Advanced Topics in Bioinformatics
Code
11180
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Department
Departamento de Química
Credits
6.0
Teacher in charge
João Montargil Aires de Sousa
Weekly hours
5
Total hours
60
Teaching language
Português
Objectives
This curricular unit aims at giving a general overview of the major areas of Bioinformatics and Chemoinformatics, providing the students with knowledge on the fundamentals as well as on practical applications in biosciences. The knowledge and skills acquired in this curricular unit will allow the students to have a general understanding of the scientific literature in the area, to be able to (individually) deepen their knowledge in selected areas in bioinformatics, and to use some computational tools to study real‐life problems in biosciences.
Prerequisites
Basic computer skills.
Subject matter
1) Computational genomics and evolution.
2) Computational systems biology.
3) An experimentalist survival guide in computational biology methods – Practical sessions, in a problem solving context.
4) Representation and visualisation of molecular structures.
5) Introduction to molecular mechanics/dynamics.
6) Molecular docking.
7) Protein structure prediction
8) Quantitative Structure‐Activity Relationships (QSAR).
9) The role of Chemoinformatics in drug discovery and development
Bibliography
1.Leach, A. R., Molecular Modelling: Principles and Applications, 2nd ed., Prentice Hall, 2001
2. Bioinformatics and Molecular Evolution by Paul G. Higgs and Teresa K. Attwood. Wiley‐Blackwell (ISBN‐13: 978‐1405106832)
3.An introduction to systems biology. Design Principles of Biological Circuits. U. Alon. Chapman & Hall/CRC Mathematical & Computational Biology; 2006.
4. Chemoinformatics ‐ a Textbook, Gasteiger, J. Engel, T., Eds.; Wiley‐VCH: Weinheim, 2003.
5. Leach, A. R.; Gillet, V. J. An Introduction to Chemoinformatics, 2ª ed.; Springer: Dordrecht, 2007.
Teaching method
Classes will be Lectures/problem‐solving with computers.
Evaluation method
Evaluation consists of class evaluation (50%) and final exam (50%). Class evaluation may be based on a computational work.