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Introduction to Applied Bioinformatics - GAF332
Title: Introduction to Applied Bioinformatics
Guaranteed by: Department of Biochemical Sciences (16-16160)
Faculty: Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové
Actual: from 2021 to 2025
Semester: summer
Points: 0
E-Credits: 2
Examination process: summer s.:written
Hours per week, examination: summer s.:0/28, C+Ex [HS]
Capacity: unknown / unlimited (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Note: deregister from the exam date if a requisite was not fulfilled
course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: doc. Ing. Petra Matoušková, Ph.D.
Co-requisite : GAF370
Annotation -
Bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary field of science dealing with the storage, classification, analysis, and interpretation of biological data. In the subject Introduction to Applied Bioinformatics, students learn about possibilities of how to find and use bioinformatics databases and tools. This subject is focused mainly on practical usage and training of various web-based programs and software tools.<br> Topics include scientific literature search, protein and nucleotide sequences databases, sequences comparison and their feature analysis, restriction analysis, primer design, specialized databases, etc.
Last update: Matoušková Petra, doc. Ing., Ph.D. (25.03.2025)
Course completion requirements -

Credits are obtained based on presence (at least 80%), all homeworks hand.

The exam is written by the computer (possible to use all materials from lectures).

Last update: Matoušková Petra, doc. Ing., Ph.D. (25.03.2025)
Literature -

Obligatory:

  • . . In Selzer, Paul M. Marhöfer, Richard J., Koch, Oliver (eds.). Applied bioinformatics : an introduction . New York, NY: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2018, s. -. ISBN 978-3-319-68299-0..

Last update: Rydval Miroslav, Ing. (15.08.2025)
Teaching methods

The lessons are in the computer rooms, each lesson starts with short introduction followed by practical individual training.

Last update: Matoušková Petra, doc. Ing., Ph.D. (25.03.2025)
Requirements to the exam

Practical knowledge of the subject with the possibility to use gained materials.

Last update: Matoušková Petra, doc. Ing., Ph.D. (25.03.2025)
Syllabus -

Literature search (Web of Science, Scopus, Endnote, Impact factor, H-index)

Proteins (databases, sequence search, sequence formates, sequence manipulation, features, domain prediction, multiple alignments, similarity search)

Nucleotides (databases, polymorphisms, restriction analysis, primer design, analysis of unknown sequences, open reading frame identification)

Genomes and databases, BLAST

MicroRNA databases, target search

Last update: Matoušková Petra, doc. Ing., Ph.D. (25.03.2025)
Learning outcomes

Learning Outcomes - Bioinformatics

The course Fundamentals of Practical Bioinformatics builds upon the knowledge acquired in the course Molecular Biology and Genetics (prerequisite).

Learning Outcomes:

Based on the acquired knowledge and skills, students will be able to:

  • Define and use in the correct context the following terms: impact factor, H-index, FASTA format, primer, PCR, mutagenesis, UniProt
  • Use and interpret the results of the following programs: BLAST, Multalin, Translate, Reverse complement, ORFfinder, VecScreen, Needle, Lalign, ClustalW Omega
  • Search for relevant literature using the tools UKAŽ, PubMed, Web of Science, or Scopus; determine a researcher's H-index and a journal's impact factor
  • Retrieve nucleotide or protein sequences and find similar sequences (BLAST)
  • Analyze sequence properties (molecular weight, hydrophobicity, composition)
  • Identify domains, secondary structures, and transmembrane regions
  • Compare sequences (pairwise and multiple sequence alignments)
  • Perform in silico restriction analysis
  • Design primers for conventional amplification PCR, quantitative PCR, and mutagenesis
  • Evaluate and interpret sequencing data, including sequence quality control, assessment of usable sequence length, identification of vector regions (VecScreen), identification of unknown sequences (BLASTn), and comparison of obtained sequences with available sequences (Multalin)

Last update: Matoušková Petra, doc. Ing., Ph.D. (29.07.2025)
Entry requirements

Exam from Molecular Biology and genetics

Last update: Matoušková Petra, doc. Ing., Ph.D. (29.07.2025)
 
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