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<td>Steipe</td>
 
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<td>Parkinson</td>
 
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<td>Steipe</td>
 
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<td>Lecture: Homology II: Sequence alignment</td>
 
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<td>Lecture: Homology III: Fast sequence database searches</td>
 
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<td>Ch. 5</td>
 
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<td>Mo. Oct 20</td>
 
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<td>Steipe</td>
 
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<td>Steipe</td>
 
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<td>Steipe</td>
 
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<td>Mon. Nov 3</td>
 
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<td>Parkinson</td>
 
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<td>[http://biochemistry.utoronto.ca/undergraduates/courses/BCH441H/resources/ComparativeGenomics.pdf Lecture slide PDFs (1.6 MB)]</td>
 
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<td>Steipe</td>
 
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<td><small>[http://biochemistry.utoronto.ca/undergraduates/courses/BCH441H/resources/GeneRegulation.pdf Lecture slide PDFs (2.1 MB)]</small></td>
 
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<td>Mon. Nov 24</td>
 
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<td>Wodak</td>
 
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<td>Thu. Nov 27</td>
 
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<td>Wodak</td>
 
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<td><small>[http://biochemistry.utoronto.ca/undergraduates/courses/BCH441H/resources/FunctionalAnnotations.pdf Lecture slide PDFs ('''10.6 MB''')]</small></td>
 
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<td>Wodak</td>
 
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<td>Metabolic networks</td>
 
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<td><small>[http://biochemistry.utoronto.ca/undergraduates/courses/BCH441H/resources/PathwaysAndNetworks.pdf Lecture slide PDFs (3.1 MB)]</small></td>
 
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<td>[http://biochemistry.utoronto.ca/undergraduates/courses/BCH441H/resources/ComputationalSystemsBiology.pdf Lecture slide PDFs (3.4 MB)]</td>
 
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Revision as of 16:29, 5 January 2012

BCH441 - Bioinformatics

Welcome to the BCH441 Course Wiki.

These wiki pages are provided to coordinate information, activities and projects in the introductory bioinformatics course taught by Boris Steipe at the University of Toronto. If you are not one of my students, you can still browse this site, however only users with a login account can edit or contribute or edit material. If you are here because you are interested in general aspects of bioinformatics or computational biology, you may want to review the Wikipedia article on bioinformatics, or visit Wikiomics. Contact boris.steipe(at)utoronto.ca with any questions you may have.



The Course

BCH441H1F is the undergraduate course code.
BCH1441H1F is the cross-listed course code for graduate students.


Organization

Dates

The course will be next held in the Fall Term - September to December 2012.

Lectures: Monday, 13:00 to 14:00 and Thursday, 12:00 to 13:00
Tutorial sessions: Mondays, 12:00 to 13:00 for in-class quizzes, quiz debriefings, exam preparation and other activities, as the need arises.
Location
MSB 2173 (Medical Sciences Building)
General

See the Course Web page for general information.

We are recommending Understanding Bioinformatics, Zvelebil & Baum, Garland 2008 as a background textbook for the course. (buy used at AbeBooks)

This is an electronic submission only course; but if you must print material, you might consider printing double-sided. Learn how, at the Print-Double-Sided Student Initiative.


Grading and Activities

Activity Weight
(Undergraduates)		 Weight
(Graduates)
5 Assignments 15 marks (5 x 3) 10 marks (5 x 2)
5 In-class quizzes 35 marks (5 x 7) 25 marks (5 x 5)
Open project 7 marks 5 marks
"Classroom" participation 3 marks 3 marks
Graduate project   17 marks
Final exam 40 marks 40 marks
Total 100 marks 100 marks


Activity Weight
(Undergraduates)		 Weight
(Graduates)
9 In-class quizzes 35 marks (9 x 6) 25 marks (9 x 5)
Open project 18 marks 18 marks
"Classroom" participation 8 marks 8 marks
Graduate project   9 marks
Final exam 20 marks 20 marks
Total 100 marks 100 marks



A note on marking

It is not my policy to adjust marks towards a target mean and variance (i.e. there will be no "belling" of grades). I feel strongly that such "normalization" detracts from a collaborative and mutually supportive learning environment. If your classmate gets a great mark because you helped him with a difficult concept, this should never have the effect that it brings down your mark through class average adjustments. Collaborate as much as possible, it is a great way to learn. However I may adjust marks is if we phrase questions ambiguously on quizzes or if I decide that the final exam was too long.


Assignments

Assignment 5 has been posted.
Due Monday, Dec. 5.


Temporary links for material

Lecture slides 2012

None yet.


Lecture slides 2011


A selection of Lecture recordings of the 2011 course is available.


Add this material

  • Quantitative evolution: signals of recent change and selective pressure




 

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