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2020/2021

Genomics

Code: 42925 ECTS Credits: 6
Degree Type Year Semester
4313802 Advanced Genetics OB 0 1
The proposed teaching and assessment methodology that appear in the guide may be subject to changes as a result of the restrictions to face-to-face class attendance imposed by the health authorities.

Contact

Name:
Alfredo Ruíz Panadero
Email:
Alfredo.Ruiz@uab.cat

Use of Languages

Principal working language:
english (eng)

Teachers

Antoni Barbadilla Prados
Jaime Martínez Urtaza
Barbara Negre de Bofarull
Marta Puig Font
Sònia Casillas Viladerrams

External teachers

Marina Laplana Lafaja

Prerequisites

Languages: Lectures will be mainly in English

Postgraduates in Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Biology, Biomedicine, Genetics, Microbiology, Chemistry, Informatics/Bioinformatics, Pharmacy, Medicine and Veterinary Medicine

Objectives and Contextualisation

The overall aim of the subject is to provide students an overview of genomics including fundamentals, current techniques and applications. The specific objectives include understanding the following aspects: the diversity and complexity of eukaryotic genomes, the historical and evolutionary perspective of genomic content, the meaning and consequences of intraspecific variability, techniques commonly employed in studies of genomics and transcriptomics and applications derived from the knowledge provided by this science.

Competences

  • Conceive, design, carry out and synthesise scientific projects in the area of genetics, both theoretical and applied.
  • Demonstrate a mastery of genetic analysis as a transversal tool applicable to any field of genetics.
  • Demonstrate responsibility in management of information and knowledge.
  • Demonstrate responsibility in the direction of groups and/or projects in multidisciplinary teams.
  • Develop critical reasoning in the area of study and in relation to the scientific and business environments.
  • Identify and propose scientific solution for problems related to genetic research at both molecular and organism levels and demonstrate an understanding of the complexity of living beings.
  • Identify and use biocomputing tools to contribute to knowledge of the genomics of different organisms.
  • Integrate genetic analysis at different levels of complexity (molecular, cell, individual, population) to coherently resolve different problems in the area of genetics.
  • Integrate knowledge of the possible alterations in DNA with their consequences for living beings.
  • Student should possess an ability to learn that enables them to continue studying in a manner which is largely self-supervised or independent.
  • Students should know how to apply the knowledge they acquire and be capable of solving problems in new or little-known areas within broader contexts (or multidisciplinary contexts) related to their area of study.
  • Students should know how to communicate their conclusions, knowledge and final reasoning that they hold in front of specialist and non-specialist audiences clearly and unambiguously.
  • Understand the genetic techniques necessary for improving biological processes and their acceptability in economic and health terms.
  • Use and manage bibliographical information and other resources related to genetics and related fields.
  • Use scientific terminology to argue the results of the research and show how to communicate in spoken and written English in an international setting.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Analyse the importance of genomics, from a theoretical and applied viewpoint, when planning scientific projects.
  2. Analyse the role that different changes in DNA have played in gene evolution.
  3. Analyse the role that different genetic changes have had as mechanisms for genomic change.
  4. Apply strategies and techniques to isolate genomic regions for specific purposes.
  5. Appreciate the strategic, industrial and economic importance of genomics in life sciences, health sciences and society.
  6. Demonstrate responsibility in management of information and knowledge.
  7. Demonstrate responsibility in the direction of groups and/or projects in multidisciplinary teams.
  8. Describe and identify the different components present in genomic eukaryotes.
  9. Describe the complexity of genomes according to the complexity of the organism.
  10. Describe the organisation, evolution, expression and population variation of the human genome.
  11. Present summaries and conclusions in public.
  12. Search for and make explicit the necessary bibliography for understanding the work related to genomics in biocomputing and evolution.
  13. Student should possess an ability to learn that enables them to continue studying in a manner which is largely self-supervised or independent.
  14. Understand the different methodologies, techniques and tools used habitually in sequencing, assembly and annotation of genomes.
  15. Understand the types and levels of genetic variability in populations as well as their significance and application in medicine and genetic improvement.
  16. Use knowledge of biocomputing for managing genome databases.
  17. Use scientific terminology to argue the results of the research and show how to communicate in spoken and written English in an international setting.
  18. Write critical summaries about the taught seminars.

Content

Introduction to Genomics.

The human Genome.

Genomic Technologies.

Transposable Elements.

Comparative Genomics: Chromosomal changes.

Comparative Genomics: Nucleotide sequence changes.

Structural variation.

Population Genomics: Theory.

Population Genomics: Data.  Studies in Model Species.

Population Genomics in Humans.

Association Studies/System genetics.

Functional Genomics and Transcriptomics.

Epigenomics.

 

Unless the requirements enforced by the health authorities demand a prioritization or reduction of these contents.

Methodology

Subject teaching includes three types of activities:

- Lectures. Spoken explanations of the subject that is to be learned accompanied by powerpoint presentations to help students visualize cuestions and answers.
- Reading and discussion. Students are expected to read a number of research papers during the course and participate in the critical discussion of the papers in the class room.
- Oral presentations. Students will prepare a subject and make an oral and powerpoint presentation of the subject to their their peers.

 

The proposed teaching methodology may experience some modifications depending on the restrictions to face-to-face activities enforced by health authorities.

Activities

Title Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Type: Directed      
Lectures 26 1.04
Oral presentations 6 0.24
Student work, reading and learning 118 4.72

Assessment

Final grades are a weighed average of following items:

- Attendance and participation in the classroom (20%)
- Oral presentation and defense (40%)
- Exam (40%)

 

Student's assessment may experience some modifications depending on the restrictions to face-to-face activities enforced by health authorities.

Assessment Activities

Title Weighting Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Exam 40% 0 0 3, 2, 4, 15, 14, 8, 10, 9, 5
Lecture attendance and participation 20% 0 0 2, 1, 12, 15, 14, 8, 10, 9, 18, 11, 13
Oral presentations 40% 0 0 12, 7, 6, 18, 11, 13, 16, 17

Bibliography

Basic books

Gibson, G. i S. V. Muse, 2009. A Primer of Genome Science. Sinauer,
Massachusetts. USA. 3rd edition.

Brown, T. A. 2006. Genomes. Garland Science, UK. 3rd edition.

Lesk, A.M. 2012. Introduction to Genomics. Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford

Lynch, M. 2007. The origins of genome architecture. Sinauer.

Useful links

http://bioinformatica.uab.es/mastergp
UAB Virtual Campus: https://cv2008.uab.cat/
Entrez Genome Database: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome