] milestone, ...
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<td> She is done with her deliverables mid November. So she completes the [[ABC-INT-Genome_annotation|genome annotation Integrator Unit]] to learn on her own. She fill in the rest of the database units, the units on statistics and analysis of differential expression in genes, the units on networks and protein-protein interactions, and the concepts of protein functions, to complete the [[BIN-FUNC-Annotation]] milestone, ...
 
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* Next, he realizes that much of what he has worked with so far has implicitly relied on sequence-alignment tools. So he completes the alignment cluster next (Bin-ALI-...).
 
* Next, he realizes that much of what he has worked with so far has implicitly relied on sequence-alignment tools. So he completes the alignment cluster next (Bin-ALI-...).
 
* And realizing that multiple sequence alignments ([[BIN-ALI-MSA]]) are fundamental to phylogenetic analysis leads him to tackle the phylogenetic analysis cluster next (BIN-PHYLO-...).
 
* And realizing that multiple sequence alignments ([[BIN-ALI-MSA]]) are fundamental to phylogenetic analysis leads him to tackle the phylogenetic analysis cluster next (BIN-PHYLO-...).
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* That's it for the learning units. Nigel then completes all Integrator Units one after another except for the Homology modelling one; he starts with the [[ABC-INT-Genome_annotation|genome annotation unit]] because that's the biggest one and he wants it safely submitted before the end-of-term rush in his other courses gets to him.
  
  
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Having students work through the material entirely at their own pace has had limited success. I minority did very well, but the majority found themselves far behind towards the end of the term. We will proceed with a structured sequence of due dates.
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Having students work through the material entirely at their own pace has had limited success. A minority did very well, but the majority found themselves quite stressed out towards the end of the term. Thus we will proceed with a structured sequence of due dates that spreads the deliverables evenly. However: a due date is the '''last''' date on which assignments are due, and you can submit your assignments much, much sooner and relax towards the end of the term.
  
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* Work from learning units worth at least 10% of your final grade must have been submitted for evaluation by October 31, so that I can mark it before the {{DropdateFall}}. If you have not submitted enough work for evaluation by October 31, I will randomly choose an appropriate number of learning units and record a 0 for these.
 
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* Tuesday, September 29. 2020 - First of four learning units due.
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* Tuesday, September 29. 2020 - First of four learning units due. (Extended to 2020-10-06)
 
* Tuesday, October 6. 2020 - Second of four learning units due.
 
* Tuesday, October 6. 2020 - Second of four learning units due.
 
* Tuesday, October 13. 2020 - Third of four learning units due.
 
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Since most of the learning units include hands-on, practical components that you do on your own, we won't need to us class-time for textbook-like delivery of contents. In class meetings ...
 
Since most of the learning units include hands-on, practical components that you do on your own, we won't need to us class-time for textbook-like delivery of contents. In class meetings ...
 
* ... we will always take time for open discussion of topics as they arise. This will be driven by student input and feedback.
 
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* ... I will go over some of the contents details.
 
* ... I will go over some of the contents details.
 
* ... I may discuss marking of some submissions I have received, to make the process more transparent.
 
* ... I may discuss marking of some submissions I have received, to make the process more transparent.
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A breakdown of knowledge that I expect you to acquire outside our course, or bring with you from previous courses, is [[FND-prerequisites|'''listed here''']].
 
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*The [http://steipe.biochemistry.utoronto.ca/abc/students '''Student Wiki''']
 
*The [http://steipe.biochemistry.utoronto.ca/abc/students '''Student Wiki''']
 
*[http://www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice '''Writing advice'''] from the UofT Writing Centre <small>(including: how to avoid plagiarism)</small>
 
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