Essential Bioinformatics and Biocomputing
2002/03-Semester 2
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LSM2104 Practicals Essential Bioinformatics and Biocomputing 2002/03-Semester 2 |
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1.Great! make me learnt so much. i learnt more abt the databases during the process of making this website more than i do when i go for tutorial...hehe:P great module! |
| ABDUL RAZAK BIN JAFFAR SCI10092@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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2.very interesting and tiring as well but it was fun creating a website and did a dry-lab as usually i always do wet-lab no comments |
| ADIA PRANATALIA LIM SCI11095@nus.edu.sg 13/3/2003 |
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3.Well, it is a very good way of manking us do on-hand work. And it would be very useful for future use. - |
| AISHAH BTE MOHAMED SAID SCI10899@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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4.Pretty informative, but very exhuasting due to having to do repeated BLASTs and checking of information over a vast range of biological databases available online. But i guess that this fact alone is reflective of real life situations where researchers have to do repeated ventures in the struggle to fully sequence and categorise sequences genomes For the project, it would be better if the TAs and lecturers are able to more clearly express themselves and their wishes. |
| ANG SHU HUI SCI10417@nus.edu.sg 14/3/2003 |
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5.tedious. enable us to know how to make use of the available databases to find unknown genes. |
| ANG XIAOMAN SCI10328@nus.edu.sg 13/3/2003 |
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6.I am not a computer person. So i don't quite enjoy this module. It's just not my cup of tea.I made many mistakes while doing this project. I learnt from trial and error. I felt the process was very tedious and meticulous. So i've learnt to keep trying even when i fail and eventually i'll succeed. I think the project should be given at the start of the semester so we'll have more time to tinker around with the websites and for mistakes also. The TAs should give more info about the softwares used and the project in general. |
| ANUSHYA CHAINDRA RAJA SCI10349@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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7.Project is interesting. Organisation of infomation is important. It's tough initially, but when things start to roll, it becomes eaasier, sometimes a little mechanical. great project for ca2. percentage allocation of marks is ok/ can be raised considering the time taken to do the job. |
| ARTHUR LUHUR SCI10745@nus.edu.sg 28/2/2003 |
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8.good chance to get familar with biological databases |
| AW YONG THENG THENG SCI11109@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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9.It's an interesting project which challenges an individual's bioinformatics skills. It also has given me a hands-on experience on what it is like to be in this bioinformatics field. Maybe there can be more tutorials or practicals teaching the usage of ClustalW software as it's one of the hardest step of the project. |
| AZLINA BTE MAJID SCI10892@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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10.I learnt a lot of new things and I really enjoyed doing this project. It would have been more interesting to use other databases like COG. |
| BAHETY PRIYANKA SCI10419@nus.edu.sg 28/2/2003 |
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11.very interesting so far haven't :) |
| BUI THAI HOANG THU SCI11192@nus.edu.sg 28/2/2003 |
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12.I think the project has been useful to get hands-on experience of the wonders of bioinformatics. There has been some discrepancy between the goals that the TA´s have been talking about and the goals that Prof Tan has talked about. Was confusing what we were actually supposed to do until the tutorials. Clearer goal definition is sought. |
| CECILIA JOHANSSON S0200718@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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13.interesting |
| CHAK LI LING SCI11262@nus.edu.sg 28/2/2003 |
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14.tedious...nervewrecking but at the same time rewarding Should have more sessions on hands on practice instead of just going through ppt tutorials |
| CHAN ELIZA JANE SCI10757@nus.edu.sg 4/3/2003 |
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15.It gave me a better understanding of what bioinformatics is. But due to time constrain, not all possibilities were explored totally. |
| CHAN QING LI SCI10381@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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16.I think that this project is quite a challenging and interesting one because it combining the uses of computers and biology which we never deal with in other life sciences module. Even though i face some difficulty in doing this, i eventually learn something new at the end of the day. I think that we probably should have more hours on the practical just to improve the theory because it is really hard to grab the idea during lectures without actually do it. |
| CHANDRA DEBORAH SCI11228@nus.edu.sg 13/3/2003 |
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17.too time consuming and difficult to do for first timer needed more time to produce a better project ,especially for first timer who know nothing about webpage making |
| CHANG CHI-YAO,BENJAMIN SCI10112@nus.edu.sg 3/3/2003 |
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18.enables me to gain some computer knowledge. Nil. |
| CHEN WANYING SCI10617@nus.edu.sg 13/3/2003 |
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19.it seems very hard initially..not the website making, rather the information on it.Many a time, we don;t know why we are doing certain steps that we were told to perform. Can more explicit explanations be given? as in, ClustalW is used for what exactly? so what if we get the dendrogram? |
| CHEN XIUFEN,CALLIE SCI10490@nus.edu.sg 9/3/2003 |
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20.The project has been a really tedious one but nonetheless,it's been a revelation working on it once i saw the whole point of it. It was really useful in opening up insights on research areas and more accurately design and customize one's wet projects based on the inferences drawn from the results.This would save a lot of precious time. For now, i m just glad it's finally over... :) |
| CHEN ZHI XIONG SCI10105@nus.edu.sg 9/3/2003 |
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21.Time consuming but learnt lots of things!!! |
| CHENG HIN TING SCI11208@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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22.generally provide us with the hand on experience on using the different tools to perform the various searches as well as using the databases to search for the revelant information.but it is a bit blur in the beginning as how to start the project |
| CHENG LILIAN SCI10116@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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23.it was interesting but really tedious because of the many steps that we have to go through to get the results. the TAs could be better instructed on the steps of the proj. they couldn't really explain to me the purpose of carrying out certain steps and contradicted each other occasionally. overall, the tutorials were not very well written either. and no tutorial was carried out regarding how to interpret prosite, which was a last minute addition. |
| CHENG SHI MIN SCI10346@nus.edu.sg 4/3/2003 |
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24.OK. |
| CHEONG YUH MENG,CLEMENT SCI10195@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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25.it's pretty alright... not too time consuming but still a headache |
| CHEW JIA ZHEN,GERALDINE SCI10487@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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26.Pretty interesting..however..it might be a little mind boggling figuring out how to do up a webpage esp if one is a greenhorn in this area..Anyway..one can never stop learning new things We should be given more time if possible to familiarise with something new like this. Prob making it a group project would be better? |
| CHIA PEILING,SERENE SCI10924@nus.edu.sg 27/2/2003 |
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27.quite ok. nil |
| CHIA SHU HUI SCI10446@nus.edu.sg 10/3/2003 |
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28.this project to some of the students is a nightmare because bioinformatics is new and many of the students have no foundation in doing webpage. furthermore, it can take up most of the time in doing the project. nil. |
| CHIA WEE WEE SCI10022@nus.edu.sg 5/3/2003 |
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29.Check the author's notes section on the page :) The entire project can be quite daunting and fuzzy at first , especially to someone less computer-savvy ... don't really know how to suggest anything on how to improve as each student has a varying degree on how much he knows or can absorb . Oh well , it's been a fun trip ! |
| CHIN KWONG CHEONG SCI11292@nus.edu.sg 28/2/2003 |
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30.Not too time consuming, and is interesting, but a headache nevertheless on what should be included and what should not - |
| CHNG LI SHAN SCI10439@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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31.fun but tiring. learnt a lot of things, including webpage making. |
| CHONG HAO XIN SCI11052@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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32.It's really a totally new area to me. I learnt something through this project. |
| CHONG LAY CHIN,CHRISTINA SCI11255@nus.edu.sg 14/3/2003 |
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33.its quite interesting..a bit tedious as well |
| CHONG RUILING SCI10401@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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34.useful that I can learn to create a webpage and get in touch with some biological softwares. But a bit time consuming. I think the TAs should give clearer instructions during tutorials. |
| CHONG SUE YUAN SCI10510@nus.edu.sg 3/3/2003 |
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35.quite time consuming. problem of buiding up webpage more than the project ... |
| CHONG YUK KIEN SCI11066@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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36.There was so much confusion at the beginning as I didnt know what I was supposed to do and what was going on. Now, I am very glad that I have finished it and I feel quite proud of myself. Thanks to Dr. Tan and my TAs and my friend Haoxin. I really have learned a lot from them. thanks I hope more practical sessions can be carried out and more uses of biological databases can be demonstrated by TAs. Overall, individual learning and discussions with peers are very crucial. |
