<p>Lecture, two hours. Students are exposed to research methodology and offered a peek behind the scenes of a typical computational research project. Open to students who are new to research or about to join a research laboratory. These students benefit from learning topics about research design, planning, and execution of a project and its culmination as a published research article. Study adopts a reductionist (as much as possible) approach, and focuses on some specific research questions and methods of addressing them. Faculty guests present a compilation of key research papers that tackles specific problems in their field. Students complete an in-depth analysis of the papers and formulate projects that mirror the research problems and solutions as described in the paper. Letter grading.</p>

Computational and Systems Biology

College of Letters and Science

Letters and Science Collegewide Programs

C&S BIO 183 - Deconstructing Research Methods in Computational Biology

Deconstructing Research Methods in Computational Biology

This active learning exercise is meant to develop critical research skills in distilling, understanding, evaluating, critiquing, analyzing scientific evidence and optionally implement salient topics disseminated through written articles and seminar presentations. Importantly, the overall objective of this course is to promote an awareness of how specific research components that may involve both theoretical models, statistical or biological hypotheses, and complex experimental designs are assembled to successfully complete a research project. Additionally, the exposure to three different research topics is deliberately intended to broaden your perspective and to be cognizant of diverse approaches, while at the same time, recognizing the commonalities of methodologies and best practices in pursuing research.

General Catalog

Deconstructing Research Methods in Computational Biology

C&S BIO 183

2 units