= Computational Molecular Biology Research =

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== Course Overview ==

This research course demonstrates the in silico data analysis used for genetics research at the RUG and UMCG.
The emphasis of the research topics is on finding better methods for the analysis of high throughput data generated using technologies like Next Generation Sequencing (both DNA and RNA), Gene expression arrays, Genome wide association studies (GWAS), etc.

In the first week the research topics will be introduced and a minimal introduction for scripting in Bash and R will be provided. At the beginning of the second week the students will choose a research project to work on under supervision of a PhD-student or Postdoc.

== Projects ==

=== Increasing diagnostic yield of fast whole genome diagnostics for new borns on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) ===
1A. [wiki:Courses/ComputationalMolecularBiologyResearch/P1 Improved variant calling for CNVs] - Pieter / Freerk [[BR]]
1B. [wiki:Courses/ComputationalMolecularBiologyResearch/P1 Improved variant calling for large insertions] - Pieter / Freerk[[BR]]
1C. [wiki:Courses/ComputationalMolecularBiologyResearch/P1 Improved variant calling for sex chromosomes] - Pieter / Freerk[[BR]]
1D. [wiki:Courses/ComputationalMolecularBiologyResearch/P1 Improved variant calling for MtDNA] - Pieter / Freerk[[BR]]
1E. [wiki:Courses/ComputationalMolecularBiologyResearch/P1 Improved variant calling of medium sized !InDels] - Pieter / Freerk[[BR]]
2. Improved variant interpretation by combining gene networks with phenotype networks - Juha / Joeri

=== Transcriptome analysis to elucidate human fatty liver disease development ===
3. Improving Ribo-zero RNA seq data analysis to detect non-coding RNAs in addition to coding RNAs - Bibi / Jing [[BR]]

=== Interaction of microbe and host genomes in IBD ===
4. Microbiome anaylses - Floris / Arnau / Marc Jan [[BR]]

===Non-invasive early detection of (pre-)diabetes using Advanced Glycemic Endproduct detection ===
5. Optimizing decision trees to differentiate between healthy and diseased using parameter optimisation - Martijn / Patrick [[BR]]

=== Towards better treatment of cancer patients: Identifying new tumor (sub) types ===
6. By re-analysing DNA aberrations in 16,000 tumor samples - Lude


== Course Schedule ==

=== Venue ===

Course will be organized at or near the UMCG Genetics department, which is located on the 5th floor of the European Research Institute for the Biology of Aging - ''ERIBA'' building plus the complete 5th and partial 6th floor of the adjacent ''Dentistry'' building. The address for both buildings is [[BR]]
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Antonius Deusinglaan 1
9713 AV Groningen
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|| **Building** || **Room** || **Name** ||
|| 3226 || 302 ||''ERIBA'' building, meeting room, 3rd floor, in the corner and next to auditorium ||
|| 3226 || 314 ||''ERIBA'' building, auditorium, 3rd floor ||
|| 3211 || 608 ||''Dentistry'' building, GCC room, 6th floor, at the end of the corridor ||
|| 3211 || flex desks ||''Dentistry'' building, 5th floor ||
|| 3226 || flex desks ||''ERIBA'' building, 5th floor ||

=== Regular events ===

|| **Day** || **Time** || **What** || **Where** ||
||Mondays  ||09:15 - 10:30 ||Research meeting (!Wijmenga/Weersma/Franke groups) ||3226-302 ERIBA meeting room ||
||Mondays  ||12:00 - 13:00 ||Literature discussion ||3226-302 ERIBA meeting room ||
||Tuesdays ||08:45 - 10:00 ||Research meeting (Entire genetics dept.) ||3226-314 ERIBA Auditorium ||

=== Week 1 ===

**Monday 02-02-2015**

|| **When** || **What** || **Where** ||
||09:15 - 10:30 ||Research meeting (!Wijmenga/Weersma/Franke groups) ||3226-302 ERIBA meeting room ||
||10:30 - 10:45 ||Break || ||
||10:45 - 11:15 ||Course kick off (Morris Swertz) ||2311-608 GCC room ||
||11:15 - 12:00 ||Lunch break ||
||12:00 - 13:00 ||Literature discussion ||3226-302 ERIBA meeting room ||
||13:00 - 13:15 ||Break || ||
||13:15 - 14:15 ||Project introduction: 5GpM - whole genome diagnostics for new borns on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) (?) ||2311-608 GCC room ||
||14:15 - 14:45 ||Break || ||
||14:45 - 15:45 ||Project introduction: Improved variant calling (Freerk van Dijk) ||2311-608 GCC room ||
||15:45 - 16:00 ||Break || ||
||16:00 - 16:45 ||Project introduction: Improved variant interpretation (Juha Karjalainen) ||2311-608 GCC room ||

