Biological data analysis and visualization with R

By Prof. Riddhiman Dhar | IIT Kharagpur

Learners enrolled: 1859 | Exam registration: 39

ABOUT THE COURSE:

The proposed course aims to provide an understanding of the data analysis techniques and visualization tools for analysis of biological data sets. The course will use the statistical programming language R and introduce requisite packages for such analyses and visualization. The course will cover the theoretical understanding of the methods of analyses and will also provide hands-on demonstration on real biological datasets. The students will thus be able to gain exposure to data analysis and visualization tools which will be directly applicable to real-world datasets.

INTENDED AUDIENCE: UG/PG/PhD students

PREREQUISITES: Should be at least at the UG level withknowledge of probability and statistics

INDUSTRY SUPPORT: Companies working in the domain of biological data science and bioinformatics

Summary

Course Status :	Upcoming
Course Type :	Core
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	8 weeks
Category :	Biotechnology Biological Sciences & Bioengineering Computational Biology
Credit Points :	2
Level :	Undergraduate/Postgraduate
Start Date :	17 Feb 2025
End Date :	11 Apr 2025
Enrollment Ends :	17 Feb 2025
Exam Registration Ends :	24 Feb 2025
Exam Date :	27 Apr 2025 IST

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1: Introduction and set up for biological data analysis with R

Week 2: Basic statistical analysis and data visualization techniques

Week 3: Bioconductor packages

Week 4: Gene expression analysis and co-expression network

Week 5: Analysis of ChIP-seq data in R

Week 6: Regression models on biological data

Week 7: Dimensionality reduction techniques

Week 8: Decision trees and Random Forest

Books and references

1. Introduction to Bioinformatics with R: A Practical Guide for Biologists (Chapman & Hall/CRC Computational Biology Series)
2. R Programming for Bioinformatics (Chapman & Hall/CRC Computer Science & Data Analysis) \
3. A Little Book of R for Bioinformatics 2.0 (brouwern.github.io)

Instructor bio

Prof. Riddhiman Dhar

IIT Kharagpur

Prof. Riddhiman Dhar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology at IIT Kharagpur. His research work is focused on analysis of genomic and transcriptomic data and building predictive models using machine learning framework to eventually generate novel insights into biological systems. He holds a PhD degree in Evolutionary Systems Biology from University of Zurich and has B. Tech and M. Tech degrees in Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur. He has been teaching courses on Bioinformatics and Epigenetics & Epigenomics at IIT Kharagpur since 2018.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.

The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).

Date and Time of Exams:April 27, 2025 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.

Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.

The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.

Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 6 assignments out of the total 8 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

Please note that assignments encompass all types (including quizzes, programming tasks, and essay submissions) available in the specific week.

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Kharagpur .It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

- NPTEL team