Postgraduate Course: Applicable Mathematics for MSc Drug Discovery and Translational Biology (PGBI11029)
Course Outline
School | School of Biological Sciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
Home subject area | Postgraduate |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
Course description | This course will provide the essential mathematical tools to approach problems in computational structural biology. Vector and matrix algebra and their applications in crystallographic computing will be covered. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | School mathematics at approximately A-level in the English system. |
Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites | None |
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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Delivery period: 2012/13 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
Location |
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Weeks |
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Friday |
King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | | 14:00 - 14:50 | | | | King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | | 14:00 - 14:50 | |
First Class |
Week 1, Tuesday, 14:00 - 14:50, Zone: King's Buildings. Darwin 315 |
Exam Information |
Exam Diet |
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Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | Applicable Mathematics for MSc Drug Discovery and Translational Biology | 2:00 | | |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
- calculate distances between points
- rotate and translate points in 3d
- transform coordinates between different coordinate systems
- calculate angles between lines
- understand methods to solve set of linear equations
- understand optimisation approaches used in crystallographic refinement/energy minimisation
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Assessment Information
Final written examination |
Special Arrangements
None |
Additional Information
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Reading list |
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Keywords | AppMaths |
Contacts
Course organiser | Dr Nick Savill
Tel: (0131 6)50 7573
Email: nick.savill@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Vicky Mactaggart
Tel: (0131 6)51 7052
Email: Vicky.Mactaggart@ed.ac.uk |
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