TBMT19 and TBMT37 specific information

TBMT19 (TB) and TBMT37 (KB) are two short (2 hp) introductory courses to Systems Biology. The courses consist of lectures, a pen-and-paper exercise, and a computer exercise, and goes through the basic concepts in systems biology.

Practical information for students taking TBMT19/37

Lectures

This course will consist of flipped classroom style lectures. In flipped classroom, the lectures are changed from being a one-way delivery of information from the teacher to the students, and instead focuses on discussions and interactions. In practice, you are expected to watch a few videos before the lecture, of which the content will be discussed during the lecture.

Computer exercise

The computer exercise will cover key concepts of a systems biology project in a practical setting. The computer exercise has been implemented in a variety of different frameworks (such as MATLAB, Python with SciPy, Python with a custom toolbox). You need to do at least one. You are free to pick which version of the exercise you want to do, but we recommend that you do the Python-SciPy version.

Students planning on doing a bachelor's/master's project in systems biology should also (before starting the project) do one of the more advanced versions, since those more accurately reflects what you will be doing in the project. The advanced versions of the exercise also counts for TBMT19/37, but expect those to take significantly longer time than the introductory exercises.

The exercise will be approved by discussing different checkpoints through the exercise, as well as discussing the exercise overall, with either of the teachers in the course.

Dugga

Finally, the dugga will test your knowledge of the course content. It is essentially a smaller written exam. To help you prepare for the dugga, we have created a checklist of things you need to understand to pass the dugga. There is also quizzes available in LISAM for you to prepare for the dugga.