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product will also be discussed using SIJ3018 COMPUTATIONAL BIOCHEMISTRY
selected examples.
This course describes the application of
Assessment Methods: computational tools to analyze biological
Continuous Assessment: 40% problems. Students will be exposed to the
Summative Assessment: 60% analysis of big data including enzyme
kinetics simulation using COPASI,
transcriptomics analysis (microarray and
SIJ3016 BIOCHEMISTRY OF CANCER RNA-seq using R and Linux), genomics
analysis (genotyping microarray using R
This course will cover the origins of cancer and Linux), biomolecular modelling (using
and the genetic and cellular basis for FORTRAN) and metabolic network analysis
cancer. It will examine the factors that (using R). At the end of the course,
have been implicated in triggering cancers; students will be able to use programming
the intercellular interactions involved in tools and analytical approaches to analyze
cancer proliferation; current treatments various omics data.
for cancer and how these are designed;
and future research and treatment Assessment Methods:
directions for cancer therapy. Continuous Assessment: 60%
Summative Assessment: 40%
Assessment Methods:
Continuous Assessment: 50%
Summative Assessment: 50% SIJ3019 INDUSTRIAL ATTACHMENT AND
TRAINING

SIJ3017 GLYCOBIOLOGY This industrial training module will provide
students with real life working experience
The first part of this course is the and hands-on practical skills related to
deliberation of glycan structures and the biochemistry. Students will undergo 16
linkages between monosaccharides units weeks of industrial training in the final
until the formation of functional glycans. semester.
Topics on glycan-binding proteins/lectins
will also be coverd since these proteins is Assessment Methods:
closely associate with the biological roles Continuous Assessment: 100%
of glycans. Abnormality of glycan structure
will hinder the interaction and
consequently leads to disease formation. SIJ3020 FUNDAMENTALS OF
Lastly, students will be given samples of BIOCHEMICAL PHARMACOLOGY
data for them to carry out glycomic
analysis by using ChemSketch and online This course will examine the molecular
glycan database search engine. basis of drug action and how cutting edge
technology contribute to the
Assessment Methods: advancement of pharmacological
Continuous Assessment: 50% knowledge and increase understanding of
Summative Assessment: 50% mechanisms of drug action. The following
areas will be studied in detail; variability in
drug action, drug structure-activity

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