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This is a Quarto site containing the materials for the Structural Bioinformatics course in the Master’s Degree in Bioinformatics & Computational Biology @UAM. All these materials are open access and shared under CC BY-NC license. These materials were originally elaborated for the 2022 course edition and is subsequently revised each year. The current Course syllabus for year 2024-2025 can be found here (in Spanish). Detailed academic information about the course contents, dates and assessment only can be found at the UAM Moodle site.
This is primarily an introductory course (3 ECTS), designed to offer a general overview as well as tools and resources necessary for initiating SB research projects. Consequently, many fundamental concepts in protein biophysics, scripting tools for SB, and deep-learning methods will only be briefly covered.
In addition to some already classic books, reviews, and articles referenced, the content also draws heavily on the work of others who have generously shared their course materials, tips, and resources on their blogs or websites, as well as discussions on Twitter, especially during the Alphafold2 revolution in 2020-2021. Notable contributions from Alexandre Bovin, Sergey Ovchinnikov, Martin Steinegger and Carlos Outeiral, among many others. Every effort has been made to acknowledge and link to these contributions; however, I apologize in advance for any that may have been inadvertently omitted.
The course includes three hands-on exercises designed to guide you through using Pymol to visualize molecules and model proteins via homology modeling and AlphaFold. Additionally, several exercises and questions are highlighted in green throughout the sections to encourage you to reflect on the knowledge and skills acquired and to delve deeper into interpreting the results. I suggest you review also the Structural Bioinformatics exercises from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, detailed in Engelberger et al. (2021): https://github.com/pb3lab/ibm3202
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Please be aware that this website is a draft and will be revised throughout the semester (Feb-May 2025). The English writing style is been enhanced with the assistance of Microsoft Copilot (UAM license).
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