Individual student project in modeling and data analysis
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Master in Life Sciences, ENS
BIO_M2_E41 | PROJECT | Individual student project in modeling and data analysis
Year and Semester : M2 | S1
Where : ENS (to be confirmed)
Duration : 72 hours
Dates : Along the 1st semester. Refer to the EvoGem website
Maximum class size : 20 students
This course is not open to external students
Coordination
Olivier Tenaillon
Sarah Samadi, MNHN
Stefano Mona, MNHN
Credits
3 ECTS
Keywords
Modeling | Data analysis
Course prerequisites
Students will belong to the EvoGEM promotion
Course objectives and description
Aims : To harness student’s education during EvoGEM to model and/or analyze relevant data addressing a problem which will be assigned to each student.
Themes : Any problem in evolutionary genetics that will be covered during EvoGEM courses, these can include : origin of sequence and trait variation, natural selection and adaptation, genetic drift and maintenance of diversity, phenotypic evolution, developmental evolution, evolution of sex and recombination, speciation and macroevolution.
Organisation : The organizer will introduce in the first day available projects to the students and will assign a tutor to each one. During the semester students will independently work on the project, with mandatory meetings with their tutor in weeks 42 and 47.
Assessment
Students will be evaluated based a presentation of their work in the form of a research seminar for 45min, January 5-6.
Course material
Tutors will provide students with the relevant software, data and background research literature.