|  | 1 | = !ComputationalMolecularBiologyResearch = | 
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                          |  | 3 | [[TOC()]] | 
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                          |  | 5 | == Course Overview == | 
                          |  | 6 |  | 
                          |  | 7 | == Projects == | 
                          |  | 8 |  | 
                          |  | 9 | * Increasing diagnostic yield of fast whole genome diagnostics for new borns on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU): | 
                          |  | 10 | A. Improved variant calling of CNVs or large insertions or sex chromosome specific variants (choose one) - Pieter / Freerk | 
                          |  | 11 | B. Improved variant calling of medium sized !InDels - Pieter / Freerk | 
                          |  | 12 | C. Improved variant interpretation by combining gene networks with phenotype networks - Juha / Joeri | 
                          |  | 13 |  | 
                          |  | 14 | * Transcriptome analysis to elucidate human fatty liver disease development: | 
                          |  | 15 | D. Improving Ribo-zero RNA seq data analysis to detect non-coding RNAs in addition to coding RNAs - Jing / Bibi | 
                          |  | 16 |  | 
                          |  | 17 | * Interaction of microbe and host genomes in IBD???: | 
                          |  | 18 | E. Microbiome anaylses - Floris / Arnau? / Marc Jan? | 
                          |  | 19 |  | 
                          |  | 20 | * Non-invasive early detection of (pre-)diabetes using Advanced Glycemic Endproduct detection: | 
                          |  | 21 | F. Optimizing decision trees to differentiate between healthy and diseased using parameter optimisation - Martijn | 
                          |  | 22 |  | 
                          |  | 23 | * Towards better treatment of cancer patients: Identifying new tumor (sub) types: | 
                          |  | 24 | G. By re-analysing DNA aberrations in 16,000 tumor samples - Lude? | 
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                          |  | 27 | == Course Schedule == | 
                          |  | 28 |  | 
                          |  | 29 | =================================================================================================== | 
                          |  | 30 | Week 1 | 
                          |  | 31 | =================================================================================================== | 
                          |  | 32 |  | 
                          |  | 33 | ///// Monday 02-02-2015 ///// | 
                          |  | 34 |  | 
                          |  | 35 | 09:15 - 10:30 Research meeting (Wijmenga/Weersma/Franke groups) ERIBA 3rd floor corner room next to Auditorium | 
                          |  | 36 | 10:30 - 10:45 Break | 
                          |  | 37 | 10:45 - 11:15 Course introduction / kick off | 
                          |  | 38 | 11:15 - 12:00 Lunch break | 
                          |  | 39 | 12:00 - 13:00 Literature discussion | 
                          |  | 40 | 13:00 - 13:15 Break | 
                          |  | 41 | 13:15 - 14:15 Lecture project 1 | 
                          |  | 42 | 14:15 - 14:45 Break | 
                          |  | 43 | 14:45 - 15:45 Lecture project 2 | 
                          |  | 44 | 15:45 - 16:00 Break | 
                          |  | 45 | 16:00 - 16:45 Lecture project 3 | 
                          |  | 46 |  | 
                          |  | 47 | ///// Tuesday 03-02-2015 ///// | 
                          |  | 48 |  | 
                          |  | 49 | 08:45 - 10:00 Research meeting (Entire genetics dept.) ERIBA 3rd floor Auditorium | 
                          |  | 50 | 10:00 - 10:15 Break | 
                          |  | 51 | 10:15 - 11:00 Lecture project 4 | 
                          |  | 52 | 11:00 - 11:15 Break | 
                          |  | 53 | 11:15 - 12:00 Lecture project 5 | 
                          |  | 54 | 12:00 - 13:00 Lunch break | 
                          |  | 55 | 13:00 - 13:45 Lecture project 6 | 
                          |  | 56 | 13:45 - 14:00 Break | 
                          |  | 57 | 14:00 - 14:45 Lecture project 7 | 
                          |  | 58 | 14:45 - 15:00 Break | 
                          |  | 59 | 15:00 - 16:00 Discuss options, ask questions and choose project. | 
                          |  | 60 |  | 
                          |  | 61 | ///// Wednesday 04-02-2015 ///// | 
                          |  | 62 |  | 
                          |  | 63 | 09:30 - 10:15 Experimental Design (Lude) | 
                          |  | 64 | 10:15 - 10:30 Break | 
                          |  | 65 | 10:30 - 11:15 GWAS (Lude) | 
                          |  | 66 | 11:15 - 11:30 Break | 
                          |  | 67 | 11:30 - 12:15 NGS (?) | 
