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This research seminar course is intended to provide students planning a research career in Bioinformatics with the opportunity to develop the skill of critically reading and evaluating research papers. The course consists of a weekly timetabled session in which students will read, present and discuss research papers published on high impact journals. A fixed threshold of impact factors is not imposed. Use your common sense instead.

For Non-BP student to register/sit-in any BP course, it is required to gain course chair's permission and follow the steps: (1) Submit the hard copy or PDF file of the completed TIGP Bioinformatics Course Registration Consent Form to the TIGP BP office (2) Provide the information via the google form at BP Class Enrollment Information. The deadline for above requirement is the 4th week of each semester. Signature of corresponding BP Course Chair should be collected and incomplete form will not be accepted. ※Course grade will NOT be given (even class enrollment is completed at school) if fail to follow the above procedures. For the most up-to-date syllabus, please visit https://tigpbp.iis.sinica.edu.tw/tigpbio/index.html

1. Research article: Each week, students will choose RESEARCH papers to be presented. The paper (+ supplements) pdf file should be emailed to cchang@ym.edu.tw (Dr. Chuan-Hsiung Chang), chaoslin@ym.edu.tw (Dr. Chen-Ching Lin), tigp.bio@gmail.com, tckuo@ym.edu.tw, all students in student presentation class, and also other participating professors at least one week before your in-class seminar presentation takes place. Any delay will result in 10 points deducted from your final grade. Please also send the slides to everyone 2 days before the report. Because some modification may be made right before the report, it is okay if the slides are not the final version. 2. Article selection: You are required to select a recent RESEARCH article that was published after February 2019. (Review articles are NOT acceptable.) 3. Presentations: Everyone in the class will present one paper. You should plan to talk for around 40 minutes. Starting from this you should initiate a discussion of the paper (so it is a good idea to conclude your slide presentation with a selection of points to consider and discuss). We should plan to have time for a lively discussion of each paper; your job in giving a presentation is to initiate this discussion. Make sure to a. Draw valid conclusions from results of your presented paper. b. Summarize evidence for each conclusion. (How does the paper support its conclusions?) c. Compare the results with other similar experiments published previously, if appropriate.  Please refrain from presenting an article written by your supervisor or your friends/classmates. You need to increase the exposure to the breadth and depth of bioinformatics research.  Students are encouraged to prepare a few questions for group discussion at the end of the presentation. Students are not expected to simply sit in the class.  Please make a rehearsed presentation if you don't know how long your presentation is going to last. An over-length presentation doesn't translate to a good one. 4. Language of presentation: You are required to present your research article in English.

You will be evaluated by the following criteria: 1. Your attendance (10%). 2. Your seminar presentation (70%). 3. Your participation of discussion (20%).