Computational methods in bioinformatics (2015-2016)

Lectures (Preliminary)

Date (and time)Topic
Monday 2 November Introduction
Wednesday 4 November Pairwise sequence alignment
Monday 9 November (08:00) Protein conformation
Monday 9 November (13:15) Protein domains
Monday 16 November (08:00) Macromolecular structure determination by X-ray crystallography
Monday 16 November (13:15) Macromolecular structure determination by NMR spectroscopy
Monday 23 November (08:00) Molecular mechanics;
Monte Carlo algorithms;
Comparative modelling;
Side chain modelling
Monday 23 November (13:15) Fold recognition;
De novo protein modelling;
Lattice models;
Discussion on main chain tracing;
Monday 30 November (08:00) Protein design;
Surface representation
Monday 30 November (13:15) Docking;
Channels;
Multi-resolution modelling
Monday 7 December (09:00) Discussion about assignments; possible Master's project topics
Monday 7 December (13:15) Guest lecture: Per-Georg Nyholm (Biognos AB)
Monday 14 December Presentations on individual topics
Wednesday 16 December Presentations on individual topics

Last Modified: 2 December 2015 by Graham Kemp