The following listing and comments refer to the degree requirement structure of MBI at University of Helsinki. MBI students at Aalto University should consult their student councellor on mapping the courses to the corresponding modules. Please see also Aalto-specific pages on MBI.

Teaching Programme (preliminary)

Summer period

Intensive course on population genetics 29.08.-31.08.2011

Period I

Algorithms for Bioinformatics 05.09.-12.10.2011

Genetic analysis and molecular evolution 06.09-13.10.2011

Molecular genetics reading group 07.09-05.10.2011

T-61.5120 Computational Genomics

Introduction to probability with R 05.09-13.09.2011

Design and Analysis of Algorithms 06.09.-14.10.2011

T-61.3050 Machine Learning: Basic Principles

Cellular imaging (laboratory technique course) 07.10 (9-12), 12.10 (13-16), 14.10 (9-17), 19.10 (13-16)

Academic writing I, Fridays 12.15-14.45, Room DK116, first lecture 09.09.2011  NOTE THIS!

Periods I and II

Seminar: Pattern Discovery in Bioinformatics 05.09.-05.12.2011

MSc Thesis Seminar on Bioinformatics 05.09.-05.12.2011

Evolution and the theory of games 07.09-12.12.2011

Mathematics of infectious diseases 08.09-13.12.2011

T-61.6080 Special Course in Bioinformatics II

Statistical methods in medicine and epidemiology 06.09-08.12.2011

Multiscale methods 06.09-08.12.2011

Period II

Elements of Bioinformatics 31.10.-08.12.2011

Markovian modelling and Bayesian learning 01.11-13.12.2011

Statistical genetics 03.11-13.12.2011

T-61.5110 Modeling biological networks

Introduction to Machine Learning 01.11.-09.12.2011

String Processing Algorithms 01.11.-08.12.2011

Discrete optimization 31.10.-07.12.2011

Key Concepts in Biology 7.12-9.12.2011

Links to bioscience courses:

• Department of Biosciences (Viikki)
• Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry (Viikki)
• Faculty of Pharmacy (Viikki)
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compulsory courses, semi-compulsory courses, other advanced bioinformatics, relevant courses in computer science, mathematics, statistics, and biology