Instructor: Shaojie Zhang
Lectures: Tu/Th 3:00-4:15pm BA 220
Office hours: Shaojie Zhang, HEC 311, Tu/Th 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm and 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm or by appointment.
Background:
The course should be
self-contained. However, a concise introduction to Biology can be
found at the
Bioinformatics Algorithms web-site (chapter 3). Also, the text of Mol. Biol. of the Cell can be searched online.
This course will summarize computational techniques for comparing genomes on the DNA and protein sequence levels. Topics include state of the art computational techniques and their applications: understanding of hereditary diseases and cancer, genetic mobile elements, genome rearrangements, genome evolution, and the identification of potential drug targets in microbial genomes.
This course is designed for the advanced level computer science graduate students. Graduate students with entry-level background in bioinformatics research (e.g. after taking CAP 5510 or equivalent courses) are welcome to take this course. Biological background students who are interested in comparative genomics are also welcome.
Textbook:
E. Koonin and M. Y. Galperin: Sequence-Evolution-Function: Computational Approaches in Comparative Genomics, Springer, 2002. (COMP). There is online version of this book:Link. We will also distribute complementary lecture notes and papers along the course for these topics.
Dan Gusfild Algorithms on strings, trees and sequences. (ALG) This book covers most of the algorithms we will discuss in the class.
Current research papers (2003-2011) on computational genomics
are distributed along the course for different research topics.
Grading:
Paper Summaries and Participations (30%), Paper presentations
and Projects (70%).
Paper Summary Guide Line (for Research Paper Reading and Presentations):
Read the paper before lecture. Write a one-page summary of the paper that will
be discussed on class. Make sure write down the biological problem and the computational problem hidden inside the paper. Send the summary through UCF
webcourese website (2:00 pm sharp).
Paper Presentation Guide Line:
Read paper first, meet with me two weeks before lecture to discuss the paper.
Meet with me one week before the lecture to discuss the slides.
Slides are due at noon (sharp) before the lecture.
Ethics Statement and Academic Honesty:
As reflected in the UCF creed, integrity and scholarship are core values
that should guide our conduct and decisions as members of the UCF
community. Plagiarism and cheating contradict these values, and so are very
serious academic offenses. Penalties can include a failing grade in an
assignment or in the course, or suspension or expulsion from the
university.
Topics and Tentative Schedule:
| Date | Topic | Slides | Book References/Papers | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L1: 01/10 | Course Introduction | |||
| L2: 01/12 | 1 Genome Alignments 1.1 Overview of Sequence Alignment Algorithms |
COMP 4.3/ALG 11 | ||
| L3: 01/17 | 1.2 Overview of Sequence Alignment Algorithms (2) | COMP 4.4/ALG 11 Smith-Waterman Algorithm Myers-Miller Algorithm (Linear Space Alignment) BLAST |
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| L4: 01/19 | 1.3 Overview of Sequence Alignment Algorithms (3) | ALG 14 | ||
| L5 : 01/24 L6: 01/26 |
1.4 Overview of Sequence Alignment Algorithms (4) | ALG 12.5.2 | ||
| L7: 01/31 | 1.5 Genome Alignment Algorithms | LAGAN and Multi-LAGAN: efficient tools for large-scale multiple alignment of genomic DNA, Genome Research | ||
| L8: 02/02 | 2. Genome Rearrangements and Genome Evolutions 2.1 Genome Rearrangements |
