Universität Wien

300164 UE Advanced bioinformatic analysis of single-cell data (2024S)

5.00 ECTS (3.00 SWS), SPL 30 - Biologie
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
VOR-ORT

An/Abmeldung

Hinweis: Ihr Anmeldezeitpunkt innerhalb der Frist hat keine Auswirkungen auf die Platzvergabe (kein "first come, first served").

Details

max. 8 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

Lehrende

Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert

The first course date will also serve as the date for the preliminary discussion (Vorbesprechung).

Montag 04.03. 09:45 - 14:45 Seminarraum 1.8, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.007, Ebene 1
Dienstag 05.03. 09:45 - 14:45 Seminarraum 1.8, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.007, Ebene 1
Mittwoch 06.03. 09:45 - 14:45 Seminarraum 1.6, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.011, Ebene 1
Donnerstag 07.03. 09:45 - 14:45 Seminarraum 1.8, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.007, Ebene 1
Freitag 08.03. 09:45 - 14:45 Seminarraum 1.8, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.007, Ebene 1
Montag 11.03. 09:45 - 14:45 Seminarraum 1.8, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.007, Ebene 1
Donnerstag 14.03. 09:45 - 14:45 Seminarraum 1.8, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.007, Ebene 1
Freitag 15.03. 09:45 - 14:45 Seminarraum 1.8, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.007, Ebene 1
Montag 18.03. 09:45 - 14:45 Seminarraum 1.8, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.007, Ebene 1
Dienstag 19.03. 09:45 - 14:45 Seminarraum 1.8, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.007, Ebene 1
Mittwoch 20.03. 09:45 - 14:45 Seminarraum 1.8, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.007, Ebene 1
Donnerstag 21.03. 09:45 - 14:45 Seminarraum 1.8, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.007, Ebene 1
Freitag 22.03. 09:45 - 14:45 Seminarraum 1.8, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.007, Ebene 1
Mittwoch 03.04. 08:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 1.2, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.004, Ebene 1
Donnerstag 04.04. 08:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum 1.2, Biologie Djerassiplatz 1, 1.004, Ebene 1

Information

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung

Single-cell RNA-sequencing has significantly advanced our understanding of biological systems. It has highlighted unexpected transcriptional heterogeneity in cell populations that were thought to be uniform, discovered hitherto unknown rare cell types, and allowed us to predict cell fates in differentiation. Extracting biological meaning from the sequencing data requires involved in-silico analysis.

This course will use publicly available datasets to attack advanced topics in single-cell RNA-seq analysis, such as cell type theory, actionable clustering, dataset integration, cross-species comparison, and advanced visualisation. Recent literature will be used as reference material and discussed in class.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Doesn’t require any previous knowledge in programming or single-cell transcriptomics analysis, though it is strongly recommended. Basic knowledge of molecular biology and a general interest in the field is expected from the students. Knowledge in mathematics and statistics is welcome.

Previous students have indicated that the following courses have been helpful:

- 300106 UE Analyses of single cell transcriptome data
- 300357 UE Mathematical Basics for Quantitative Biolog

Active participation in the exercises and discussions during the course is required. For final evaluation, students will be asked to repeat the analysis steps on previously unseen data (open book). A short report including the code will be turned in and evaluated. The grade will be determined to 50% by participation, 20% by presentations during the course, and 30% by the final evaluation. For a passing grade all three partial evaluations must be at least passing.

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Active participation in the exercises and discussions during the course is required. For final evaluation, students will be asked to repeat the analysis steps on previously unseen data (open book). A short report including the code will be turned in and evaluated. The grade will be determined to 50% by participation, 20% by presentations during the course, and 30% by the final evaluation. For a passing grade all three partial evaluations must be at least passing.

Prüfungsstoff

Literatur

Previous students have been asked to provide feedback and advice for future course attendees. Here are some quotes:

- "Best advice for me would be: make sure you have time! Mainly just to make sure to have time after class to review the concepts and codes gone through the day because with this block course format everything piles up pretty quickly."
- "Be prepared for the theory and the philosophy behind the different steps [...]"
- "Be sure to have at least some basic knowledge of coding as it will help very much."
- "Take your time to really understand the fundamental concepts & take your time playing around with the homework."

Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

MZO W3, MZO4, MBO 7, MEC-9, MZO2, MES5

Letzte Änderung: Di 02.04.2024 11:46