1. Alistair Chalk, Elisabet Andersson Stem Cell Biology and Bioinformatic Tools, DBRM, Karolinska Institutet, 18-24 September 2008. Introduction to examination http://www.dbrm.se/twiki/bin/view/R esearchSchool/CC2187/Syllabus

2. Alistair Chalk, Elisabet Andersson Stem Cell Biology and Bioinformatic Tools, DBRM, Karolinska Institutet, 18-24 September 2008. The assignment – option 1(research students with a project)‏ 1-2 pages Given that you have a current project research project: –what bioinformatic analysis needs to be done? –how should it be done? –are there any spin-off bioinformatics projects? How should your experiments be designed to maximise the usefulness of the resulting data? What would you do if you didn't have budget constraints? What would be the killer experiment in your field? (Think big science.)‏ Describe what skills are needed to advance the project and relevant software/servers to perform these tasks?

3. Alistair Chalk, Elisabet Andersson Stem Cell Biology and Bioinformatic Tools, DBRM, Karolinska Institutet, 18-24 September 2008. The assignment – option 2 (students without a research project)‏ Review two articles –http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurre nt/abs/nature07213.htmlhttp://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurre nt/abs/nature07213.html –And one other from the Human Molecular genetics review issue (see http://www.dbrm.se/twiki/bin/view/ResearchSchool/CC2187/Syllabus )‏ Questions –How has the technology been applied to stem cell research? –What are foreseeable next steps from the article?

4. Alistair Chalk, Elisabet Andersson Stem Cell Biology and Bioinformatic Tools, DBRM, Karolinska Institutet, 18-24 September 2008. Assessment 1-2 A4 pages –Researchers written about your project. –Students without a research project Review one of the articles and how it has been applied to stem cell research? What are foreseeable next steps in the project?

5. Alistair Chalk, Elisabet Andersson Stem Cell Biology and Bioinformatic Tools, DBRM, Karolinska Institutet, 18-24 September 2008. Assessment Assignment hand in: Tuesday 23rd (before 4.30pm)‏ Exercises will be handed in every day and returned the following day To pass the course you need to complete the exercises, written assessment and the multi-choice quiz.