|
|
Computational Structural Bioinformatics: Winter 2026
Projects
General notes regarding the projects:
- Projects are team work, with a team containing 1 or 2 (preferred) members.
All members of a team will get the same grade.
- There will be three projects, all involving some programming.
You will do all 3 projects.
- The projects will be based on many resources available
on the web. It is very important that web pages, servers, research
papers, textbooks, etc. used for the projects
are cited properly in a reference section in the reports. I will not tolerate
plagiarism of any kind.
- Here is a document on how to write an effective report for any of the projects! Please read it (available HERE)
- See bottom of the page for main rubrics that will be used for grading the projects
| Number |
Due date |
Task |
Documents |
Additional informations |
| 1 |
January 26th, 2026 |
Introduction to the PDB database and to PyMol |
Handout: Word document
PDF document |
|
| 2 |
February 13th, 2026 |
Viruses and diseases |
|
|
| 3 |
March 2nd, 2026 |
AlphaFold |
|
|
Grading rubrics
Each project will be graded over a total of 100 points (+ 5 possible extra credit points), with the following rubrics in mind:
| Rubric |
Name |
Breakdown |
| 1 |
Program (total 20 pts) |
The following elements will be considered when grading the program:
- Correctness: 10 points
- Usability (input / output): 5 points
- Clarity - comments: 5 points
|
| 2 |
Report (total 80 pts) |
The following elements will be considered when grading the report:
- Introduction (10 points):
- Presentation of the problem: 5 points
- Previous work on the topic: 5 points
- Results (60 points):
- Presentation: 50 points
- Analysis: 10 points
- Discussion (10 points):
|
| 3 |
Beyond the prompt (total 5 pts) |
As mentioned in class, I will look for an analysis that goes beyond the prompt.
The following elements will be considered:
- Originality :
- Correctness
|
Note: the reports are expected to be up to 5 pages long (with your choice of font / format).
A report that will be more than 7 pages, will be penalized (- 5 points / page).
|