| CHOO SZE SZE SCI11134@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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37.Interesting and mind-opening, though at some times, the process can be tedious and frustrating. Make it pair work so that it won't be so tedious. |
| CHU KA HING,THERESA SCI10637@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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38.Should not have extended the dateline. It's a good way to force us to learn about making website. The no. of TAs should be more as they have difficulties attending to such a big class. Uploading 4 files each time is too slow. Maybe should consider easier and faster method of uploading files eg. using ftp. |
| CHUA CHER LING SCI10524@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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39.i would say that this is a challenging and fun project that has enabled me to learn in a hands-on manner. Over here, I would like to thank Prof Tan and my TAs Mr Justin Choo and Ms Bhuvana for their help and support. nil |
| CHUA YI JUN SCI11002@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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40.very timing consuming and tidieous. maybe we could have the TAs teach us slower and be clearer in their explanations. bacause at first i have no idea what i was suppose to do other than search for information from the different databases. |
| CHUA YILIN SCI10877@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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41.it was a fun and exasperating experience. I had to redo quite a bit of the project as some files went missing after I saved. Overall, it was enriching and satisfying. I learnt much more abt the databases compared to just reading abt them from the text n notes. nil |
| CHUAH SHIN CHET SCI10881@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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42.very interesting should be more challenging |
| DANG PUNEET KAUR PARAMJIT SINGH SCI11328@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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43.Its great...really amazing. I've learnt so much from it. Thank you to all TAs and lecturers for showing me a whole new world. Just carry on the great stuff:) |
| DEEPA PARKASH NANWANI SCI11009@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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44.It is very enriching and mind stimulating as well as broadening our scope of studies. I think the web designing part is the important part in that. Many improvement can be made on the tutorial and lab systems, especially regarding the class size. The tutorials/labs are totally ineffective with the current class size. |
| DODDY HIDAYAT SCI00007@nus.edu.sg 2/3/2003 |
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45.its interesting some of my links dont work. when i uploaded they didnt convert properly..........i dont have time to do anything.....its 11.45 please be considerate. I have done all the work.its just the links that some of the links dont work But most of them would work. |
| DULESH NIVANTHA PEIRIS SCI11046@nus.edu.sg 1/3/2003 |
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46.new to me in a sense that I have never done a webpage before. no. |
| EE HUI JING SCI10867@nus.edu.sg 10/3/2003 |
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47.This project is really interesting. I really got a taste of what it's really like doing hands-on research. This is my first attempt in creating a webpage using Frontpage and it's pretty exciting. Such projects could also train students to be more independent in their learning process, rather than having the lecturers "hold their hands" as they learn. We should have more of such projects in future. |
| ENG GOI HUI SCI10747@nus.edu.sg 2/3/2003 |
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48.This project is a very good way for us to go and explore the various databases and software. |
| ER HONG LING SCI11220@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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49.I think this project is really an experience for me as i never design a webpage for me . It's definitely an enriching experience and i am able to learn things related to biology but related to computer. I hope that during practical, more TAs can be available to guide and more guidance for the project be given |
| ER KOK LEONG SCI10035@nus.edu.sg 2/3/2003 |
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50.quite interesting we may need more time to do it |
| ER YU SENG SCI11078@nus.edu.sg 2/3/2003 |
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51.It is very interesting, although a bit time consuming. The structure of the proteins could be taught before this project to allow better deciphering of the data we found. It would allow better understanding of the genes we found and can widen the project limits |
| FONG ENG KIAT SCI10927@nus.edu.sg 2/3/2003 |
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52.quite challenging none |
| FONG PENG LI SCI11267@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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53.this project has exposed us to the useful applications of bioinformatics. Most importantly, we learn to use these software and also the materials available on the internet & also results analysis. First timers working on web page has at least learned the basic skills to create a simple one. Such a project should be given to every batch of students as this is a fun way of learning. |
| FOONG SHU FEN,CHARLENE SCI10777@nus.edu.sg 9/3/2003 |
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54.Challenging, i've learnt alot of things. However, it is very time consuming. nil |
| FU YINGHUI SCI10944@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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55.i think this is an very interesting project and I am glad that there was such a project. We should have more freedom to choose what we would like to do. for e.g, the whole class need not concentrate on one organism |
| GANDARUBAN GANTHA RUBY SCI10889@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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56.Before practical 2 there were lot of peoploe who were very uncertain of what was going, the whole idea of the project. Even after the briefing, i felt that we were just as clueless when we started doing this module. However, attending the pracicals the TAs shed some light on what was expected; that was a really big help! I think the TAs and other people who are assisiting in this module should come together and discuss what is required and expected out of it. There were much differing comments and instructions given by TAs from the different labs which consequently caused a lot of confusion and upsets among the students when we tried to discuss about the project. |
| GOH HUILING,WINNIE SCI10983@nus.edu.sg 10/3/2003 |
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57.useful to a certain extent because actually, i think this module ought to be more 'hands on' rather than lectured.. kind of hard trying to understand what is going on in lectures.. with all the history of the evolution of this and that program.. the project defnitely gave me a chance to try out ^_^ |
| GOH SHUANG RU SCI10690@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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58.fun and interesting but I think could do with a little more focus in the objective of what this project hopes to accomplish Nil |
| GOH WEN BIN,WILSON SCI10686@nus.edu.sg 14/3/2003 |
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59.time consuming but it is a good way to get hands on in the module and through this project, certain concepts and functions of the different databases can be better understood. |
| GUAN XUE LI SCI10572@nus.edu.sg 13/3/2003 |
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60.It helps us to learn not only about databases, but also about webpages. |
| HAN HUNG PEW MELISSA GRACE Y T SCI11148@nus.edu.sg 13/3/2003 |
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61.i have learnt new skills of web publishing and had hands-on experience in using the programmes introduced during lectures. This project has improved my ability of doing online research and sieving out the huge amount of information i can find over the internet. This is a very realistic project as it deals with something at the scientific edge and not just obsolete info that one can find in the textbooks. Big thanks to the lecturer Prof Tan Tin Wee and my tutors for going over again and again about the project. Perhaps we could be given a project that involves some of the research that is going on in the various institutes here in NUS. We students can be made to help mining/generating info using the skills that we have acquired in the course. It would have been more meaningful :) |
| HAR JIA YI SCI10397@nus.edu.sg 6/3/2003 |
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62.Interesting None |
| HEMA D/O ANBANANDAN SCI10383@nus.edu.sg 7/3/2003 |
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63.This is really an interesting project,besides learning the knowledge,i also gain fun creating my own and first homepage! I really enjoy it! This is such an innovative way in teaching or CA.We are tested not on exam paper but the project which is presented in a webpage way.I hope this kind of system should be continued. |
| HO ZI ZONG SCI11087@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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64.It was an eye opener for someone ike me who has never done a webpage before. We should be given more time to learn how to use the search engines and Blast and ClutalW. |
| HUANG JINJIN,KIM SCI10874@nus.edu.sg 27/2/2003 |
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65.It was fun searching and applying what we have learnt in class, esp when this involves real bactria instead of some make-up story haha, but it was really bad for first time webpage makers, really really frustrating to get around all the links and pics |
| HUANG SINONG SCI10755@nus.edu.sg 8/3/2003 |
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66.It has been very enriching I think that the server should allow folders to be uploaded as well and not simply files as this will only complicate and make the folder messy. If the project were to be made for the website to be good then this aspect of the server uploading should be enforced. Or else a simple uploading to the ivle site should suffice. |
| INTHRANI D/O RAJA INDRAN SCI10345@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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67.Nice project. Fun. Fun but I wish the work I am doing is not done by ~50 others as well. I'd rather do individual projects with varied results, although I understand the difficulty in designing such a thing with ~350 students. Oh, and PLEASE allow subdirectory creation. I'd be most grateful if I have to repeat the module next semester :p |
