Written Test

The lecture focuses on the fundamental algorithms of bioinformatics. In the accompanying exercises, the student will gain practical experience in the application of standard tools of bioinformatics to problems from the life sciences, but also practice writing their own computer programs. Great importance is attached to the fact that the acquired knowledge is deepened independently in accompanying exercises in small groups. This compulsory module is the basis for all further bioinformatics courses. Contents of the lecture are: pairwise alignment, multiple alignment, BLAST, phylogeny, Markov models, (genome) sequencing, machine learning, RNA secondary structure, protein secondary structure, protein tertiary structure.

The students know basic concepts and methods of bioinformatics as well as mathematical methods for modelling biological problems. By dealing with typical bioinformatics problems, the students are prepared to deal with the situations that arise in everyday professional life. They can recognise biological problems and describe, abstract and then solve them as bioinformatics problems.

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