The lecture covers an overview of concepts in evolution and biodiversity as related to current genomic sequencing methods; evolution of genes and genomes, fundamentals of genomic and metagenomic analyses. Students will gain an understanding of the application of NGS sequencing and bioinformatic analyses to modern biodiversity research in natural populations and communities of non-model organisms.

Analysis of genomic and metagenomic data sets from current research projects.

The seminar complements the lecture: specific publications on the topic will be presented and discussed. Each student should present one paper and lead one discussion during the semester.

Original publications - a selection of papers that can be discussed during the seminar will be provided at the beginning of the semester, but students can search for relevant publications on the topic themselves and - after consulting the lecturers - present them during the seminar.

In this lecture the students learn object-oriented concepts via the programming languges Python and Java. You are welcome without any background knowledge in programming. In the last week a programming project will be conducted.

Topics:

• Introduction in imperative programming with Python (data type, operator, expression, variable, assignment, branching, loops, procedures, recursion, input and output, error handling)
• Basic algorithms (sorting, geometry) and types of algorithms (divide and conquer, backtracking)
• Runtime analysis of small programs and proofs of correctness with the Hoare-Calculus
• Modelling the concept of computability as a register machine
• Object-oriented programming concepts (classes, objects, references, methods, inheritance, polymorph type systems, abstract classes, interfaces, template classes, encapsulation)
• Simple data structures (simple and double linked lists, heap) and their implementation, abstract data types (stack, queue)
• Object-oriented modelling techniques and basic design patterns (iterator, observer pattern, model-view-controller etc.)
• Application of programming skills in a project

Organizational stuff:

• You can only enrole to this course online: Onlineanmeldung
• Besides the lectures (every day from 9 to 11:45 am) also tutorials (1 - 3:30 pm) and times for questions (starting 3:30 pm) are part of the course.
• The attendence of the tutorials is obligatory.
• Exam dates: August 8th (Python) and 22nd (Java), at 9 am.
• The final mark consists of the results of both exams (each 50%).
• The programming project in week five offers you the possibility to improve your mark.