| IZAD-YAR DANIEL RASHEED U0206423@nus.edu.sg 3/3/2003 |
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68.very inspiring - |
| J VANITHA SCI10949@nus.edu.sg 2/3/2003 |
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69.I think this kind of project can encourage us to do more research, we could involve in real research field, especially in the genoming of B. pseudomallei. I would really thank Prof. Tan Tin Wee and my TAs for their kind assistance.It's a very good beginning for us and we hope, someday that what we've learned would be very useful and would be able to contribute to our future research in the biological society. |
| JULES RUSLI U0206704@nus.edu.sg 9/3/2003 |
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70.I feel that this project has brought us, as students up to a different level of understanding of our cirrculum. No longer are we supposed to just memorise concepts/theories but rather we can have a chance to experience what scientists outside the education world does. Harnessing the latest technology and databases has brought research of genomic studies to a higher and more sophisticated level. Special thanks to A/P Tan Tin Wee for his detailed and clear explanation and many thanks to teaching assistant, Mr Chen Xin for his help during the course of this project. |
| KANG HAN MEI,BRIDGET SCI10903@nus.edu.sg 14/3/2003 |
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71.The project is useful as in we get to put in the skills that we have learnt. However, the objectives of the project could be clearer. My friends and i had some difficulty identifying what we are actually suppose to do. The project is a challenge and i have learnt much. Provide a clearer objective to the project. |
| KANG JINYING,JASMINE SCI11024@nus.edu.sg 3/3/2003 |
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72.It has been very interesting to complete this project, as it presented a challenge I had never attempted before: presenting my findings in a webpage format. I can say that I have learned a lot from this exercise, the knowledge will be very useful for many years to come. I wish to thank Dr Tan Tin Wee and all the laboratory Teaching Assistants, for their precious advice and help. |
| KARMESWAREE GOVINTHAN NAIKEN SCI11150@nus.edu.sg 2/3/2003 |
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73.It was very interesting, and I gained a lot of hands on skills in handling databases, alignment tools, literature sources and wep page making. I am in fact thankful for this project. nil |
| KEE QIULING,SHARLENE SCI10991@nus.edu.sg 8/3/2003 |
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74.teaches me a lot about bioinformatics and the use of biological databases |
| KHAIRULZAD BIN SULAIMAN SCI10044@nus.edu.sg 1/3/2003 |
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75.It was a good experience and I learnt a lot from this project. I found the research challenging and I learnt how to operate the various biological databases better. Also, it was very fun designing the webpage. I found this entire project very different from other biological projects and was initially quite worried because I have never designed a webpage nor dealt so closely with the gene and amino acid level of any organism before. However, thanks to the close guidance and useful help from the lecturers and TAs, I learnt so much and actually managed complete it even though I thought I could not do it! |
| KHOO KAH HUI,JOLEEN SCI10740@nus.edu.sg 4/3/2003 |
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76.Quite a refreshing change from the usual written style, and provides added flexibility in terms of links and presentation style. |
| KOH HSING DEE SCI10746@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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77.Takes up alot of time. It does help us understand the tools used in bioinformatic because we use it so often until we r familiar with it. |
| KOH KAI JIANG SCI10166@nus.edu.sg 13/3/2003 |
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78.Interesting and a good experience. Helps us exercise what we have learnt and gives us a chance to learn even more. May be different organisms can be assigned to different groups so that we can cross learn between groups. |
| KOH PEONY SCI10823@nus.edu.sg 2/3/2003 |
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79.Really good in the sense that it is 'hands-on' kind of thing and having a good memory is not important in learning. Could improve on the time given for research because there is obviously so much to find out! Very interesting! |
| KOH WEI CHOON,ALVIN SCI10234@nus.edu.sg 27/2/2003 |
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80.Gives a better understanding to using the softwares i.e BLAST, clustalW, etc.. also a better grip to i.e. GenBank data interpretation. There are more complicating tunning which can be done in the advance function of some engines i.e BLAST which at the point of project was not taught to us, therefore might hinder the accuracy of the results displayed on the webpage. Not all students have the prior knowledge of webpage design. Teaching them the general outlines of doing a webpage in WYSIWYG format does allow greater ease, however there's a need for more proper lesson to the real technical jargon and more minor details i.e. some students might not know how to create a link, bookmark ,etc. |
| KOK ZUI HUA SCI10268@nus.edu.sg 14/3/2003 |
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81.interesting but time consuming |
| KONG SIEW CHING SCI11143@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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82.It is a bold attempt for life sciences students to learn to create webpages and brush up their computer skills in the terms of bioinformatics. Well concept however, it'll be ideal if the project requirements can be explained much more in details. |
| KONG ZHI QUAN,ERIC SCI10090@nus.edu.sg 4/3/2003 |
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83.It's fun but challenging and quite scary |
| KUAH LI FANG SCI10734@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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84.It's very interesting |
| LAU ENOCH SCI10255@nus.edu.sg 16/3/2003 |
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85.This project is interesting !!! (although it's a bit time comsuming). The tutorial sessions are really useful. There is an error in my webpage, although I uploaded the picture but it still does not show up in the webpage. Therefore, please click on the faulty picture beside " My step 1' results" to view the results. I am really sorry for the convenience caused. Have a nice day !!!!!! |
| LE THI TUONG VY SCI11124@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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86.very good chance to expose myself to learn to design a webpage which i always think that it's impossible for me to do so!and i get to learn a lot about the bioinformatics softwares.An unforgettable experience and i definitely learnt a lot from this. Prof Tan has been a great professor in teaching us especially the greenhorns in creating webpage. He is patient uwith us. The TA's had also been of great help to us. |
| LEE BIWEI SCI10610@nus.edu.sg 2/3/2003 |
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87.This project really familiarize me with various bioinformatics search engines. I got a chance to practice what I have learnt and enhance my understanding. I think some useful literature or journals that explain the basic background of the project should be cited out. |
| LEE CHOOU KOOK SCI11279@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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88.was a real hands on project that gives us real situations and problems to over come. |
| LEE HAN-CHUNG,RANDY SCI10165@nus.edu.sg 2/3/2003 |
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89.Although it was tough work doing everything,... and most of the time i didnt exactly know what was happening, i do believe that this is a worthwhile project to be done.. it provided a lot of hands-on exposure to those who are interested in pursuing a career in Bioinformatics.. |
| LEE HONG XIAN,CHARMAINE SCI10395@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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90.I think that this project is very challenging and I learnt alot from it. Both biology knowledge and IT skills which I feel will help me later in life. |
| LEE MANSHI SCI10680@nus.edu.sg 14/3/2003 |
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91.an excellent means of practise and assessment except tats its quite stressful for those without webpage experience mainly that it requires very long to do clustalw esp if you only have dialup (nus) at home |
| LEE SWEE KOK SCI10033@nus.edu.sg 28/2/2003 |
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92.Quite interesting and gain in depth understanding of databases but a bit tough for us with little background knowlegde Hope the deadline can be extend |
| LEE XUEFEN SCI10500@nus.edu.sg 27/2/2003 |
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93.Fun, enriching in the sense that we learnt the use of resources on the net. Overall its was rather comprehensive, though the TAs can elaborate more on the purpose of this project. Also, there was alot of confusion on what to do, which hopefully will be ironed out next semester |
| LEE YIE HOU SCI10288@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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94.I think it is a very enriching project. |
| LEONG E-LING,GERALDINE SCI10427@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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95.In the beginning, i was pretty clueless about what was going on, but at the end of the project, i somehow had gotten grasp of how to use the various databases and the meaning of doing the whole annotation. no... |
| LEOW YING LING SCI10073@nus.edu.sg 4/3/2003 |
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96.This project has indeed achieved its objectives of giving us a hands on experience at bioformatics in practice.. i would like to thank Ms Cao for her patience and care, and all the help she's given me |
| LER CHIEW LEI SCI10896@nus.edu.sg 27/2/2003 |
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97.in the beginning in order to find the results, much was learnt, but presenting it on a web pg was tedious and time consuming and did not help in gaining of any new knowledge. there could be a specific template so we just have to fill in the results we get and need not think how we are gonna present it and spend time linking all the pages. |
| LIANG SHIEN SCI10441@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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98.Quite tough, TA guidance is essential, as it is hard to describe n explain the concepts n procedures accurately. |
| LIEW LAILING SCI10430@nus.edu.sg 7/3/2003 |