                          |  | 68 |  | 
                          |  | 69 | Afternoon: | 
                          |  | 70 | * Getting familiar with the topic: search literature and read read read. | 
                          |  | 71 |  | 
                          |  | 72 | ///// Thursday 05-02-2015 ///// | 
                          |  | 73 |  | 
                          |  | 74 | 09:30 - 10:15 Gene Expression (Lude) | 
                          |  | 75 | 10:15 - 10:30 Break | 
                          |  | 76 | 10:30 - 11:15 Integrating Datasets (Lude) | 
                          |  | 77 | 11:15 - 11:30 Break | 
                          |  | 78 | 11:30 - 12:15 Data visualization (Lude) | 
                          |  | 79 |  | 
                          |  | 80 | Afternoon: | 
                          |  | 81 | * Getting familiar with the topic: search literature and read more. | 
                          |  | 82 | * Learning to script depending on project either R or Bash or... | 
                          |  | 83 |  | 
                          |  | 84 | ///// Friday 06-02-2015 ///// | 
                          |  | 85 |  | 
                          |  | 86 | * Getting familiar with the topic: search literature and read more. | 
                          |  | 87 | * Learning to script depending on project either R or Bash or... | 
                          |  | 88 | * Start designing experiment / writing (validation) plan | 
                          |  | 89 |  | 
                          |  | 90 | =================================================================================================== | 
                          |  | 91 | Week 2-5 | 
                          |  | 92 | =================================================================================================== | 
                          |  | 93 |  | 
                          |  | 94 | ///// Monday 09-02-2015 ///// | 
                          |  | 95 |  | 
                          |  | 96 | * Regular meetings | 
                          |  | 97 | * Finish experimental design / (validation) plan. | 
                          |  | 98 | Discuss design with supervisor and have approved experimental design ready by the end of the day. | 
                          |  | 99 |  | 
                          |  | 100 | ///// Regular events ///// | 
                          |  | 101 |  | 
                          |  | 102 | Mondays  09:15 - 10:30 Research meeting (Wijmenga/Weersma/Franke groups) @ ERIBA 3rd floor corner room next to Auditorium. | 
                          |  | 103 | Mondays  12:00 - 13:00 Literature discussion @ ERIBA 3rd floor corner room next to Auditorium. | 
                          |  | 104 | Tuesdays 08:45 - 10:00 Research meeting (Entire genetics dept.) @ ERIBA 3rd floor Auditorium. | 
                          |  | 105 | Other    09:00 - 17:00 Perform experiments and continue to learn scripting. | 
                          |  | 106 |  | 
                          |  | 107 | =================================================================================================== | 
                          |  | 108 | Week 6 | 
                          |  | 109 | =================================================================================================== | 
                          |  | 110 |  | 
                          |  | 111 | Mondays  09:15 - 10:30 Research meeting (Wijmenga/Weersma/Franke groups) @ ERIBA 3rd floor corner room next to Auditorium. | 
                          |  | 112 | Mondays  12:00 - 13:00 Literature discussion @ ERIBA 3rd floor corner room next to Auditorium. | 
                          |  | 113 | Tuesdays 08:45 - 10:00 Research meeting (Entire genetics dept.) @ ERIBA 3rd floor Auditorium. | 
                          |  | 114 |  | 
                          |  | 115 | Full days: Write report and prepare presentation. | 
                          |  | 116 |  | 
                          |  | 117 | ///// Thursday 12-03-2015 ///// | 
                          |  | 118 |  | 
                          |  | 119 | 13:00 - 13:30 Presentation project 1 | 
                          |  | 120 | 13:30 - 14:00 Presentation project 2 | 
                          |  | 121 | 14:00 - 14:15 Break | 
                          |  | 122 | 14:15 - 14:45 Presentation project 3 | 
                          |  | 123 | 14:45 - 15:15 Presentation project 4 | 
                          |  | 124 | 15:15 - 15:30 Break | 
                          |  | 125 | 15:30 - 16:00 Presentation project 5 | 
                          |  | 126 | 16:00 - 16:30 Presentation project 6 | 
                          |  | 127 | 16:30 - 17:00 Wrap up by Morris | 
                          |  | 128 |  | 
                          |  | 129 | ///// Friday 13-03-2015 ///// | 
                          |  | 130 |  | 
                          |  | 131 | 17:00 Report submission deadline |