- Docente: Emidio Capriotti
- Credits: 6
- SSD: BIO/10
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Genomics (cod. 9211)
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course, the student has the basic knowledge of the experimental techniques for analyzing at large proteins expressed in a biological systems and their interactions. The student is familiar with the publicly available databases collecting proteomics and interactomics data and knows how to represent and analyze the structural complexity of interactions with the Network theory.
Course contents
Theoretical Session (4 CFU):
- Protein sequence and structure
- Amino acids properties and propensities
- Protein complexes and interactions
- Reference databases of protein sequence and structure
- Types of macromolecular interactions
- Protein and gene interaction databases
- Principles of graph theory
- Analysis of biological networks
Practical Part (2 CFU):
- Bash scripting and Python programming
- Information retrieval in web available databases
- Analysis of protein structure and protein-protein complexes
- Analysis and visualization of biological networks
Readings/Bibliography
Slides, selected articles and reviews will be made available in online
Teaching methods
Lectures, practicum and script implementation
Assessment methods
Before attending the final oral exam, the student has to provide the written report on the practical project. For the exam, the student is expected to answer questions about the project and all the main topics of the course.
Teaching tools
Online, Public Data Bases, PubMed, and materials (pdf of the lectures and selected articles) on a personal webpage. A Linux virtual machine is used during the lectures and the practical sessions. Students are encouraged to use their personal laptop.
Office hours
See the website of Emidio Capriotti