Postgraduate Course: Genomic Technologies (BIME11060)
Course Outline
| School | School of Biomedical Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 80 |
| Home subject area | Biomedical Sciences |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | The post-genomic era is seeing the development of high throughput methods such as microarray technology for the systematic and global analysis of cellular activity. The modelling of biological systems using high throughput genomic and proteomic data is a dynamic and rapidly evolving area promising dramatic advances in the understanding of complex biological processes and disease prediction. This course will focus on new and emerging techniques for the production of high throughput biological data, and bioinformatic approaches to permit pathway and systems level analysis of biological processes. To reflect this multidisciplinary approach, the theme will have input from clinical, biological, physical and computational sciences. There will be exploration of examples drawn from biomedical and clinical research to highlight the utility and increasing impact of high throughput genomics and proteomics in the new era of integrative biology.
The course will be assessed on the production of a research project report. This will relate to research carried out in the field of functional genomics and/or pathway biology. The research project may be either laboratory based or one involving in silico and computational studies.
Seminars and lectures to support the the theme of the course will be held twice weekly from January to March. These will cover the main functional genomics technologies and associated methods of data analysis. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | No |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. 1. provide students with thorough and specific preparation for 3 year PhD training in the life sciences;
2. 2. award an MSc by Research en route to the PhD;
provide an opportunity, if necessary or desirable, to exit from research training at the end of Year 1 with an Edinburgh Masters or Diploma by Research Degree
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Assessment Information
| One 20 week research project write-up (maximum 15,000 words) = 100% |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
A series of lectures complementing and providing breadth and depth to laboratory research. |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Current relevant primary and review literature in the academic discipline
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| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Full time 20 week project |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Douglas Roy
Tel: (0131) 242 6279
Email: Douglas.Roy@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Marie Manson
Tel: 0131 242 6478
Email: Marie.Manson@ed.ac.uk |
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