Syllabus database for doctoral courses
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Syllabus database for doctoral courses
SYLLABI FOR DOCTORAL COURSES
| Swedish title | Komplexa sjukdomars genetik |
|---|---|
| English title | Genetics of complex diseases |
| Course number | 2161 |
| Credits | 3.0 |
| Responsible KI department | Institutionen för biovetenskaper och näringslära |
| Specific entry requirements | |
| Grading | Passed /Not passed |
| Established by | The Board of Doctoral Education |
| Established | 2011-09-15 |
| Purpose of the course | |
| Intended learning outcomes | After the course students should be able to * understand the mechanisms of complex diseases * use learned approaches for genetic studies to make their own project design * know how to use information from public databases. |
| Contents of the course | Course will cover topics such as 1- Beyond Human genome project: next generation sequencing 2- Genetic linkage and association (study design and analysis) 3- Structural variation and copy number analysis 4- DNA methylation 5- Next generation sequencing (study design and data analysis) 6- Bio-technology and database use |
| Teaching and learning activities | Lectures and group work with an assigned projects |
| Compulsory elements | Obligatory attendance to all lectures and seminars. A written summary based on missing lecture(s) is needed to compensate absence. |
| Examination | The exam is in a format of oral presentation for corresponding project work. |
| Literature and other teaching material | * Human molecular genetics, third edition, Tom Strachan & Andrew P. Read * Approaches to gene mapping in complex human diseases, Ed. J. L. Haines and M. A. Pericak-Vance |
Course responsible |
Hong Jiao Institutionen för biovetenskaper och näringslära 08-7745538 hong.jiao@ki.se |
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