| Week | Dates | Main Topic 2pm (CCBI Seminar Room) | Other Topic 3pm | Course Material | Assigned Student(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0th | Jan 11th | Introduction | Review Writing (1/2) [CD & JS] | l1-introduction.pdf l2-review_writing_1of2_.pdf | |
| 1st | Jan 18th | Seminar 1 - Assessing the quality of sequence alignments, Dr Christophe Dessimoz (CCBI & EMBL-EBI) | Review Writing (2/2) [CD] | t1-benchmarking_msas.pdf t1-bibliography.bib.zip l2-review_writing_2of2_.pdf | Kevin Gori Stefano Iantorno |
| 2nd | Jan 25th | Seminar 2 - A curiosity from Structural Biology A guest review by Professor Ben Luisi (Department of Biochemistry) | Peer Reviewing [JS] | t2_a_curiosity_from_sb.pdf t2-bibliography.doc.zip l3-peer_reviewing.pdf | Yuchong Wang |
| 3rd | Feb 1st | Seminar 3 - Genome-Based Drug Discovery and Re-Purposing: a new golden age for DNA microarrays?, a guest review by Dr Francesco Iorio (Saez-Rodriguez Group, EMBL-EBI) | Editing [CD] | t3-drug-repurpusing.pdf t3-bibliography.bib.zip t3_bibliography.doc.zip | Hong Ge Tim Rittman |
| 4th | Feb 8th | Seminar 4 - Probabilistic frameworks for the functional interpretation of genes, a guest review by Professor Lorenz Wernisch (MRC Biostatistics) | Structuring & Outlining [JS] | t4_functional_talk.pdf t4-bibliography.doc.zip l5-structuring_outlining_complete.pdf | Darya Ausiannikava Nikolas Pontikos |
| 5th | Feb 15th | Seminar 5 - The structural and evolutionary dynamics of proteins, a guest review by Dr Joseph Marsh (Teichmann Group, MRC-LMB) | Tables & Figures [JS] | t5_dynamicsevolution_talk.pdf t5-bibliography.doc.zip l6-figures_tables.pdf | Ignacio Vázquez García AJ Venkatakrishnan |
| 6th | Feb 22st | Seminar 6 - Can biophysical properties of PPIs improve the network descriptions of metabolism?, Dr James Smith (CCBI & Department of Biochemistry) | Punctuation & Citations [CD] | t6_limits_of_network_desc2.pdf t6_bibliography.zip l7.1-punctuation.pdf l7.2-effective_citations.pdf | Harry Jubb Kai Kruse |
| 7th | Feb 29th | Seminar 7 - Non-coding RNAs: How to find and make sense of them, a guest review by Dr Judith Zaugg (Luscombe Group, EBI-EMBL) | Effective Titles & Example Reference Manager(s) [JS] | t7_non-_coding_rnas.pdf t7_bibliography.bib.zip l8.1-effective_titles.pdf l8.2-reference_managers.pdf | Xin Yang |
| 8th | Mar 7th | Seminar 8 - Determining patterns of parasite host-shifting, a guest review by Dr John Welch (Department of Genetics) | Cover letters [CD] | t8_inferring_patterns_of_p_h-shifting.pdf t8_bibliography.doc.zip | Jürgen Jänes Ali Yetisen |
| 9th | Mar 14th | Conclusion | Summary & Feedback [CD & JS] |
Legend: [CD]: Dr Christophe Dessimoz; [JS]: Dr James Smith