HOME	MEBI 534 , Autumn 2008 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 8 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 Mejino slides Week 3 Class 1 Tissues and Cells Assignment Slides Class 2 Imaging Informatics Assignment Week 4 Class 1 Macroscopic Physiology Reading Assignment: Seifter2005 Chapter 16 Optional: Seifter2005 Chapter 17 Slides Class 2 Simulation Assignment Slides Week 5 Class 1 Molecules and pathways Reading: AlbertsECB Chapter 2, AlbertsECB Chapter 13 Slides Class 2 Pathway databases and simulation Assignment Week 6 Class 1 Proteins Reading:  AlbertsECB Chapter 4 Slides Class 2 Protein structure and databases Assignment Week 7 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 Assignment Week 8 Class 1 No reading or Class, AMIA Class 2 No reading or Class, AMIA Assignment: Find one five page paper at the 2008 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  Slides Class 2 Gene expression and databases Assignment Galdzicki slides Week 10 Class 1 Cell Signalling Reading: Alberts ECB Ch 16 Xu slides Class 2 Systems biology and data integration Assignment Week 11 Class 1 Pathology and Cancer Reading:  Cancer, Chapter 23 in Alberts 4th edition (online), or scanned pdf Class 2 Cancer informatics Assignment
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