Computational Biology Research - Gene Expression
Understand how gene expression research can be used to bring precision medicine.
Description
This course is designed to facilitate transcriptome research (analyze gene expression data) for people with high school biology-level knowledge. It covers overall transcriptome research that scientists use with application to a disease of focus.
The course covers 1) precision medicine and current biotechnology advances, 2) their implications for our day-to-day health, 3) roles of genes in health and diseases, and 4) the complex influence of daily behaviors on gene functions.
This course emphasizes the impact of real-life environmental factors on and ways in which research can solve certain kinds of problems.
It also covers biology baasics and statistical concepts helpful in doing transciptome research.
Please note that the current version consists of combined lectures from the summer camps we run yearly. This is so that prospective students who want to join our miRcore volunteer programs this school year can take it and join in a timely manner. While the audiences in the lectures are summer campers, the curriculum was prepared as an online course. Please understand some discrepancies in dates and groups in the lectures.
What You Will Learn!
- Gene expression
- microarray
- Disease research in RNA level (example: Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases will be used as examples)
- t-test
- enrichment testing
- NCBI tools
- Gene Ontology
- Signalling Pathway tools
- computational biology
- genetics
- research skills
Who Should Attend!
- Students (of any age!) with a love of learning & research
- miRcore volunteer program candidates
- Anyone with a broad interest in genetics