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99.though is quite stressful, but still enjoy it as a whole because the hands-on experience is far better than sitting in the lecture hall. by doing the project, many of the doubts that i have in searching the databases are clarified.The making of webpage is also a new experience to me...is quite fun.. as we have work so hard for the project,i think the weightage for this CA should be higher |
| LIM CHIN SIM,EUNICE SCI11298@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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100.Quite ok as soon as i know what i was doing. It's quite tedious. no comments. |
| LIM ENG ENG,LORNA SCI10651@nus.edu.sg 14/3/2003 |
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101.actually quite confused at the beginning, can't really even catch up with what to be done.through the guide of friends and finish it finally. thanks everyone :) |
| LIM HWEE YING SCI11218@nus.edu.sg 12/3/2003 |
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102.interesting.. =] we could be given more time to learn. |
| LIM JIAHAO SCI10422@nus.edu.sg 6/3/2003 |
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103.This project enables the student to learn more about bioinformatics and it focus on independent learning. However, this project is too time consuming. Provide more help for students in doing the project, such as conducting more practicals to allow students to be more familiar the bioinformatics. |
| LIM LI LENG SCI10796@nus.edu.sg 3/3/2003 |
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104.I've learnt about biology from a new perspective (in silico experiments), instead of being exposed to only biochemical techniques. |
| LIM LISHAN,CLAIRICE SCI10006@nus.edu.sg 1/3/2003 |
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105.i think it has helped me understand how to use the various databases better and acquire skills in analysing results. i feel that we need more tutorials.The tutors have been very helpful.However,certain concepts need to be clarified through thorough explanation. I feel that the lecture notes might not be sufficient in teaching the skills of data analysis. |
| LIM MEI YIN SCI10695@nus.edu.sg 8/3/2003 |
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106.time-consuming but gave me a much better understanding of how to use the databases. |
| LIM QINYI,VERA SCI10776@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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107.It is a pretty tough project because I have no idea how to do up a webpage. Can TAs please show more explanations on ClustalW? |
| LIM SEOW LIN SCI10445@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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108.I think this project is interesting in the sense that it gives me the chance to utilize the various databases and analytical tools. It is useful and also not very time consuming. I think that for the tutorial sessions, we should be given time to do some practical in the lab after the TAs had taught us how to do the steps. |
| LIM SHOA SIONG ENG90027@nus.edu.sg 10/3/2003 |
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109.very good and effective way to introduce us to biocomputing and bioinformatics. Way way better than reading a text then sitting for a test. For future batches of students, please teach them about BLAST and ClustalW and other programs earlier. Much much earlier. It's hard to do the project if we don't know what's going on for those programs. |
| LIM SIMIN SCI10538@nus.edu.sg 11/3/2003 |
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110.hands on is a nice way of learning bioinformatics coz otherwise it'll be like asking someone to write a computer programme without a computer which iz abstract and hard thus i truly enjoy the session.learnt a lot about the functions of programs and how it helps in real life situation problem solving.the time extention was welcomed too. the briefing tutorial could haf been much more effective if everyone has a compt in front to try out as the tutor speaks.time constrains the quality of work produce.working in groups does help as i found out. |
| LIM TSYR JONG SCI10351@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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111.i think it's interesting but pretty time consuming. NA |
| LIM YVONNE SCI10368@nus.edu.sg 10/3/2003 |
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112.It's quite diffcult to grasp all the concept at one go and I had a hard time figuring out all the things just by looking at the notes. |
| LIN GUANTING SCI10694@nus.edu.sg 27/2/2003 |
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113.interesting,learnt more about how to use databases, how to create webpage, the latter which is something that i had always wanted to learn but had no chance to Want to thank Benett for his help. He had been very patient and attentive to all my questions. |
| LIN JINGYI SCI10876@nus.edu.sg 14/3/2003 |
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114.It's very interesting but too time-consuming for 15%, but well, I benefit from this project anyway. It's fun though tiring and frustrating at times. Perhaps we should have practicals instead of tutorials with regards to this project because hands-on experience will enhance understanding. |
| LIN SIMIN SCI10800@nus.edu.sg 14/3/2003 |
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115.Good. Initially, the starting was difficult because there was too much confusion. But after that, it was smooth-sailing. The uploading part was difficult because it's Unix and case sensitive and no spaces etc, etc. Could improve on that glitch. The practical labs should be equipped with computer projectors & microphone, so that any demonstration can be done on the spot and we could practice straight away on our workstations at the same time. |
| LIN WEIXIONG, EDMUND SCI10066@nus.edu.sg 2/3/2003 |
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116.Too much spoon-feeding - although that helped a lot. Repeating simple procedures too often - can get a robot to do it. But I enjoyed thinking about the results and writing the discussion and using my linguistic skills to explain complicated (but not complex) situations. No reason to extend deadline at all. Extending the deadline only makes the crush at the end even worse. Please provide voluntary Unix accounts to LSM2104 students because there will be some like me who have an aversion towards Bill Gates' software. Thank you! |
| LIN YANGCHEN SCI10216@nus.edu.sg 11/3/2003 |
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117.it is very bad in the beginning, but thanks to the TA's help, finally realise what is going on..lectures didn't help a bit, just more confusing..luckily, TA are very helpful otherwise, really can't do it at all i think practicals are more helpful than lectures. the lectures are very confusing and rather crappy..Thumbs up for the TAs!! |
| LIN ZHANGLI SCI10363@nus.edu.sg 12/3/2003 |
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118.interesting, helps me put my knowledge into good use. CZ lab should allow students to work with the computers rather than just sitting in tutorial rooms and listen to the tutor. |
| LING YUEN CHYAO SCI11198@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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119.It's a very good practical. however, the webpage makes much more trouble than the content. the server should allow us to upload a zip file. then student can upzip on the web. |
| LIU BING SCI11155@nus.edu.sg 13/3/2003 |
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120.I think that i benefit quite a lot from doing this project. I get the hands on experience of using various databases and bioinformatics software. Other than this, i have learnt some basic skills of making webpage and have a better understanding of html. I felt quite inconvenient when i uploaded files. If we can just drag a folder which contains all the files i have made, it will be much easier. |
| LIU CHANG SCI11173@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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121.quite interesting! a very good learning experience should put more work to step 3 and reduce workload for step 1 and 2 |
| LIU JIANGKE SCI11181@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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122.Quite interesting.... no |
| LO CHUNG HAO SCI10509@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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123.it's quite challenge expecially for me..since i never do a webpage myself... From this, i can learn quite a lot of thing that i never touched before... |
| LOH KOK POH SCI11093@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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124.interesting and useful no |
| LOH SZE YIN SCI11242@nus.edu.sg 12/3/2003 |
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125.have a chance to learn but time not enough |
| LOK LEY WOON SCI11226@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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126.I think it was both fun and educational NA |
| LOKE WAN LEAK,ALEX SCI11266@nus.edu.sg 16/3/2003 |
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127.fine |
| LOW HAI LOON SCI11151@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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128.It is very interesting and certainly teaches us more about databases than we would ever understand by studying theory alone. |
| LOW JIAYI SCI10667@nus.edu.sg 28/2/2003 |
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129.Quite a lot new things to learn. Extend the deadline longer |
| LOW KAI LENG SCI10041@nus.edu.sg 13/3/2003 |
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130.i think it is quite interesting but it is difficult for students who are less computer savvy. i myself, for one, encountered some technical problems. therefore, i feel that we should not only be taught wat info to put into our webpg but also more details on HOW to do it. but indeed this project is smthg different from the norm esp for bio students. as above |
| LOW MEI ERN,RUTH SCI10709@nus.edu.sg 2/3/2003 |
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131.Should include a health warning: "All those who have not revised genetics thoroughly, do not enter. Or else perish in shock. Some Microbio experience is recommended in order to better understand phylogeny and non-Burkholderia genus pseudomallei relatives etc." But now that I've finished it, it's actually quite fun. A little strange to teach in lecture the tools we are supposed to use eg BLAST, ClustalW, only one day before the project submission. Don't understand their concepts yet, however supposed to use them expertly for project. Not good. Could try going through the earlier sequence similarity/homology and scoring matrices lectures(concepts) faster so that can get to the effective proper usage of BLAST etc. Our TAs and Prof Tan are very very willing to help, though. But you must know the right questions to ask them.... |
| LOW SOO MEI SCI10424@nus.edu.sg 27/2/2003 |
