mar454 - Introduction to DNA Sequencing and Sequence Analysis

mar454 - Introduction to DNA Sequencing and Sequence Analysis

Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment 6 KP
Module components Semester courses Sommersemester 2019 Examination
Seminar
Exercises
Hinweise zum Modul
Prerequisites
none
Kapazität/Teilnehmerzahl 12 (
Procedure see StudIP
)
Prüfungszeiten

Will be announced by the lecturer at the beginning of the course.
Module examination

1 graded examination

Portfolio (seminar presentation, written protocol) or internship report or presentation or protocol (75 %), seminar presentation (25 %).

Active participation
Active and documented participation in practical courses (labs, exercises, seminars, field trips) and courses. These include e.g. the delivery of exercises, writing a lab report or seminar presentations according to the advice of the course supervisor.
Skills to be acquired in this module

The students know how to

- sequence DNA by Sanger sequencing

- assemble DNA sequences

- use internet databases for sequence comparison

- use the various facilities of the NCBI database

- analyze bacterial genomes for presence of specific Genes

- use Genious for genome analysis

- use ARB, databases and literature data

- create phylogenetic trees

- design primers and probes

- present and discuss scientific results

- write a scientific protocol  

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