Component	HPW	Weeks	Time	Day	Location
Practical (Computer labs)	2	1-5,7-10	1400-1600	Thu	E26 Lab 11-12
Tutorial (Computer Labs)	2	1-5,7-10	1000-1200	Fri	CATS 11-12

Practical and Tutorial Schedule

Prac/Tutorial sessions will be delivered synchronously as a combination of online and face-to-face live sessions with support from lecturers and demonstrators. Presentations will be recorded for reference

Practical (2 hour) - THU 2PM-4PM - E26/LABS 11-12	Tutorial (2 hour) - FRI 10-12 PM  CATS 11-12/Teams	Assignment and week of submission
15-Feb	Intro to Unix and High Performance Computing on Katana	16-Feb	Dataset research/ Talk Prep
22-Feb	Exploring Online Genetic Resources - SRA and Ensembl	23-Feb	Q&A Prac and Talk Prep
29-Feb	Using FASTQC for Data Quality report	01-Mar	TALKs	Wk 3: Assignment 1a-Talk
07-Mar	Using Trimmomatic for Trimming and Filtering	8-Mar	Q&A Prac
14-Mar	Assigment 1B Quiz and Prac revision	15-Mar	The complexity of the genome (JM)	Wk 5: Assignment 1B
21-Mar	FLEXIBILITY WEEK	22-Mar	FLEXIBILITY WEEK
28-Mar	Using Kallisto for Pseudoalignment	29-Mar	GOOD FRIDAY
04-Apr	Identifying Differentially Expressed Genes	05-Apr	Ramaciotti Tour
11-Apr	Work on prac report	12-Apr	Sequencing Technology (JB)
18-Apr	Work on prac report	19-Apr	Work on prac report	Wk 10: Prac report 18/4
25-Apr	STUDY WEEK	26-Apr	STUDY WEEK

Attendance in practicals & tutorials is compulsory unless otherwise announced or prior arrangements have been made.

Allocation of Marks

Assessment Task	Weight	Date	Week Number
1. RNA-seq Dataset Talk	10%	Friday 01 Mar	Week 3
2. Genomics Quiz	20%	Thursday 14 Mar 1400	Week 5
3. Bioinformatics Practical Report	40%	Friday 19 April 1400	Week 10
4. Final Exam	30%	See Exam Timetable