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132.this project is interesting but very tough as the novel genes are difficult to find and define. What is "found" as novel gene may not be a novel gene afterall. the use of the various software is cumbersome as server might be very slow sometimes. this whole project nonetheless provided a better understanding as to how to use the software the uploaded files cannot be modified as a result i have uploaded repeated files and this might confuse the examiner. the links dont work and bec i m not familiar with microsoft frontpage i have no idea how to make it better. how abt submission in the form of a diskette. that is modifiable and somewhat "safer" |
| LOW YUAN WEN SCI11021@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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133.The project gave us a chance to practice on searching database tools and other programs, know how to use different bioprogram to do differet purposes, learn more about the bioformatics. This project also gave us a chance to create our own webpage, escepically gor those who never do this bofore. |
| LU SONG SCI11164@nus.edu.sg 13/3/2003 |
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134.doing this project has exposed me to using various databases to search for my required information. Besides this, it has also given me the opportunity to learn how to design and make a webpage |
| LUM KINN,GERARD BRANDON SCI10113@nus.edu.sg 27/2/2003 |
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135.It has been very dry learning this module and all these changed when I started work on this project when I had some(albeit tiring) fun when i first "discovered" a good match of the Cold shock protein gene of B. multivorans (and subsequently, many other bacteria too) with the genome of Bps. Sincerely, I want to thank Prof Tan and the TAs for their most helpful advice, without which, I won't know how to carry on, progressively, with the cold shock gene that i found having a good match with pseudomallei. |
| LYE YU MIN SCI10220@nus.edu.sg 4/3/2003 |
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136.Helped me to learn how to use the softwares Perhaps, you can make this more understandable by explaining why we are doing certain steps. You might want to get more TAs to assist us when doing practical. |
| MA ZHI-IONG,JOEL SCI10127@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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137.It is very unique and interesting. I like it. no comments |
| MAHATHIR BIN HUMAIDI SCI10918@nus.edu.sg 9/3/2003 |
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138.Its rather unique and interesting in a way, allowing to learn both IT aspect as well as the BIO way. As a whole its rather interesting, though can be rather frustrating at first when things arent that clear as they seems. No comments on that, but perhaps, multiple uploading of more files would be great! and as well as folders also! |
| NAH HONG LEONG SCI10083@nus.edu.sg 14/3/2003 |
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139.it was a learning experience, having it's fair bit of fun as well as 'stress'! -nil- |
| NAI AI LIN,KAREN SCI10364@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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140.this is a good exerise for us. we have learn alot about bioinformatics and biocomputing. |
| NEO WEE LOONG,THOMAS SCI10043@nus.edu.sg 3/3/2003 |
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141.I find it a bit difficult esp. i have no knowledge of creating webpage and uploading pictures of dendrograms is a very confusing part for me. Other than that, it is quite useful and allows us to understand the learning objectives. NA |
| NG BEE YEN SCI10214@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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142.tedious and time consuming but we are forced to learn how to use the programs and understd how they work. |
| NG HUI LING SCI10754@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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143.Its qutie tedious and i dont understand something that i m doing.However, at least there are tutor to hrlp me. More could be explained in the lectur, as clear as possible. |
| NG JIE LI,JEFFREY SCI10163@nus.edu.sg 1/3/2003 |
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144.useful and tedious. if all the TAs are really good in this area, it would have been better and less mis-leading. |
| NG LEE MIN SCI10576@nus.edu.sg 11/3/2003 |
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145.It is fun and challenging but also quite time-consuming. |
| NG LIN ENG SCI11199@nus.edu.sg 12/3/2003 |
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146.Time consuming upload option need improvement. I suggest the usage of ftp to upload. the limitation that cannot delete a uploaded file and create directory is really troublesomes. The single file upload option is also troublesome, need to have massive file upload option. I have wrongly uploaded the files to sci11715 instead of d-sci11715, however, i cannot change because this involves a lot of files. If we have a ftp account, we could just change the name of directory... I hope you understand my difficult to upload all files again to d-sci11715. Therefore, I will be using sci11715 |
| NG PEI JIUN SCI11715@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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147.The project is useful, from near zero knowledge to a proper grasp of the situation. lotsa chance for exposure and hands on to the programs. |
| NG SHIEN WEI,BENEDICT SCI10223@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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148.Very interesting. Have a chance to create a webpage and at the same time applying what I have learnt during lectures. Too bad, some of my BL classmates do not get to let all these useful skills. Perhaps there could be some improvement for the practical/tutorial session. Instead of going through the notes/ppt one by one, the tutor should have give some other examples on the spot and explain the steps as we go along. |
| NG SHILEN SCI00212@nus.edu.sg 2/3/2003 |
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149.interesting, informative effective way of learning however very time-consuming group work for the project |
| NG SIO YING SCI10390@nus.edu.sg 14/3/2003 |
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150.This is a tedious and time consuming project. It requires understanding of bioinformatics software and IT knowledge as well. But, that allows us to learn and constantly upgrade ourselves. Is a good learning process. |
| NG SOON CHYE SCI10020@nus.edu.sg 14/3/2003 |
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151.Rather interesting Lecture and TAs are friendly and helpful. :) |
| NG TECLISE SCI10003@nus.edu.sg 2/3/2003 |
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152.This is an interesting project. It allows hands-on experiences, so I think I really learned alot and understand better how to use the databases. |
| NG WEI SZE SCI10650@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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153.very time consuming and exhausting because keep facing the computer screen all the time. but really can learn a lot of bioinformatics technique |
| NG WEN FUI SCI11070@nus.edu.sg 12/3/2003 |
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154.Interesting, can learn a lot of new things Better explaination on how to do the project. Don't really understand TA's explaination |
| NG XIAO TIAN,JENNIFER SCI10760@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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155.it's helpful and practical. Uploading shoud be improved. Can the ftp method be changed that we can upload the whole folder, instead of single files on it? And the uploading type should be more flexible if we want to delete some contents that are wrongly deleted. |
| NGUYEN KHANH LINH SCI11339@nus.edu.sg 4/3/2003 |
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156.I think the project gave us good experience on how to use research tools such as Blast, translation, extraction etc. However, it was quite hard to initially learn to go about what to do as we had not been taught how to search, or what to search. But beacuse of having to learn ourselves, I think it made us learn more and remember better everything that we had learnt. Probably it would have been better if the tutorials had not been conducted in such a rushed manner, making us fail to grasp what was being taught. More time should be allocated. Other than that, this has been a very good learning experience. |
| NOOTAN RAI SCI10392@nus.edu.sg 14/3/2003 |
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157.IT is very inetersting and forces me to learn stuff about the web.. |
| NOR ASHRAF B SAMSUDIN SCI10126@nus.edu.sg 1/3/2003 |
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158.I think that this project has provided me an insight into the world of bioinformatics. |
| NORAISHA BTE HAMZAH SCI00808@nus.edu.sg 14/3/2003 |
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159.It is interesting but really time consuming.... |
| NUR AZARINA BINTE KHAMIS SCI10331@nus.edu.sg 28/2/2003 |
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160.In my opinion i think this project has provided me with the great opportunity to gain new knowledge on the use of in silico based experiments which requires only a click of a mouse to obtain direct and rapid results. This is certainly a different way for doing experiments especially for biology based students like us. I believe that this project had benefitted many of us and i believe so because i did. I enjoyed this project thoroughly and after its completion i felt a sense of achievement for doing something that i had never tried before. Also this project had forged many bonds between friends as we learn to help each other and offer help when needed.The TAs especially Bhuvana and Justin who are very dedicated helped me a lot during the course of this project. This project had also boosted my IT skills and i really benefitted in the whole embarkation of this project. Basically i think this whole project is a good idea and this should be continued in the modules to come. I believe that this project would benefit many and may prove to be one of the many life skills required to survive in the research based type of jobs in the future.However i think it would be best that in the future, the deadline of the project be extended in view of students who have to juggle between many deadlines and tests during the period of the assigned project. |
| NUR'ASHIKIN BTE HASSAN SCI00415@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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161.most interesting, gives me a whole new concept to doin research in a 'dry' lab proper html lessons please |
| NURULHUDA BTE MUSTAFA SCI10426@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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162.This project is interesting and enables me to learn new things. I also need to thank several TAs for their help, patience and time spent on us. More detail instructions on creating webpages should be given. |
| ONG AI FANG SCI10979@nus.edu.sg 9/3/2003 |
