Information Resources in Life Sciences (LRR / IZVB)

Course objectives:

To learn how to work with scientific literature. To learn how to use biological and chemical databases.

Requirements on student

Full participation at the seminars is required, 80% successfull passing in colloquium

Content

Scientific literature. General bibliographic databases (Pubmed, Web of Science, EBSCO, ProQuest, etc.). Full-text databases, general and publisher. Biotechnological and biomedical databases (NCBI, ExPASy, EMBL-EBI, HGNC). Sequence and structure databases. Comparison of nucleic acids and protein sequences. Searching for genes. Functional genomics. Classification of proteins and proteomics. Posttranslational modifications of proteins. Phylogenetic studies and comparative genomics.

Activities

Guarantors and lecturers

Guarantors: doc. RNDr. Vladimír Kryštof, Ph.D.,
Lecturer: Mgr. Ivo Chamrád, Ph.D., doc. RNDr. Vladimír Kryštof, Ph.D., Mgr. René Lenobel, Ph.D.,
Seminar lecturer: Mgr. Ivo Chamrád, Ph.D., doc. RNDr. Vladimír Kryštof, Ph.D., Mgr. René Lenobel, Ph.D.,

Literature

Recommended: Baxevanis AD, Ouellette BFF. Bioinformatics: A Practical Guide to the Analysis of Genes and Proteins. WileyBlackwell; 3rd Edition edition, 2004.
Recommended: Claverie, J.M. Bioinformatics for Dummies. John Wiley & Sons; 2nd Edition edition, 2006.
Recommended: Sadek, H.A. Bioinformatics: Principles and Basic Internet Applications. Trafford Publishing, 2006.
Recommended: Bishop, M.J. Genetics Databases. Academic Press, 1999.
On-line library catalogues

Prerequisites – other information about course preconditions

To learn how to work with scientific literature. To learn how to use biological and chemical databases.

Competences acquired

Describe and explain: Scientific literature. General bibliographic databases (Pubmed, Web of Science, EBSCO, ProQuest, etc.). Full-text databases, general and publisher. Biotechnological and medical databases. Sequence and structure databases. Comparison of nucleic acids and protein sequences. Searching for genes. Functional genomics. Classification of proteins and proteomics. Posttranslational modifications of proteins. Phylogenetic studies and comparative genomics.

Teaching methods

Lecture
Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Demonstration
Laboratory Work

Assessment methods

Oral exam
Seminar Work