790385 Bioinformatics lab rotation

Type: Lecture and exercise
Semester hours: 2
Lecturer (assistant): Himmelbauer, Heinz , Dohm, Juliane , Oostenbrink, Chris , Sykacek, Peter
Organisation
Offered in: Wintersemester 2024/25
Languages of instruction: Englisch
Content: Bioinformatics is a broad field and several of its disciplines are represented well by BOKU research groups. This course gives an overview of the research directions in BOKU bioinformatics groups, and students will “rotate” through three labs. The participating faculty present their work and potential projects in an introductory session based on which each student will select labs for carrying out a project. Each project comprises 16 hours of work, consisting of 90% practical work on the computer and 10% report writing. The rotation projects give the opportunity to get a first impression of the actual work on a bioinformatics project in a particular lab. The projects may provide orientation to students who plan to conduct their Master's thesis in the field of bioinformatics.
Previous knowledge expected: None. Nevertheless, it is recommended that students are familiar with working on the Linux command line.
Objective (expected results of study and acquired competences): Students get to know bioinformatics topics and research groups at BOKU and learn how to work independently on a small project.

You can find more details like the schedule or information about exams on the course-page in BOKUonline.