NCHU Course Outline
Course Name (中) 生物資訊與作物育種(5116)
(Eng.) Bioinformatics in Crop Breeding
Offering Dept Department of Agronomy
Course Type Elective Credits 2 Teacher SHUYUN CHEN
Department Department of Agronomy/Undergraduate Language English Semester 2025-SPRING
Course Description Introduce the evolution of bioinformation and its tools, besides, encourage students to get familiar with the successful applications.
Prerequisites
self-directed learning in the course N
Relevance of Course Objectives and Core Learning Outcomes(%) Teaching and Assessment Methods for Course Objectives
Course Objectives Competency Indicators Ratio(%) Teaching Methods Assessment Methods
Understand the differences among different bioinformation tools and how to select the right one to fit your task
topic Discussion/Production
Exercises
Discussion
Attendance
Oral Presentation
Assignment
Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content
Week 1 Introduction
Week 2 The gene to genome
Week 3 The history of sequencing
Week 4 Plant genomic Databases
Week 5 Sequence alignment and primer design
Week 6 R program introduction
Week 7 DNA-seq analysis and application
Week 8 Expression analysis
Week 9 Mid-term
Week 10 Co-expression tools
Week 11 Network exploration
Week 12 Promoter analysis
Week 13 Exploring your gene of interest with online database
Week 14 Functional classification and pathway visualization
Week 15 Group report I
Week 16 Group report II
Week 17 Visit the company (Genomics)
Week 18 Final exam
Evaluation
1. Midterm report (40%)
2. Final oral present (40%)
3. Homework (20%)
Textbook & other References
1. Plant Bioinformatics methods and protocols (Edwards, David. 2016).
2. R Bioinformatics Cookbook (Dan MacLean, 2019)
Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website

Office Hours

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Update Date, year/month/day:None Printed Date, year/month/day:2025 / 1 / 22
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