Applications of
Molecular Biology
MIC10805
to the module!
Staff contact
Nicole Payton (module leader) n.payton@napier.ac.uk
Pre-requisites
You must have passed Introductory and
Applied Molecular Genetics (BMS09601)
or an equivalent to take this module
This module builds upon the subjects you have studied in
Introductory and Applied Molecular Genetics.
If you struggled with this module or cannot remember it all
clearly, take some time to look over your notes.
Use these links below to refresh your memory
before the start of the module
Subjects covered in this
module
Genome organisation/Bioinformatics
DNA profiling Genomics
Genome packaging and epigenetics
Gene expression
PCR and real-time PCR
Protein engineering Transcriptomics
Gene silencing
RNA sequencing
Protein expression
Proteomics
Proteomics
You must atte
nd class….
Assessments
Two components:
Exam (60% of module mark)
Coursework (40% of module mark)
Exam:
Three-hour exam (answer 3 from 5 questions)
Date to be confirmed
Coursework:
2000-word essay (bioinformatics and genetics) You must
Set in week 2, due 16th November 2018 pass both
components
Assessments – information on
Moodle
Assessments 1. Module number
2. Module title
MIC10805
Applications of Molecular Biology
3. Module leader Nicole Payton
4. Tutor with responsibility
Nicole Payton
for this Assessment
Always read the brief 5. Assessment Report – Bioinformatic Analysis
properly – it is your 6. Weighting
7. Size and/or time limits
40% of module assessment
~2000 words (not including references, tables, citations and figures)
responsibility for assessment
Your attention is drawn to the penalties for late submissions
8. Deadline of submission
(section 10).
Submission deadline will be in week 9 and announced via Moodle
You must submit a paper copy and an electronic copy via Moodle
Check the deadline – you (Turnitin).
9. Arrangements for
will be penalised for late submission
Your work must be submitted with the appropriate cover sheet
(using the coursework receipting system on Nimweb), which must
confirm that the assignment is your own.
submission You are advised to keep your own copy of the assessment.
All assessments are subject to the University Regulations
Coursework submitted after the agreed deadline will be marked at
Don’t leave it until the last 10. Assessment
Regulations
a maximum of 40%. Coursework submitted over five working days
after the agreed deadline will be given 0%. If you know that you will
minute
not meet the deadline due to exceptional circumstances you should
complete an RE1 form and submit this to the module leader at
least one week before the submission deadline.
11. The requirements for
Details are provided on next page
the assessment
The assessment brief will be
The assessment is done individually and completed on the
provided template. It has to be written in your own words and all
literature sources must be appropriately cited. It is based on your
available to you in week 4 12. Special instructions
ability to use the tools taught in the lectures and tutorials and to
select and extract appropriate information from primary references.
You are submitting your work on the template provided. Read the
instructions carefully and fill in all required sections.
On return of your work, you will receive an accompanying feedback
13. Nature of Feedback
sheet and a short tutorial session.
14. Return of work Coursework will be returned within three weeks of submission.
15. Assessment criteria Instructions and details are provided on the following pages.
Assessments: The exam...
3h written exam
Mostly data-interpretation based
Can be on any of the topics in the
lectures or indicative reading
Will have a revision session, but
you need to learn as you go…
Time
management…
Mode of L & T activity NESH
activity
Face-to-face Lecture 16
Face-to-face Tutorial 8
Online Individual learning 12
activities
Indicative reading list
Can be found on the student module information sheet
(on module Moodle site)
Very basic references
Current scientific journal articles will be recommended to you
each week (available through Moodle)
Use Moodle for your study…
Past students said…..
What advice would you offer students who will study this module next year?
Keep deadlines for the bioinformatics and attend every lecture. If understand the lectures you'll be fine for the exam.
Lectures and tutorials give a great advantage for the data handling questions! If you attend these are straight forward!
Enjoy it.
In this module it is critical that you think logically and apply your problem solving skills, more so than simply memorizing
the lecture information. If you cannot APPLY your knowledge (as the module title should tell you!) you will not do very
well!
Go to classes and keep on top of coursework. Don't leave Bioinformatics to the last minute.
Work hard on the bioinformatics coursework and print off the additional reading each week. It makes revision a lot
quicker and easier.
The module isn’t as bad as it first seems, pay attention to the bioinformatics tutorial and you are set.
Get a handle on the basics to keep up with the course content.
Go to all the lectures and tutorials, start bioinformatics early and concentrate, it’s not a difficult class, but if you don't
understand this, going out into industry will be confusing (I.e. if you can’t work out how to analyse a gel etc).
Try and be as organised as possible from the start. Read the indicative reading. Start the Bioinformatics assessment as
early as possible.
Start bioinformatics coursework early. Take time to do further reading to support your coursework as it turns out to be
interesting and enjoyable.
The rest of the 4th yr modules can be stressful so just enjoy genetics. I saw it as my ‘break’; during the week. A
traditional module with lectures and exams so it was familiar and the topic is really very interesting. I guess I’d say to 3rd
years to really knock Mol Gen out of the water and this module will be very enjoyable.
Study from day 1, don’t get bogged down by other modules, do the extra reading as you go and you will be fine.
Make sure you listen in class and take notes
Watch the Youtube videos put up, they’re really useful for revision and before lectures, plus pretty short.
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