Question

can anyone suggest bioinformatics project work.

Answer 1

1 Deadlines

September 24: First meet for project discussion;

September 28: Second meet for project discussion;

October 18: Submitting your project proposal;

November 10: Provide an outline of your work, as well as a preliminary list of references;

November 27: First round of presentation;

December 2: Second round of presentation;

2 Objectives

Thorough study of a specific bioinformatics topic;

Learning to study autonomously;

Develop your presentation skills.

3 Directives3.1 Deliverable

The format of the projects is quite flexible. I foresee three types of work:

1) The development of a novel application,

2) The analysis of a new data set, and

3) A review of the literature on a specific topic.

For all three types of work, I would expect to see a review of the literature, sample data and a prototype implementation. The main difference between each type of work will be the relative importance of each of the components.

3.2 Teamwork

Teams will be made of 1 to 4 members; the optimum being 2 persons per team. Larger teams will have to produce proportionally more work! Complementary work between teams is also welcomed, i.e. two or more teams working on a related but complementary topic, leading to a more realistic application.

3.3 Report

The project is worth 20% of your final mark. Its marking will be based on a written report as well as a short presentation in class (10-20 minutes). Reports should be sufficiently detailed that it should be possible to implement the approach on the basis of the text alone. Having said that, you should also make every conceivable effort to keep the report concise. Assuming a team of size 2, a 10 page report should be appropriate. Suggested structure for the reports: �Introduction - Background; - Describing the data; - Problem definition. � Methods; � Results; � Conclusions;