2019/05/30 by Boas Pucker, Hanna Marie Schilbert, S. Schumacher · 3 voices · 1 citation
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Engineering · #Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research #Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies #Biomedical and Engineering Education
paper · pdf · doi:10.1515/jib-2019-0005
openalex publication_date 2019/05/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/16
Combined awareness about the power and limitations of bioinformatics and molecular biology enables advanced research based on high-throughput data. Despite an increasing demand of scientists with a combined background in both fields, the education of dry and wet lab subjects are often still separated. This work describes an example of integrated education with a focus on genomics and transcriptomics. Participants learned computational and molecular biology methods in the same practical course. Peer-review was applied as a teaching method to foster cooperative learning of students with heterogeneous backgrounds. The positive evaluation results indicate that this approach was accepted by the participants and would likely be suitable for wider scale application.