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163.It allows us to learn how to use the tools and databases and make webpage. Good experience but we had to spend alot of time for 15% worth of marks. The briefing and even tutorial was not very clear becuase they were many things that we are unsure of even after the tutorials on the project. Many steps and as to why we had to do certain things were not explained. We had to go back to TA for further consultations or had to spend alot more time in trying out. Though the objectives were clear, poor explaination made us spend alot more time in trying to understand what to do. Alot of time is also spend to redo the webpage each time we change filename due to the sentivity of server to space.Alot of students faced problems of links not working. There should be more emphasis on how to save filenames and things to take note to prevent problems during uploading. We'll have to make alot of changes when such tings happen. |
| ONG BAOYU SCI10594@nus.edu.sg 2/3/2003 |
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164.It is very interesting and enforces what we have learnt. However, the time allocated to do this project is too short, so there isn't much time to go deeper. |
| ONG HUI WEN SCI10819@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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165.Rather interesting. Reinforces what we learnt in the practicals. None. |
| ONG JUNKAI SCI10872@nus.edu.sg 14/3/2003 |
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166.very stressful and time consuming |
| ONG MEIHUI,KAREN SCI10885@nus.edu.sg 5/3/2003 |
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167.It allows us to have a better understanding of BIoinformatics. Will like to thanks the TA for their great help and patience. |
| ONG SHIH HUI SCI10140@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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168.Initial stage of the project was confusing and pretty frustrating, as i had to try and 'decipher' and understand exactly what is required of us. This was very time consuming. Nevertheless i am very satisfied to have completed the project on my own almost singlehandledly. i must say I learn alot more and able to understand the databases and information better. However, i am still unable to upload and display the webpage background. So have no choice but to leave it as white. It is quite disappointing. The local sites for clustalw does not seem to work well and it did not give clear informations such as dendrogram tree nor links to information that we want.Hence i refer to the main site for clustalw program |
| ONG SIEW HOON SCI10450@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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169.It is useful to know more about the different atabase and know more about biocomputing No:) |
| PAN QIURONG, CATHERINE SCI11710@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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170.This project has enabled me to have a better understanding of using the various biological databases not just head knowledge but in a more practical way. Moreover it helps more to have greater insights on how genes can be sequenced through bioinfomatics. It has increased my analytical thinking and interpretation of data from the information given. This project can be more interesting if more time is given and also because we are very new this module, other than the weekly tutorial and practical probably more guidance, and informations can be provided. |
| PEH XIN YUIN,JOYCE SCI10720@nus.edu.sg 4/3/2003 |
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171.It is very effective as it allows us to have hands-on experience. It is quite pointless to sit in a lecture for hours and hours and we'll still don't understand anything. I think it is possible to do away with the lectures and have more lab sessions. Do away with the lectures or shorten it. Have more lab sessions and also, have a rotation of groups for the lab sessions. i.e. on alternate labs, have groups D-F have it at 2-4. It'll be much fairer to all groups. |
| PHANG LIP PIN,DAVID SCI10937@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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172.interesting alternative to a straight forward test... much more challenging and relevant final CA should be based on such test.. really allow us to show whether we understand the syllabus |
| PING CHENG XIANG,BENJAMIN SCI10136@nus.edu.sg 1/3/2003 |
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173.Great. I had a lot of fun working. Although if i were given more time...i would work in more restricted aspects Nil. |
| POH MENG LENG SCI10322@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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174.It is ok but had some problems with some steps. Enabled learning of how biocomputing works. N.A. |
| POON ZHUNG WEI SCI10240@nus.edu.sg 1/3/2003 |
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175.Good practice in using the various databses. N/A |
| PRICILLA LORETTA NONIS SCI01198@nus.edu.sg 14/3/2003 |
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176.A very innovative idea to open this project. can link the lecture knowledge to handon experience. strongly support it. To extend the deadline is still unfair to soem student, though i didnot hand inwithin the first deadline:P |
| RAO FENG SCI11152@nus.edu.sg 3/3/2003 |
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177.I think this project is very interesting because of the sequencing involved using computer databases... |
| RECANA CATHLEEN FAYE RED SCI11172@nus.edu.sg 3/3/2003 |
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178.Most of the time didn't really understand the reason behid why we were asked to do certain things. Be more clear and specific |
| SALIM SURAINA SCI11229@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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179.good no |
| SAW PEK LEAN SCI11241@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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180.At first, i think that it will be very difficult to do. But after getting the hand-on experience during practical, realise that it is not that difficult. In fact, I found the project to be very interesting. -- |
| SEAH AI HWEE SCI10644@nus.edu.sg 13/3/2003 |
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181.It is very interesting. It looks like some sort of research work. this project enables me to learb how to a webpage as well as the skill of using bio-database and the softwares. It really gives me a lot. I want to thank Miss Cao Zhiwei and Prof tan for being patient and enlighten me.Thanks for guiding me throughout the whole process. I really learn a lot. |
| SEE SHEAN LONG U0206425@nus.edu.sg 3/3/2003 |
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182.it was indeed a new experience for me! never expected myself to be creating a websites=. The TAs were really helpful in clarifying my doubts during tutorials. Enjoyed this project maybe it would be advisable to actually have a limit to the number of genes to search for in each of the steps. If not, its a little ambiguious. |
| SEOW JOSEFINA SCI10955@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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183.It really gave us a chance to practise the bioinformatics tools, as well apply them to explore something new and interesting. no |
| SHA LANJIE SCI11156@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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184.This project has really broadend my scope on bioinformatics. In fact though there was time constrain indoing more than i could , i enjoyed tremendously doing this project and learning vauable lessons on searching databases and such. I feel that the project timespan should be longer so that we have more time to do a better job and also maybe more weightage on this projects. I mean essentailly it is computer based module and more hand on would be more beneficial. |
| SHAMINI D/O AYYADHURY SCI10607@nus.edu.sg 14/3/2003 |
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185.helpful for us to learn the usage of some bioinformatics tool thanks a lot for the TAs of Group E |
| SHI JIE SCI11116@nus.edu.sg 11/3/2003 |
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186.This project was a good idea to help us become not only familiar with different tools but also to make us concious of how these tools put together can help us make deductions and aid in experimental design for wet-lab. The open ended approach to the project was what most other assignments in NUS lack and is what is required to develop thinking and creativity. This was a great experience in terms of the wholistic overview it provided. Skills like introduction to regular expressions, query formats for entrez and SRS, making html queries, basic perl would make this project a more enriching experience. Also we could be formally introduced to the different type fo sequence classes etc. as this would help in using Bio-Perl modules. Our objective should be not to only learn the tools but also some basics of how we could develop one not merely theoretically. |
| SHRUTI KAPOOR SCI10943@nus.edu.sg 11/3/2003 |
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187.useful, helps to understand the sequence alignment concept better. |
| SILASUDJANA MIRANTI SCI11216@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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188.Very problematic. I met so many problems doing this project! The uploading especially gave me so much headache. Also, many students were extremely confused about how to do the project, what was required, etc. Perhaps a clearer outline could be given, and more sessions alotted for this project. The students require more time to complete the project in the computer lab, as it is easier to ask for the TA's help then. |
| SIM CAIHONG,MELANIE SCI10878@nus.edu.sg 27/2/2003 |
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189.interesting |
| SIM SIANG HWEE,IVAN SCI10313@nus.edu.sg 13/3/2003 |
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190.I thought it was interesting and enabled us to obtain first hand experience on what bioinformatics research is like. However, I think the practicals and tutorials leading up to the project could have been better conducted. Most of the time the TAs were just taking us through step by step without really explaining to us the significance of what we were doing. As such, we learned how to operate the various programs and databases but couldn't really grasp the importance of the operations we were carrying out. I don't know if it is logistically possible, but preferably we should have smaller practical groups as the TAs I feel were too overloaded to really do their job well. |
| SIT SOON TUCK SCI11000@nus.edu.sg 3/3/2003 |
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191.I feel that it a great satifisfaction when u finally finish the whole project. It about learning from mistakes and working with the TA closely. |
| SOH LI YAN SCI10946@nus.edu.sg 11/3/2003 |
