Uciel Pablo Chorostecki

Contact details:

Qualifications

MS in Computer Science and PhD in Biological Science (Universidad Nacional de Rosario).

Biography

Postdoctoral research in bioinformatics at Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) and Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB). Interested in evolution of non-coding RNAs.

Subjects they teach

Subject

Programme

Typology

Comparative and Functional Genomics

Bachelor's Degree in Bioinformatics

Elective

Programme:
Bachelor's Degree in Bioinformatics

Description

This course covers concepts of comparative and functional genomics. Gene and genome duplication. Genomes and chromosome reordering. Synteny. Origin of genes. Estimation of gene loss and gain rates. Inference of natural selection in coding and noncoding sequences. Conserved sequences. Codon bias. Functional convergence. Molecular coevolution. Noncoding RNA analysis. Comparative genomics and systems biology. Functional annotation. ENCODE project. Gene expression.

Code:
52217

Créditos:
5 ECTS

Language:
English

Type of subject: Elective