Cellular Programs

Information

The course will be presented in hybrid format too, attendance in presence is encouraged.

Please send an email to Kerstin Gronow-Pudelek if you want to be added to the MS Teams group of the course.

Requirements

There are no formal requirements, but solid prior knowledge about the following topics is enocuraged:

• cellular networks
• genetics
• cell biology
• omics technologies

Content

1. biological content
   • circadian rhythms
   • cell cycle
   • cell differentiation/cell reprogramming
   • development of cancer
2. bioinformatics content
   • gene expression analysis
   • DNA methylation analysis
   • time series analysis
   • gene ontology and pathway annotation
   • interaction networks
   • application of clustering techniques
   • construction of gene-regulatory networks

Conditions for Certification

1. There will be n=6 biweekly assignments. Students need to answer questions and write short essays about topics covered in the lecture and in assigned research papers. There are three possible grades: excellent, pass, failed. Students need to get a “pass” grade on at least n-1 assignments or n-3 “pass” and one “excellent” grade.
2. A written final exam of 120 min. will be offered at the end of the semester.
3. Students need to present at least once during the lecture in a group of up to 3 students on the content of an assigned research paper (20 min. presentation and 10 min. discussion).

Certification (Schein)

An averaged score will be computed from the mark of the final exam (counts 2/3) and the graded presentation (counts 1/3). This yields the grade of certification (“Schein”).

Lectures

Lectures take place on Tuesdays from 10:15 am to 11:45 am in building E2.1 room 001, as well as online in Microsoft Teams. The lecture slides are available in the Microsoft Teams group in the “General” channel under “Files”.

Tutorials

The time and place for the biweekly tutorials will be announced later.

Topics for Student Presentations

Here you will find the topics for your presentations (to be announced soon).