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192.This project have give me a hand-on practice of what i have learn from this modules instead of just memorising fact from the notes. The instructions for the miniproject is not very clear. |
| SOH TECK GUAN SCI10034@nus.edu.sg 10/3/2003 |
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193.very interesting, except for instances when people like me do the project the last minute and get fed up of all the blasts and stuff we had to do :) ! not anything at the moment |
| SOMASUNDERAM PRAVEEN SCI11227@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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194.it is a very efficient way for us to learn sequence alignment. We not only gained the idea of sequence comparison but also experienced the feeling of doind this in silico experiment i think during the lectures, lecturer should show us the idea of BLAST etc by clicking on the mouse instead of just keep telling us the theory. perhaps, give more examples in the slides. |
| SOO CHENG LI SCI11068@nus.edu.sg 9/3/2003 |
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195.It was fun and interesting. But I put off doing it, therefore it was not up to standard. Learnt many new things |
| TAI JIAYU SCI10454@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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196.well, this project is good to learn the IT-based knowledge on biology view it's good enough already |
| TAN AI VEE SCI11100@nus.edu.sg 1/3/2003 |
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197.It was intimidating at first, but just as A/P Tan Tin Wee had 'forewarned', it grew to be really fun and interesting. I have also achieved a better understanding of the use of databases and analytic tools. Initially, I didn't quite understand the purpose of each database/analytic tool but after this project, most doubts have certainly been cleared up. It's a great sense of achievement to do a webpage (for the first time!) although what I did was really simple. It also feels great to have cleared up doubts on certain topics in LSM2104, via my own 'trials and errors' in this project. This is certainly a 'thinking' kind of project. Although it was tough (especially when deadlines for lots of projects seem to converge around the same time), this is certainly something that is worth doing. This request might seem quite impossible but it would be great if we have more TAs available. Every session has a certain number of students and more often than not, everyone has a question for the TAs. A lot of us end up waiting to ask our questions, so most of each practical session was spent on waiting. |
| TAN CHOON HONG SCI10652@nus.edu.sg 2/3/2003 |
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198.It is an interesting and refreshing idea to let us set up our own webpage to present our results and findings and to put into practice how to use biological databases. However, the project is not easy to do as it is the first time we follow such a scientific way of research. For first-timers like me, setting up a webpage also poses some minor problems. |
| TAN CHUNHUI SCI10431@nus.edu.sg 1/3/2003 |
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199.This project give us a chance to practice all the technics that we have learned. It is functional and conducive. In my opinion, for such a heavy project, its percentage should be higher than 15%, maybe 30% is more appropriate. Thus we can spend more time on it and would learn more things. |
| TAN HUI KO SCI11145@nus.edu.sg 3/3/2003 |
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200.I think it is very interesting. I learn a lot more from doing the project than just attending lectures. Also very exciting to 'discover' new genes. Objectives of the project have not been elucidated from the beginning, even after the rather lengthy briefing. The concensus I get is that no one knows what is going on. Also it might be better to give students all three steps at the same time, so that we can do it at our own pace, at our own time. |
| TAN JIAN XIN SCI10596@nus.edu.sg 2/3/2003 |
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201.I think I spent too much time on this project, but hey! I find the experience of creating my first web page rewarding and fulfilling :) Definitely enjoyed myself! |
| TAN KEE CHIN SCI10018@nus.edu.sg 2/3/2003 |
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202.Good chance to be familiar with the use of various databases and interpretation of analysis results. Also an opportunity to handle website creation. The searching for new genes etc. can be further improved by allocating each student or group of students, say, a particular chromosome locus to work on, or a particular neighbouring genome to explore. Saves time and avoids too much overlap. |
| TAN PHUAY BOON SCI10681@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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203.interesting |
| TAN QIAN EN,CHERYL SCI10502@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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204.Its kind of interesting. but more time was spent on writing out the webpage rather than understanding the concepts behind it. |
| TAN SIEW HOON SCI10108@nus.edu.sg 11/3/2003 |
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205.This research project is really a great learning opportunity. I have met several difficulties such as hyperlinking the wrong file by linking it to my A: file instead of uploading the sub-files first before hyperlinking. Such problems were solved by trial and error. I grew from someone who knows nothing about forming webpage to now being able to do online biological research and able to make webpages. It has given me a sense of confidence and acheivement. This mini project is really an enriching experience. I would really like to thank Prof Tan and Teaching Assistant Chen Xin for their invaluable help and guidiance. I really enjoy this project. Thank You very much! |
| TAN SOON SHAN SCI10782@nus.edu.sg 14/3/2003 |
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206.This project can be fun to do but due to my very limited knowledge on webpages, I very often got problems eg. when uploading the files. I think the tutorial shd be taught earlier. that will give us more time to digest and understand what is expected of us before we do the project |
| TAN YEN LING,JESSIE SCI10482@nus.edu.sg 4/3/2003 |
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207.Its is an interesting way to make us apply wat we learn during the lectures. |
| TAN YONG WAH SCI10648@nus.edu.sg 13/3/2003 |
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208.Manage to learn abt more abt the databases...hands on usage, None |
| TAN ZHENZHI SCI10433@nus.edu.sg 13/3/2003 |
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209.This project is very meaningful and from this, I learnt a lot of useful bioinformatic skills. I think that the dateline is too early. Though we had the recess wk to prepare, but I'm sure a lot of students like me, are too busy studying for tests rather than starting on this project. So if given enough time,I'm sure I would do a better job. |
| TANG EI MEI SCI10123@nus.edu.sg 4/3/2003 |
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210.it's very interesting and helps us to understand this module better |
| TAY PEI LING,DOLLY SCI10904@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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211.It is beneficial generally as it allows us to learn the way to do reasearch in later part of the our lives The lectures are not beneficial. I feel its the hands-on experience that really makes learning effective ion practicals and tutorials. Perhaps the next lsm2104 lecture for next sem can be conducted in computer labs for more hands-on experience |
| TAY THIAM MENG SCI11306@nus.edu.sg 10/3/2003 |
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212.It's very interesting but quite difficult to understand at some parts especially regarding finding unknown genes |
| TAY WEE BENG SCI10474@nus.edu.sg 14/3/2003 |
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213.It enables me to have a better understanding of the lectures. You never know how little you know, until the very moment that you start this project. I think doing the project during the lab session will be a good idea. At least, you won't feel so lost, that's what i felt when i started the project. |
| TEE SZE YIN SCI11195@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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214.I think it takes too much time. |
| TENG YONG PING SCI10235@nus.edu.sg 28/2/2003 |
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215.i like it cos it's a new experience and although we can get really lost at times, the kind TAs will guide us. So i think i have learnt something new have more T.As if not we have to waste time 'queing up' for them. I hope Prof Tan could be more succint in his lectures(no offence)=) |
| TEO EN YA,CAROLE (ZHANG WENYA) SCI10612@nus.edu.sg 28/2/2003 |
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216.i think it gives me a chance to learn the tactics of creating a webpage. Through this, i have a better hands on session on using the sites like NCBI,SWISS-Prot etc . In addition, interpreting the results was also a highlight of this project I have divided my project according to the various steps taken.So there are 5 html files but they are linked via the main page. One can start by clicking the picture on the main page.I hope this format is acceptable, and there are links to the other html files via the bar that i have created at the top. Overall, this was a proj that made me START learning to use IT to the maximum! Great in this sense! |
| TEO JING YI SCI10947@nus.edu.sg 27/2/2003 |
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217.good i cannot check the files i have uploaded |
| TEO JOON GUAN SCI10040@nus.edu.sg 4/3/2003 |
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218.Easy concept but difficult to carry out more time should have given to produce a better results |
| TEO POH BOON SCI11131@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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219.fun when you have familiar with the process the front page is not provided and if we have to do it in lab it will be very troublesome to transfer here and there. it would be better if we are provided the software :) |
| TEO YEH YIING SCI10821@nus.edu.sg 13/3/2003 |
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220.This project is quite interesting and let us have the hand on experience on what we had done for this module on the usage of biological databases and brush up on our IT skills. Even though it was quite hard to start with at first but as you get the hang of it, it is not that difficult. May be before the very start of this project we should be taught during the practical on all the databases. As for this semester we are only taught on the very basic database on GenBank and SWISS-PROT and not introduce to the BLAST and CLUSTALW tool so it was quite difficult to start the project as it is basically on these alignment tools. |
| TEO YIFEN SCI10719@nus.edu.sg 14/3/2003 |
