Schedule for MDP in Bioinformatics

Academic year 2011-2012, Turku


For first year students

Initial tests (obligatory for all starting students):

Biosciences      Monday 5.9.2011 at 10:30-12:30, Place: B2038

Math and CS     Monday 5.9.2011 at 13:15-15:15, Place: B2038

Period I   (29.08.-21.10.2011)

Code

Course name

Person in charge

ECTS

Time

Place

BIOI0010

Supplementary Mathematics

Juho Heimonen

3

Tue 12-14

Fri 14-16

Sept 9 –  Oct 11

B2034

BIOI2230

Introduction to Genetics

Eric Dufour

3

Fri 9-12

Sept 9 – Oct 21

B2034

BIOI2220

Introduction to Biochemistry

Martti Tolvanen

3

Thu 9-13, every other week

Sept 8 – Nov 24

B2034

 

BIOI2210

Introduction to Molecular Biology

Cristina Nadalutti

Ali Kasmati

3

Thu 9-13, every other week

Sept 15 – Dec 1

B2034

 

BIOI2250

Introduction to Programming

Erkki Kaila

6

Tue 10-12

Thu 16-18

Sept 8 – Dec 15

A2065

 

BIOI2260

Introduction to Computer Science

Erkki Kaila

3

Mon 10-13

*Sept 5 – Oct 10

B2034

KIFF0003

Finnish for Foreigners: Intensive Beginners' Course I

Pirkko Hölttä

5

Mon 14-16

Wed 14-16

Thu 14-16

Sept 12 – Nov 24

Juslenia, Studio 4

Juslenia, Studio 3

Juslenia, Room 271

 

KIEN2022

Basic Academic Writing Skills in English

Henno Parks

2

Wed 10-12

Sept 14 – Nov 23

Juslenia, room K110

*First lecture has been shifted from Sept 5 to Sept 7, at 9-12.

Period II    (24.10.-23.12.2011)

Code

Course name

Person in charge

ECTS

Time

Place

BIOI2220

Introduction to Biochemistry

(cont. from Period I)

Martti Tolvanen

3

Thu 9-13, every other week

B2034

BIOI2210

Introduction to Molecular Biology (cont. from Period I)

Cristina Nadalutti

Ali Kasmati

3

Thu 9-13, every other week

B2034

 

BIOI2250

Introduction to Programming

(cont. from Period I)

Erkki Kaila

6

Tue 10-12

Thu 16-18

A2065

KIFF0003

Finnish for Foreigners: Intensive Beginners' Course I (cont. from Period I)

Pirkko Hölttä

5

Mon 14-16

Wed 14-16

Thu 14-16

Juslenia, Studio 4

Juslenia, Studio 3

Juslenia, Room 271

KIEN2022

Basic Academic Writing Skills in English (cont. from Period I)

Henno Parks

2

Wed 10-12

Juslenia, room K110

BIOI2290

Mathematics for Bioinformatics

Antti Airola

3

Tue 12-14

Fri 12-14

Oct 25 – Dec 2

B2034

BIOI4280

Algorithms in Bioinformatics

Pentti Riikonen

4

Wed 16-18

Fri 10-12

Oct 26 – Dec 9

B2034

 

 

Period III    (09.01.2012 - 09.03.2012)

Code

Course name

Person in charge

ECTS

 

Place

BIOI4260

Biological Data Analysis Project (BIDA)

Pentti Riikonen

4

Individual work

 

BIOI4270

Bioinformatics, Programming Course

Pentti Riikonen

4

Wed 10-12

Fri 10-12

Jan 11 – March 30

A2065

 

BIOI2270

Introduction to Statistics

Juho Heimonen

3

Tue 10-12

Thu 12-14

Jan 10 – March 3

B2039

355003/ÅA

Statistics with R

Riku Hakulinen

5

Mon 15-17

Fri 13-15

Jan 9 – March 9

ASA B121, Stansen PC-class

BIOI4390

Major Transitions in Evolution

Csaba Ortutay

3

Video lectures

Jan 9 –March 9

 

212015.0/ÅA

Protein Structure in Bioscience

Tiina Salminen

4

Weeks 6 and 7

 

BIOI4301

Basic X-Ray Crystallography Techniques: How  to Solve a Protein Structure

Tassos Papageorgiou

2

Tue 14-16 (Feb 7 and 14 at 15-17)

Thu 10-12

Feb-March

 

Period IV   (12.03.2012 - 25.05.2012)

Code

Course name

Person in charge

ECTS

 

Place

BIOI4260

Biological Data Analysis Project (BIDA) (cont. from Period III)

Pentti Riikonen

4

Individual work

 

BIOI4270

Bioinformatics, Programming Course (cont. from Period III)

Pentti Riikonen

4

Wed 10-12

Fri 10-12

Jan 11 – March 30

A2065

BIOI4290

Tools for Intelligent Data Analysis

Pentti Riikonen

4

Individual work, oral exam

 

BIOI4230

Phylogenetics

Csaba Ortutay

4

Video lectures

 

 

Web courses can be started as soon as you are at least half way through the courses Introduction to Biochemistry and Introduction to Molecular Biology. The web courses are as follows, and should be taken in this order:

BIOI2080  Introduction to Bioinformatics 4 ECTS

- Final project work must be submitted before the course Phylogenetics begins

BIOI4211  Genomics, Transcriptomics and Proteomics 4 ECTS

- Must be completed before the course Expression Data Analysis

BIOI4240  Structural Bioinformatics 4 ECTS

Registration to web courses: http://bioinf.uta.fi/courses/

For second year students

Web courses, if still missing, are highly recommended ASAP. Keep in mind that Genomics, Transcriptomics and Proteomics is required for the Expression Data Analysis course. Optional studies are in italics.  

Periods I-IV   (29.08.2011- 25.05.2012)

Code

Course name

Person in charge

Period

ECTS

 

Place

BIOI4260

Biological Data Analysis Project (BIDA)

Pentti Riikonen

I-II

4

Individual work

 

BIOI4370

Advanced Data Analysis of Biomedical Problems

Sebastian Okser

I

4

Tue 12-14

Thu 12-14

Sept 6 -

B2039
A2065

BIOI4200

Expression Data Analysis

Kirsti Laurila

Week 43

3

Lectures: Mon-Thu 10-12,

Fri 10-12

Exercises: Mon-Fri 13-16

Oct 24-28

B2035
B2038
A2065

BIOI4371

Model Selection in Machine Learning

Tapio Pahikkala

II

4

Wed 14-16

Wed 14-16 (Nov 9, 16, 23 and 30)

Thu 14-16

Nov 2 – Dec 15

Lambda

A2065

Lambda

BIOI4031

Master’s Thesis Work

 

 

40

 

 

 

Master's Thesis seminar - general lectures

Kai Kimppa

II

 

Oct 31, 13-17
Nov 4, 12-16

Lambda

B2033

 

Master’s Thesis seminar

Tapio Salakoski

II-III

 

Fri 10-12

Nov 18 -

B5081

355003/ÅA

Statistics with R

Riku Hakulinen

III

5

Mon 15-17

Fri 13-15

Jan 9 – March 9

ASA B121, Stansen PC-class

BIOI4390

Major Transitions in Evolution

Csaba Ortutay

III

3

Video lectures

Jan 9 – March 9

 

BIOI4220

Systems Biology I

Eija Nordlund

III-IV

4

TBA

 

BIOI4340

Text Mining in the Biomedical Domain

Filip Ginter

IV

3

Book exam