Seminar in Bioinformatics 2005
(0368-3370-01)
Instructors :
Prof. Benny Chor (benny@cs.tau.ac.il) and Dr.
Where :
When : Wednesdays
The seminar is open is open to 3rd year and M.Sc. Computer Science and
BioInformatics students.
Administratrivia
The seminar is taken by Computer Science and Biology students. Each week, a pair of students will be assigned a different topic (one or two papers) that will be presented during the weekly, two hours meeting. (If the number of students is odd, one triplet may be allowed.).
Presentation should be prepared in either ppt or pdf format, and distributed (via the seminar site) a few days in advance. We will try to pair one CS and one biology student for each paper. The main criteria in assigning a grade will be the clarity of presentation. In addition, active participation (on top of the presentation) also carries some weight. Attendance in all meetings is required.
Goals & Scope
The seminar will cover a number of research papers from a variety of topics in
bioinfrmatics. These topics will include (but are not limited to) molecular
evolution, phylogenetic reconstruction and complexity, comparative genomics,
DNA chips and gene expression analysis, finding regulatory motives, finding
micro RNA structures in large genomes.
The lectureres will distribute a list of proposed topics/papers.
Tentative Timetable (subject to changes)
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Feb. 23 |
Administratrivia. |
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March 2 |
"Combining genes in phylogeny", by Tal Pupko |
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March 9 |
"RNAi", by Ofir Cohen, and RNAi movie |
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March 16 |
Cancelled due to students’ strike |
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March 23 |
"Computational Aspects of microRNAs", by Yaron Levy |
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March 30 |
"Evolution of the Genetic Codes", by Adi Stern |
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April 4 |
“Protein-Protein
Interactions”, by |
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April 13 |
“Surface Accessibility”, by Nimrod Rubinstein and
Yaacov Lifshits: |
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April 20, 27 |
Happy and Kosher break, by Passover |
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May 4 |
DNA microarrays, SNPs, and pharmacogenomics , by Guy Nimrod and Alina Starovolsky: part1, part2 |
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May 11 |
Memorial day, no classes |
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May 18 |
Evolution of phosphorylation sites, by Eyal Privman and Igor Makarov |
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May 25 |
Bayesian reconstruction of evolutionary trees, by Amir Hadadi Genetic linkage analysis, by Dotan Schreiber |
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June |
Grand Finale: A MeX session by Vered and Yaron |