Syllabus Application
Computational Biology
ENS 210
Faculty:
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Semester:
Fall 2025-2026
Course:
Computational Biology - ENS 210
Classroom:
FENS-G032,FENS-L030
Level of course:
Undergraduate
Course Credits:
SU Credit:3.000, ECTS:6, Basic:3, Engineering:3
Prerequisites:
MATH 101 and IF 100
Corequisites:
ENS 210L
Course Type:
Lecture
Instructor(s) Information
Ogün Adebali
- Email: oadebali@sabanciuniv.edu
Course Information
Catalog Course Description
1. Basic Concepts of Molecular Biology; Life, Proteins, Nucleic acids. 2. The Mechanisms of Molecular Genetics; Genes and the Genetic Code, Transcription, Translation and Protein Synthesis, junk DNA and Reading frames,Chromosomes 3. How the Genome is Studied; Maps and Sequences, Specific Techniques 4. The Human Genome Project 5. Molecular Biology Databases on the Web 6. Strings, Graphs and Algorithms 7. Sequence Alignment Algorithms; Global, Semiglobal, and Local Alignment 8. Multiple Sequence Alignment; Star alignment, Tree alignment 9. Database Search; PAM, BLOSSUM matrices, BLAST, FASTA 10. Quantitative and Probabilistic Pattern Matching 11. Protein Ligand Docking 12. Bio-ethics
Course Learning Outcomes:
| 1. | To have basic knowledge of molecular biology genetics and biochemistry |
|---|---|
| 2. | To learn PYTHON and at to be able write PYTHON programs for basic computational biology problems. |
| 3. | To gain basic knowledge of the sequence alignment, database search , clustering, and profile algorithms in computational biology. |
| 4. | To learn ways to model biological problems and analyticla methodsfor solving problems in biology and medicine. |
| 5. | To learn to design an implement an algorithm and analyze the results of their algorithm that they developed as a team. |
Course Objective
To supply the students with the foundations in Computational Biology.
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Related to This Course:
| Good Health and Well-being | |
| Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure |
Course Materials
Resources:
Technology Requirements:
Individual computer