Towards a Computational Theory of Genome Rearrangements | ||
| L9: 02/07 | 2.2 Cancer genomics | Reconstructing tumor genome architectures, Bioinformatics | ||
| L10: 02/09 | 2.3 Whole genome duplications | Paper 1: Proof and evolutionary analysis of ancient genome duplication in theyeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Nature | ||
| L11: 02/14 | 2.4 Micro rearrangements | Paper 2:Microinversions in mammalian evolution, PNAS | ||
| L12: 02/16 | 3. Genome Sequencing | Paper 3:De novo fragment assembly with short mate-paired reads: Does the read length matter?, Genome Research | ||
| L13: 02/21 | 4 Gene Prediciton and Motifs Discovery Through Comparative Genomics | Paper 4:Systematic discovery of regulatory motifs in human promoters and 3' UTRs by comparison of several mammals,Nature | L14: 02/23 | 5. RNA-Seq and Splicing 5.1 RNA-Seq |
| L15: 02/28 | 5.2 Alternative Splicing | Paper 5:Conservation of an RNA regulatory map between Drosophila and mammals, Genome Research | Shawn Hendricks (02/21 4:30pm, 02/23 2:00pm ) | |
| L16: 03/01 | 5.3 Alternative Splicing | Paper 6:Analysis and design of RNA sequencing experiments for identifying isoform regulation, Nature Methods | Gregory Morse (02/21 5:00pm, 02/28 4:30pm) | L17: 03/13 | 5.4 Alternative Splicing | Paper 7:A Global View of Gene Activity and Alternative Splicing by Deep Sequencing of the Human Transcriptome, Science | Kevin Pfeil (03/01 2:00pm, 03/08 2:00pm) |
| L18: 03/15 | 6 Other NGS applications 6.1 Shape-Seq |
Paper 8:Multiplexed RNA structure characterization with selective 2'-hydroxyl acylation analyzed by primer extension sequencing (SHAPE-Seq),PNAS | Gene Sher (03/06 2:00pm, 03/13 2:00pm) | |
| L19: 03/20 | 6.2 Copy Number | Paper 9: Mapping copy number variation by population-scale genome sequencing, Nature | Albert Steppi (03/15 2:30pm, 03/18 3:00pm) | |
| L20: 03/22 | 6.3 Structural Variation | Paper 10: Simultaneous structural variation discovery in multiple paired-end sequenced genomes, RECOMB 2011 | Kecong Tang (03/13 4:30pm, 03/20 4:30pm) | |
| L21: 03/27 | 7 Metagenomics 7.1 Taxonomic Assignment |
Paper 11: Accurate and fast estimation of taxonomic profiles from metagenomic shotgun sequences, BMC Genomics | Qingming Tang (03/20 5:00pm, 03/25 3:00pm) | |
| L22: 03/29 | 7.2 Metabolic Pathways in Metagenomics | Paper 12:Quantifying environmental adaptation of metabolic pathways in metagenomics, PNAS | Shawn Hendricks (03/22 2:30pm, 03/27 2:30pm) | |
| L23: 04/03 | 7.3 Comparative Metagenomics | Paper 13:UniFrac: a New Phylogenetic Method for Comparing Microbial Communities , AEM | Greg Morse (03/27 4:30pm, 03/29 4:30pm) | |
| L24: 04/05 | 7.4 Targeted Metagenomics | Paper 14:Functional Characterization of the Antibiotic Resistance Reservoir in the Human Microflora, Science | Kevin Pfeil (03/25 4:00 pm, 03/29 2:00 pm) | |
| L25: 04/10 | 7.5 Metagenomics and Energy | Paper 15:Metagenomic Discovery of Biomass-Degrading Genes and Genomes from Cow Rumen, Science | Gene Sher (04/05 2:00pm, 04/08 3:00pm) | |
| L26: 04/12 | 7.6 Gene Prediction | Paper 16:Gene prediction with Glimmer for metagenomic sequences augmented by classification and clustering, NAR | Albert Steppi (04/05 2:30pm, 04/10 2:30pm) | |
| L27: 04/17 | 7.7 Metatranscriptomics | Paper 17: Metatranscriptomics reveals unique microbial small RNAs in the ocean's water column, Nature | Kecong Tang (04/10 4:30pm,04/15 3:00pm) | |
| L28: 04/19 | 8 Population Genetics | Paper 18:Genome-wide patterns of population structure and admixture among Hispanic/Latino populations, PNAS | Qingming Tang (04/12 2:30pm,04/17 2:30pm) |
Research:
We are always looking for motivated students. If you are looking for research projects, please get in touch.