8BKG45 · 6 credits · Basic level (G2X) · Medicinsk biologi
Systems Biology
Active · latest start VT 2026
67%
passed the latest regular sitting
45WE · 24 Mar 2026 · 33 students
70%
passed the regular sittings, all sittings over the last 5 years
45WE · 174 students
72%
Harder than 72% of courses at basic level
Compared with 874 courses at the same level, ordinary exams over the last three academic years. 78 students.
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45WE Written examination
- 5
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70% passed · 174 students
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46% passed · 72 students
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- Pass a later round: 46% (72 students), compared with 70% (174 students) on the ordinary exam
- Get 4 or 5: 29% (246 students)
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45CE Compulsory elements
- G
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100% passed · 195 students
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45PE Practical examination
- G
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100% passed · 138 students
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- Pass a later round: 100% (14 students), compared with 100% (138 students) on the ordinary exam
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About the course
Aim
Knowledge and understanding
On completion of the course, the student shall be able to:
- Describe the principles of a system biology perspective within biomedical research and which medical problems the field is aiming to solve
- Describe biological and medical problems within systems biology
- Understand the respective limitations and possibilities of small-scale and large-scale systems biology approaches
- Understand systems biology concepts such as networks, hubs, modules, network motifs and sensitivity analysis.
- Describe methods used in systems biology.
Skills and abilities
On completion of the course, the student shall be able to:
- Apply adequate systems biology analysis methods to biomedical problems
- Apply and analyse results using modern systems biology methods
- Apply knowledge of gene and protein expression in order to explain why different biological signalling pathways can arise as an effect of variations in these
Judgement ability and approach
On completion of the course, the student shall be able to:
- Demonstrate a critical approach when it comes to searching for information and processing scientific articles within the field of systems biology.
Content
During the course, the student will study basic systems biology and its application in biomedical research and medical problems. The course introduces basic concepts and mathematics underlying modern systems biology. This knowledge is applied in order to investigate the differences between small-scale and large-scale models using examples from biomedical research. It also introduces online analytical tools for systems biology and systems biology analyses with the help of the programming language R. These analyses are linked to case studies within systems medicine and systems pharmacology.
The course encompasses the field of system biology with links to pathology and pharmacology.
- Examiner
- Elin Nyman
- Main field of study
- Medicinsk biologi