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- | test | + | ====== Course Details and Policy ====== |
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+ | ===== Objectives ===== | ||
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+ | At the conclusion of this course, participants should be able to: | ||
+ | - recognise current topics and questions in computational biology | ||
+ | - identify relevant scientific publications from citations and electronic databases | ||
+ | - organise and summarise relevant work into a clear, coherent, succinct review article | ||
+ | - provide critical and constructive peer-reviews | ||
+ | - improve their work from the feedback of their colleagues | ||
+ | - collaborate with colleagues from different research disciplines | ||
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+ | ===== Prerequisites & Target Audience ===== | ||
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+ | This course should be particularly valuable to both computer science and biology students aiming for a scientific career in academic research or industrial R&D. | ||
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+ | This is a doctoral training course aimed principally at first and second year PhD students | ||
+ | * in the Graduate School of Life Sciences, | ||
+ | * on the EMBL International PhD Programme at the EBI, | ||
+ | * in the Faculty of Mathematics, | ||
+ | for example, | ||
+ | * PhD in Genetics, Pharmacology, Biochemistry, Systems Biology, et al, | ||
+ | * Four-year PhD programme (eg Wellcome Trust-funded), | ||
+ | * PhD Training Programme in Chemical Biology and Molecular Medicine, | ||
+ | * PhD at DAMTP in Biological Physics, Computational Biology, Disease Dynamics, et al. | ||
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+ | Self-motivated Masters students and 4th Year undergraduates are welcome to apply but acceptance is subject to available places. The course might be of interest to current students pursuing for example | ||
+ | * Part III NST (Biochemistry, Systems Biology), | ||
+ | * Part III Mathematical Tripos (MMath/MASt), | ||
+ | * Part IIB Chemical Engineering, | ||
+ | * an MPhil by research, | ||
+ | * an MPhil Computational Biology, | ||
+ | * an MPhil Scientific Computing, | ||
+ | * an MPhil Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology. | ||
+ | Masters students and 4th Year undergraduates must obtain the approval of their supervisor/course co-ordinator first and ask them to act as a referee to support their application. Remember this course is non-examinable and is non-credit bearing. | ||
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+ | ===== Course Format ===== | ||
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+ | Every week (on Wednesdays), students are exposed to recent developments in a different computational biology research topic. Each students will write one short literature review during Lent Term, and two reports on other students' manuscripts. | ||
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+ | Please refer to the [[Schedule 2013|course schedule]] for the current list of topics. | ||
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+ | Most of the topics will be presented by guest lecturers specialists in the relevant subjects. The scientific work reviewed in each class will form the basis of a separate review assignment. | ||
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+ | About 75% of the lecture time on Wednesdays will be devoted to these topical presentation, while 25% will consist in material relevant to the processes of literature search, scientific writing and peer-reviewing. On Thursdays, there will be no lecture; instead the lecturer will be available for consultation (no appointment required). | ||
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+ | As a reference, please examine the schedule and topics of previous courses ([[Schedule FS2011|2011]], [[Schedule 2012|2012]]). | ||
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+ | ===== Certificate of Attendance & Completion ===== | ||
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+ | This is an Academic Training and Transferrable Skills Course and is therefore not examinable. Attendance every Wednesday throughout Lent Term (for 10 weeks), the writing and submission of a review manuscript __and__ the writing of peer reviews are all required to obtain a Certificate of Attendance & Completion. |