** Tuesday 03-02-2015 **

|| **When** || **What** || **Where** ||
||08:45 - 10:00 ||Research meeting (Entire genetics dept.) ||3226-314 ERIBA Auditorium ||
||10:00 - 10:15 ||Break || ||
||10:15 - 11:00 ||Project introduction: Transcriptome analysis to elucidate human fatty liver disease development (Biljana Atanasovska) ||2311-608 GCC room  ||
||11:00 - 11:15 ||Break || ||
||11:15 - 12:00 ||Project introduction: Non-invasive early detection of (pre-)diabetes (Anries Smit & Martijn Dijkstra) ||2311-608 GCC room  ||
||12:00 - 13:00 ||Lunch break || ||
||13:00 - 13:45 ||Project introduction: Microbiome anaylses (Floris Imhann) ||2311-608 GCC room  ||
||13:45 - 14:00 ||Break || ||
||14:00 - 14:45 ||Project introduction: ? (?) ||2311-608 GCC room ||
||14:45 - 15:00 ||Break || ||
||15:00 - 16:00 ||Discuss options, ask questions and choose project ||2311-608 GCC room  ||

** Wednesday 04-02-2015 **

|| **When** || **What** || **Where** ||
||09:30 - 10:15 ||Experimental Design (Lude) ||2311-608 GCC room ||
||10:15 - 10:30 ||Break || ||
||10:30 - 11:15 ||GWAS (Lude) ||2311-608 GCC room ||
||11:15 - 11:30 ||Break || ||
||11:30 - 12:15 ||NGS (Morris) ||2311-608 GCC room ||
||12:15 - 13:00 ||Lunch break ||
||13:00 - 13:45 ||R and bash scripting intro (Martijn Dijkstra) ||2311-608 GCC room ||
||13:45 - 14:00 ||Break || ||
||14:00 - 17:00 ||R and bash scripting tutorials ||2311-608 GCC room ||
17:00 Preferences for project mailed to course coordinator

** Thursday 05-02-2015 **

|| **When** || **What** || **Where** ||
||09:30 - 10:15 ||Gene Expression (Lude) ||2311-608 GCC room ||
||10:15 - 10:30 ||Break || ||
||10:30 - 11:15 ||Integrating Datasets (Lude) ||2311-608 GCC room ||
||11:15 - 11:30 ||Break || ||
||11:30 - 12:15 ||Data visualization (Lude) ||2311-608 GCC room ||
||12:15 - 13:00 ||Lunch break ||
||13:00 - 13:45 ||R and bash scripting intro (Martijn Dijkstra) ||2311-608 GCC room ||
||13:45 - 14:00 ||Break || ||
||14:00 - 17:00 ||R and bash scripting tutorials ||2311-608 GCC room ||

** Friday 06-02-2015 **

|| **When** || **What** || **Where** ||
||19:30 - 10:15 ||R and bash scripting intro (...) ||2311-608 GCC room ||
||10:15 - 10:30 ||Break || ||
||10:30 - 12:15 ||R and bash scripting tutorials ||2311-608 GCC room ||
||12:15 - 13:00 ||Lunch break ||
||13:00 - ..... ||Getting familiar with your project: search literature and read more. ||2311-608 GCC room ||
||..... - 17:00 ||Designing experiment / writing (validation) plan ||2311-608 GCC room ||

=== Weeks 2-5 ===

** Monday 09-02-2015 **

|| **When** || **What** || **Where** ||
|| all day except for regular meetings ||Finish experimental design / (validation) plan ||2311-608 GCC room ||
||16:00 - 17:00 ||Discuss final version of design / plan with supervisor and have it approved by the end of the day ||2311-608 GCC room ||

* Regular meetings
* Execute your experiment / plan

=== Week 6 ===

* Regular meetings
* Write report and prepare presentation.

** Thursday 12-03-2015 **

|| **When** || **What** || **Where** ||
||13:00 - 13:30 ||Presentation project 1 ||T.B.A. ||
||13:30 - 14:00 ||Presentation project 2 ||T.B.A. ||
||14:00 - 14:15 ||Break || ||
||14:15 - 14:45 ||Presentation project 3 ||T.B.A. ||
||14:45 - 15:15 ||Presentation project 4 ||T.B.A. ||
||15:15 - 15:30 ||Break || ||
||15:30 - 16:00 ||Presentation project 5 ||T.B.A. ||
||16:00 - 16:30 ||Presentation project 6 ||T.B.A. ||
||16:30 - 17:00 ||Wrap up (Morris Swertz) ||T.B.A. ||

** Friday 13-03-2015 **

|| **When** || **What** || **Where** ||
||17:00 ||Report submission deadline || Your project supervisor's email inbox ||

Rating:
50% Practical work
30% Report
20% Presentation