HOME	MEBI 534 , Autumn 2007 Biology and Informatics
	Class Notes and Assignments  Unless otherwise specified, all assignments should be completed PRIOR to the class with which they are associated. Class Project due at the end of the day Dec 10 Class Presentations Weekly Writing Assignments Midterm Week 1 Class 1 Introduction  Slides Week 2 Class 1 Organs Assignment Slides Class 2 Knowledge Representation in Anatomy Assignment Week 3 Class 1 Tissues and Cells Assignment Slides Class 2 Imaging Informatics Assignment       Week 4 Class 1 Macroscopic Physiology Reading assignments:  Seifter2005 Chapter 16 Seifter2005 Chapter 17 Slides Class 2 Simulation Assignment Slides Week 5 Class 1 Molecules and pathways Slides Reading: AlbertsECB Chapter 2, AlbertsECB Chapter 13 Class 2 Pathway databases and simulation Assignment Week 6 Class 1 DNA and protein synthesis Reading: Alberts ECB Ch 7 Slides:    Myler_A_CentralDogma    Myler_B_GenomeSequencing    Myler_C_Databases    Myler_D_GO    Myler_E_BLAST_Searching Class 2 Sequencing and sequence databases Assigment  Week 7 Class 1 Proteins Reading:  AlbertsECB Chapter 4 Class 2 Protein structure and databases Assignment  Week 8 Class 1 No reading or Class, AMIA and Veterans Day Class 2 No reading or Class, AMIA Assignment: Find one five page paper at the 2007 or earlier AMIA conference that is relevant to at least one topic in this course. Write a half-page summary of that paper and explain how it relates to the topic. Week 9 Class 1 Gene regulation Reading:  Alberts ECB Ch 8  Class 2 Gene expression and databases Assignment Expression informatics Week 10 Class 1 Pathology and Cancer Reading:  Cancer, Chapter 23 in Alberts 4th edition (online), or scanned pdf Class 2 Cancer informatics Assignment Cancer informatics Week 11 Class 1 Cell Signalling Reading: Alberts ECB Ch 16 Class 2 Systems biology and data integration Assignment Systems biology
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