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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Biological Sciences : Postgraduate

Postgraduate Course: Introduction to Modelling Biological Systems (PGBI11072)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Biological Sciences CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)
Course typeOnline Distance Learning AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
Summary**Online Learning Course**

This course will address the problem that drugs designed against a specific target don't always work as they were intended. In particular, when a drug target is part of a pathway, its inhibition often isn't as effective as was predicted from the properties of the protein in isolation. This course will introduce kinetic modelling of a system of enzymes in which the system has emergent properties that were not obvious from the behaviour of the individual components. The effects of putative inhibitors to one or more of these will be investigated by creating computer models.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2019/20, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  None
Course Start Flexible
Course Start Date 05/08/2019
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Online Activities 20, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 78 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) 25% = Individual Wiki
15% = Group discussion tasks
10% = Jing talk

50% = Electronic Portfolio (comprising of learning log and contribution to skills profile)
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Derive kinetic parameters from the scientific literature and databases
  2. Model the time evolution of substrates and products for an individual enzyme
  3. Make more sophisticated models by including more elements
  4. Investigate emergent properties of a system of enzymes
  5. Appreciate how model properties may be verified experimentally
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsIntroMBS
Contacts
Course organiserDr Paul Michels
Tel:
Email: Paul.Michels@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Claire Black
Tel: (0131 6)50 8637
Email: Claire.Black@ed.ac.uk
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