Computer Techniques in Protein & DNA Sequence Analysis

SUBJECT INFO LECTURES PRACTICALS LECTURING STAFF RESOURCES

Practicals

Practicals will be held in the interactive Learning Centre (iLC) Rooms 204 & 209, Computer Science Bld (69-204, 209) on Thursdays:

• (Pa) 11:00am-1:00pm (up to 48 students)
• (Pb) 4:00pm-6:00pm (up to 48 students)

Allocation of practical sessions will take place in the first lecture (Thursday at 10.00 a.m.) , and the first practical session (Pa) will take place immediately afterwards.

Class (a)	Thursdays	11.00 am - 1.00 pm
Class (b)	Thursdays	4.00 pm - 6.00 pm

WEEK	CLASS (dates) Thursday	TOPIC
1	17/2	Session 1: Identifying a new protein by its family.
PROTEIN FAMILIES
2	24/2	Session 2: Protein families.
3	2/3	Session 3: Databases of protein familiies.
4	9/3	Session 4: Multiple alignments. Databases of protein structure.
5	16/3	Session 5: Prediction of protein structure. Phylogenetic trees.
HOMOLOGY MODELING
6	23/3	Session 6: SwissPDBviewer tutorial
7	30/3	Session 7: Homology modeling
	3/4-7/4	Mid-Semester Break
ANALYSIS OF GENOMES
8	13/4	Session 8: Translation, ORFS, & construction of DNA from overlapping ESTs.
9	20/4	Session 9: NCBI databases and tools. GeneMap99.
9	21/4	Good Friday: No Classes
10	24/4    25/4	Easter Monday and ANZAC Day: No Classes
10	27/4	NO LECTURE OR PRACTICAL
11	4/5	Session 10: Genome analysis
12	11/5	Session 11: Individual 3-week projects involving analysis of genomic DNA or any other approved topic.
13	18/5	Session 12: Continuation of project.
14	25/5	Session 13: Completion of project. Report due 5.00 pm on Friday 26.5 in the BC327 box outside Room 158.
	29/5-2/6	Revision Period
	5/6-30/6	Examination Period