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Laurea magistrale in Molecular and Medical Biotechnology - Enrollment from 2025/2026The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
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Human genome sequencing and interpretation (2015/2016)
Teaching code
4S003666
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
6
Language
English
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
BIO/18 - GENETICS
Period
II semestre dal Mar 1, 2016 al Jun 10, 2016.
Learning outcomes
THE HUMAN GENOME
The human genome sequencing consortium project
• CG content and CpG islands
• Repetitive sequences in the human genome
• Segmental duplications
• Gene content
The human genome sequencing project by Celera
• Shot gun sequencing and hybrid assembly
• Gene prediction and annotation
• SNPs in the human genome
Epigenetics and epigenomics
• Chromatine modification
• DNA methylation
• miRNA
The ENCODE project
• Methods and set of materials
• Transcribed and protein-coding regions (GENCODE)
• Protein bound regions
• DNase I hypersensitive sites and footprints
• Regions of histone modifications
• DNA methylations
• Chromosome interacting regions
• ENCODE data integration with known genomic features
• ENCODE data integration independent of genomic landmarks: Enhancers
CLINICAL GENOMICS
Clinical Genome Sequencing
• Overview of Technical Aspects and Chemistries of Next Generation Sequencing
• Targeted Capture Methods for exome and gene panels
• RNA Sequencing and Methylome Analysis
Base Calling, Read Mapping and Coverage Analysis
Clinical Genome Analysis
• Detection of Single Nucleotide Variant
• Detection of Insertions and Deletions (Indels)
• Detection of Translocations
• Detecion of Copy Number Variants
Clinical Genome Interpretation
• Clinical Genomics for Constitutional Diseases
• Clinical Genomics for Somatic Diseases (Cancer)
• Reference Databases for Disease Associations
• Reporting of Clinical Genomics Test Results
Examination Methods
written, open questions
