582604 Practical Course in Biodatabases, 4 cp
Time schedule
Prerequisites
Introduction to Bioinformatics course.
Course Structure and Completition
- part introduces some of the biological databases, and their www interfaces.
- part will cover programmatic access to biological databases. Concepts of relational databases and SQL language will be introduced. In addition, Python language will be used for programming on the course.
- part is an exercise, completed on student's own time.
We are hoping to highlight the tasks programming is really required for, and to contrast these needs with what can be accomplished by using the point-and-click interfaces to databases.
This is a practical course, consisting of lectures and workshops. In addition, home exercises are distributed during the lectures. Completing home exercises will give some points towards the grade.
Course webpage is here:
Practical course in biodatabases
Credits and Exam
Passing the course is worth 4 cp, and the course is graded from 0 to 5.
The exam is on Thursday 4. March at 16.00-19.00 in Kumpula Exactum B221.
Examination will be done using a computer.
Registration
Registration at ilmo.cs.helsinki.fi. A maximum of 30 students can be admitted on the course.
Note that you need to apply for a CS user account (right to use servers at the department of computer science).
Contact Information
Lecturers are Adjunct professor Sirkka-Liisa Varvio , and BSc Ilari Scheinin.