From Biological Molecules to Biomedical Data

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• Introductory statistical methods used in medicine and the life sciences.
• The principles of molecular biology and biochemistry.

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Formulate and interpret simple hypothesis tests and classification.
• Present data collected in a clinical or experimental study.
• Describe DNA and protein manipulation methods
• Estimate and interpret simple statistical models.
• Interpret simple models used to explain protein structure.

Molecular biology and biochemistry

• The 3-dimensional structure of proteins and their function
• The structure and function of ion channels within cell membranes
• The principles behind recombinant DNA and protein technologies
• Introduction to neuronal signalling
• The non-energetic and structural roles of carbohydrates

Principles underlying biological data science

• Presenting data
• Recall of probability concepts
• Introduction to hypothesis testing
• Introduction to classification
• Introduction to data-based modelling

Teaching and learning methods

The content of this module is delivered through lectures, the module website and directed reading.

Students work on their understanding through a combination of independent study and preparation for timetabled activities, along with formative assessments in the form of coursework assignments and specialist laboratories.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.