Postgraduate Course: Introduction to web site and database design for drug discovery (BICH11007)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Biological Sciences |
College |
College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
10 |
| Home subject area |
Biochemistry |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None
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Taught in Gaelic? |
No |
| Course description |
Large numbers of websites now exist that give access to meta databases that have been derived from chemical or biological structure databases. This course is about the techniques required for initial dataset selection, mining of the primary data and creation of a database to hold the results of this mining, and then finally the design of a web based interface to provide access to that data. |
Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Block 4 (Sem 2), Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-5 | | 14:00 - 15:50 | | | | | King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-5 | | | | 14:00 - 15:50 | |
| First Class |
Week 1, Tuesday, 14:00 - 15:50, Zone: King's Buildings. Darwin 315 |
| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| On successful completion of the course, students should be able to demonstrate an understanding of the technologies that underpin current structural databases. They should also have demonstrated the ability to successfully mine a small example dataset, place their results in a relational database system, and produce a simple website to access that data. |
Assessment Information
| An essay based question will account for 50% and an ICA consisting of a database development project will account for the other 50%. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Current structural databases and their development history.
Data set selection methods, screening for redundancy and source bias
Data set preparation and validation
Techniques for dataset mining.
Database creation and curation.
Website development for database access
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| Transferable skills |
Database management and Web site development |
| Reading list |
Not entered |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Not entered |
| Keywords |
Database Biology Web interface |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Paul Taylor
Tel: (0131 6)50 7058
Email: p.taylor@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Miss Vicky Mactaggart
Tel: (0131 6)51 7052
Email: Vicky.Mactaggart@ed.ac.uk |
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