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301400 VU Fundamentals of Quantitative Biology (2024W)

10.00 ECTS (6.00 SWS), SPL 30 - Biologie
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 130 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

The lectures take place on Mondays and Wednesdays from 8:00 to 9:30 a.m. starting November 11th in HS I in the main building (UBB).

Starting from November 12, 2024, the exercises (UE) will take place every Tuesday and Thursday in the PC rooms MPL/6th floor, Dr. Bohrgasse 9 (room numbers: 6.505 and 6.506). Attendance at both the lecture (VO) and the exercise (UE) is mandatory.

There will be 6 groups, each with approximately 20 participants.

Groups 1 & 2: 10:00 - 12:15
Groups 3 & 4: 12:30 - 14:45
Groups 5 & 6: 15:00 - 17:15
Group 7: 17:30 - 19:45

Assignment to the groups can be done via Moodle. The exact date will be announced later, but it will be no earlier than October.

  • Thursday 03.10. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 1, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 0.037, Ebene 0 (Kickoff Class)
  • Monday 11.11. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 1, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 0.037, Ebene 0
  • Wednesday 13.11. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 1, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 0.037, Ebene 0
  • Monday 18.11. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 1, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 0.037, Ebene 0
  • Wednesday 20.11. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 1, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 0.037, Ebene 0
  • Monday 25.11. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 1, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 0.037, Ebene 0
  • Wednesday 27.11. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 1, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 0.037, Ebene 0
  • Monday 02.12. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 1, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 0.037, Ebene 0
  • Wednesday 04.12. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 1, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 0.037, Ebene 0
  • Monday 09.12. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 1, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 0.037, Ebene 0
  • Wednesday 11.12. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 1, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 0.037, Ebene 0
  • Monday 16.12. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 1, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 0.037, Ebene 0
  • Wednesday 08.01. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 1, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 0.037, Ebene 0
  • Monday 13.01. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 1, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 0.037, Ebene 0
  • Wednesday 15.01. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 1, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 0.037, Ebene 0
  • Monday 20.01. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 1, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 0.037, Ebene 0
  • Wednesday 22.01. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 1, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 0.037, Ebene 0
  • Monday 27.01. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 1, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 0.037, Ebene 0
  • Wednesday 29.01. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 1, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 0.037, Ebene 0

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Our understanding of fundamental biological processes at the molecular level is becoming progressively quantitative. We can measure with an ever increasing precision the concentrations, lifetimes and energy levels of different molecular players and assess with an ever increasing certainty their cellular locations, molecular partners and functional roles. As a consequence, quantitative approaches have become an indispensable part of modern molecular biology toolkit, with computational modeling and statistical analysis playing a central role. This course aims to develop an in-depth knowledge of the quantitative aspects of molecular processes in biology, the ways to study such processes using analytical and computational models, and the fundamentals of statistical data analysis from both theoretical and practical perspectives. As a means of integrating these three areas, developed and presented in a series of theoretical lectures, the students will learn the elements of Python programming in a set of practical exercises of increasing complexity, which will also enable them to read, critically understand, and modify complex, advanced programs and pipelines as necessary.

Assessment and permitted materials

series of on-site lectures and practical computational exercises.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Final written, closed-book exam (35%); solved exercises (65%).
1 (Sehr Gut): 90 -100%
2 (Gut) 75 - 89.99%
3 (Befriedigend) 60 - 74.99%
4 (Genügend) 50 - 59.99%
5 (Nicht genügend) <50%
For a positive grade, you need to achieve a minimal of 50% correct answers in the written exam and minimum of 50% of all exercise points.

Examination topics

Reading list

Rob Phillips & Ron Milo "Cell Biology by the Numbers", Garland Science, 2016

Association in the course directory

MMB II., MNEU I

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