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221.It is a very challenging and informative project Maybe more sessions could be provided to explain the methods on how to go about the project as many people are still rather unsure even after practicals. |
| TEO ZHENZHI SCI10583@nus.edu.sg 9/3/2003 |
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222.this project is very tedious because of the numerous searches that has to be carried out, otherwise it is quite enjoyable. |
| TIONG HUI MIN SCI10382@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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223.It was very interesting to do and it allowed me to learn how to do many things: i enjoyed the hands-on part of it. however, i had many doubts regarding how to go about the project. for example, i was unclear about what exactly i had to do with the genes. This CA should be carried out after the lecture series regarding this had been done, rather than during the CA period itself. The tutorials could be a lot more extensive and specific in demonstrating to us what we exactly were looking out for, and how it connected with the lecture series. |
| TIRUVERKADU PRAKASH YAMINI SCI10897@nus.edu.sg 14/3/2003 |
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224.rather interesting.. but time-consuming |
| TOH YUIN FUNG SCI00162@nus.edu.sg 27/2/2003 |
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225.useful in terms of helping us in IT skills especially when i dun understand any of the lectures at all |
| TOW TINGTING,CHARLENE SCI10615@nus.edu.sg 14/3/2003 |
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226.too time-consuming tutorial was good no doubt, but shouldn' we have more sessions guiding us through the project, not in front of the whiteboard, but in front of the computer??????? my tutor was very good. however i would have wished there was more time spent in tutorials in the comp. lab instead of on briefings. wouldn't it be more practical instead of paying lip service? |
| TOW WHEY YEE,MELISSA SCI11186@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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227.I felt that the project enabled me to have a hands-on experience especially with building a webpage. Having also to find information from databases to present in the webpage also made the task more interesting as one comes into contact with an avalanche of information that needs to be selectively applied onto the webpage. A big "thank you" should go to my TA Bernett Lee for answering my endless queries...On the whole the project was an experience that allowed me to overcome a huge sense of apprehension that always deters me from doing anything related to IT. |
| VIGNESH S/O SIVASAMY SCI10253@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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228.very good,learn a lot of things |
| WANG GUANYU SCI11102@nus.edu.sg 4/3/2003 |
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229.quite fun, can learn a lot about IT related skills and familiarise with bioinformatic tools |
| WANG JINGBO SCI11168@nus.edu.sg 2/3/2003 |
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230.It is a good idea to have a CA based on webpage creating, and through it, I have had a better understand of blast which I was quite confused beforehand. However, creating a webpage is a bit time consuming, as I spent quite a lot of time on the layout design, by using photoshop and other softwares. Just cannot stop myself from doing this.:( |
| WANG SONGYU SCI10522@nus.edu.sg 28/2/2003 |
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231.Gets us using the databases and understands it well. Getting some hands on always feels better than reading the frames off lecture notes. |
| WEE HONG TAT SCI10305@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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232.it's very challenging |
| WEE SHAY WHAY,SHARON SCI10177@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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233.This project is quite interesting as I can learn html skills. However it was quite confusing as to what I was supposed to do especially in the 2nd step. But this cld be because I have never done anything related to bioinfomatics before. Perhaps more could be explained before giving us this project to do, such as Kegg and taxonomy how-to-do or how-to-interpret. The breif introductions in the tutorials were not enought in my opinion. |
| WEI JESSIE SCI10533@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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234.good |
| WIDYA HADI SCI10525@nus.edu.sg 3/3/2003 |
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235.wow...hard..coz I have v limited computer knowledge. BTW sir, my dendograms didn't popped up. I m sorry but I dunno wat to do... |
| WONG CHEW HOOI SCI11276@nus.edu.sg 16/3/2003 |
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236.The project allows me to have hands on experience no comments |
| WONG JIA WEI,EUGENE SCI10150@nus.edu.sg 1/3/2003 |
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237.it's quite interesting. and through the process i learn quite a lot of how to searching skill. and understand more about the common bio database and tool |
| XIE BIN SCI11180@nus.edu.sg 16/3/2003 |
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238.very exciting and enjoyable. if we have more time to do it, it will be great. |
| XIE HUANGMING SCI11153@nus.edu.sg 27/2/2003 |
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239.very interesting... i never created a webpage before and thought it was something hard to do...until this project made me do it... very accomplishing project |
| XU DINGYUE SCI10725@nus.edu.sg 14/3/2003 |
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240.quite interesting as I have the chance to exercise what I have learnt. and this also gives me a certain level of satisfaction: I got my own webpages (though it is all about a baterium but little about myselt :p ) It is always good to have this kind of exercises. But maybe next time, we can go a bit further: slightly involves programming? |
| XUE YANG KUI SCI11159@nus.edu.sg 12/3/2003 |
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241.no idea... |
| YAP CHENG SUM SCI11213@nus.edu.sg 3/3/2003 |
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242.Challenging Should provide us with more knowledge on IT before the project starts. |
| YAW HUEY MIEN SCI11246@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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243.Took up too much time...! Scrape away the webpage design!! There are always other ways to go about learning LSM2104. |
| YEO CHIN HONG SCI10021@nus.edu.sg 2/3/2003 |
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244.Fun, interesting hands-on experience. |
| YEO LI JIA SCI10333@nus.edu.sg 28/2/2003 |
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245.Interesting project. Learn more things then can be done through labs or quizzes. |
| YEO LOON CHEW ENG90323@nus.edu.sg 8/3/2003 |
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246.I think that this project is a good way to allow us to put what we have learnt in lectures and practicals to use. I feel that the time allowed for the project should be lengthen because many of us are new to the idea of using biodata base and the interpretation of results. More time given will allow us to obtain more accurate results. |
| YEO PEI JIA SCI10696@nus.edu.sg 28/2/2003 |
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247.It is a good way of teaching students to use the various databases and tools. On top of that it allowed people like me who have never created a webpage to have the chance to do so. The TAs have been very helpful. |
| YEO SU LING,SERENE SCI10890@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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248.It is a extremely thought provoking and challenging project. It exposes students to the cutting edge of computer technologies in Life Sciences. I wish I had more time... This is an interesting course for beginners! Dr. Tan has been thoughtful for not including too much computer jargons and mathematics in this course. He is a good facilitator who is understanding and prompt at replying to students' requests. It is enjoyable to be taught by him. :o) |
| YEO YEE SCI10023@nus.edu.sg 4/3/2003 |
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249.This project is very time-consuming. Although it is a very good experience to create my webpage, I didn't really enjoy the process as I really could not get some information that can help me write my conclusion better. However, doing this project has familiarised me with BLAST and ClustalW search. |
| YONG WEI YAN,JACKLYN SCI10828@nus.edu.sg 15/3/2003 |
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250.This project in the form of webpage is interesting and a new way to assess the progress of students on their use of software and databases. Though it is interesting to learn how to create a webpage, it uses up considerable time to learn it for beginners, and since most beginners might just produce the webpage as they would a word document, why not juat ask them to submit a soft copy of a word document? The objective and the content of the project is not clear enough, though there are some things which are required to be done by the student. If what is wanted, and the objective is spelt clear enough, students will not be at a loss as to what needs to be in the project. Also, why not a group project? Although the web page is not suppose to use up a lot of our time, the research itself uses up too much of our time, even without learning to do the web page |
| YOUNG WAI KEONG,VINCENT SCI10099@nus.edu.sg 2/3/2003 |
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251.This project is very interesting. From doing website by ourselves, we gain some practical skills either in analysing genetical data, or making website. i have heard last sem students said that the genetical data's accuracy are preferred more than website skills during the teacher's marking project progress. I think that is not so fair. Since the module name is bioinfomatics and biocomputing, the computing part should get the same importance as infomatics. So that i suggest that lecturers may balance the preferrence in order to make it more lively and interesting |
| ZHAO FAN SCI00018@nus.edu.sg 9/3/2003 |
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252.A very fun project, but not that easy to do. In this project, there are many new things to do, like lots of web searching, webpage making. But too many things may make us confused at sometimes... No |
| ZHAO KE SCI11117@nus.edu.sg 7/3/2003 |
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253.It is quite interesting and it provides a good way of learning through "hands on" experience. |
| ZHENG SIMIN SCI10472@nus.edu.sg 11/3/2003 |
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254.very interesting beacuse I have learnt a lot about bioinformatics and it's really cool to make my own first webpage! everything is ok. |
| ZHUANG YIJING SCI10481@nus.edu.sg 13/3/2003 |