MSc Thesis Seminar on Bioinformatics

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In the seminar, students writing a MSc thesis in Bioinformatics will present their progress in two presentations: a topic presentation in the beginning of the thesis, and another presentation on the close to final thesis. The seminar is compulsory for students in the MBI programme, but it is open for other students whose thesis topic is in bioinformatics.
Vuosi Lukukausi Päivämäärä Periodi Kieli Vastuuhenkilö
2011 syksy 05.09-05.12. 1-2 Englanti Juho Rousu

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Aika Huone Luennoija Päivämäärä
Ma 16-18 C220 Juho Rousu 05.09.2011-10.10.2011
Ma 16-18 C220 Juho Rousu 31.10.2011-05.12.2011

Information for international students

 

The seminar is part of the Master's degree in bioinformatics programme (MBI).

If you are not an MBI student, but your thesis topic is/will be in bioinformatics, please contact Juho Rousu for participation in the seminar.

The seminar is given in English.

 

Yleistä

 

New: Checklist for seminar attendance (up until November 2011) is available here. The numbers in the cells represent the number of presentations in each session. The column "#attend" records the total number of presentations attended (12 needed during MBI studies). Please check and get back to the seminar host if there is a question.

 

 

The seminar scheduling has changed from previous years. This year we will have one two-hour session ca. once a month (see schedule below).

To book a time for presentation please email the seminar instructor.

If none of the seminar dates suit you or suitable dates are fully booked, please also email the seminar instructor to add a new slot in the calendar.

 

Kurssin suorittaminen

 

How to pass the seminar?

Give two talks on your thesis:

  • Topic presentation: Around 15 minutes in length, describing the problem domain, thesis topic, methods that will be implemented/used, experiments that are planned, time schedule for the thesis project.
  • Thesis presentation: Around 30 minutes in length, presenting the thesis as a whole. The presentation can take place when the experimental part and main part of the writing has completed (does not need to be 'final version').

Attend to at least 12 presentations (including your own) during your MBI studies

Schedule Autumn 2011

The seminar will convene generally once a month according to the schedule below. If needed, additional seminar dates may be added.

Each session can accommodate upto 3 thesis presentations (30 min each), or upto 6 topic presentations (15 min each), or a mix of the two types with total duration of 90 minutes.

  • 5.9 room B119 at 10.30-12 Note the exceptional time and place! In conjunction of the introductory session of new MBI students (9.15-12): 
    • 10.30 Hanne Hakkarainen (thesis presentation)
    • 11.00 Efthymia Vlachopoulou (thesis presentation)
    • 11.30 Jie Xiong (thesis presentation)
  • 3.10 at 16.15-18 room C220:
    • 16.15 Roope Tikkanen (thesis presentation)
  • 31.10 at 16.15-18 room C220:
    • 16.15: Vignesh Subramanian (topic presentation): Proteochemometric modeling of kinases based on protein field descriptions
    • 16:30: Yan Zhao (topic presentation): Contact map project
  • 28.11 at 16.15-18 room C220:
    • 16:15 Pasi Korhonen (thesis presentation): Learning sequence-function relationships
    • 17:00 Hilal Asan (topic presentation): Integrated miRNA and mRNA Computational Analysis in Colorectal Cancer
    • ...