2007 BSCI 410 Syllabus
Jan 25 Th. Lecture 1 Genes and Mutations
Jan 30 Tu. Lecture 2 Mutation and its effect
Feb 1 Th. Lecture 3 Mutagen and mutagenesis screen
Feb 6 Tu. Lecture 4 Mutant characterization
Home work I posted
Feb 8 Th. Lecture 5 Genetic interactions and epistasis
Feb 13 Tu. Lecture 6 Molecular Techniques I (Home work I due)
Feb 15 Th. Lecture 7 Molecular Techniques II
Feb 20 Tu. In class review
Feb 22 Th. Midterm Exam 1
Feb 27 Tu. No class
Mar 1 Th. Lecture 8 Molecular Markers
Mar 6 Tu. Lecture 9 Positional cloning
Mar 8 Th Lecture 10 Bioinformatic tutorial
Mar 13 Tu Lecture 11 Bioinformatic tutorial
Home work II posted
Mar 15 Th. Lecture 12 Insights from genome sequencing
Mar 19-23 Spring break
Mar 27 Tu. Lecture 13 Functional genomics I (Home work II due)
Mar 29 Th. Lecture 14 Functional genomics II
Apr 3 Tu. In class review
Apr 5 Th. Midterm exam II
Apr 10 Tu. Lecture 15 Arabidopsis
Apr 12 Th. Lecture 16 C. elegans
Apr 17 Tu. Lecture 17 Drosophila
Apr 19 Th. Lecture 18 Mouse genetics
Home work III posted
Apr 24 Tu. Lecture 19 No class
Apr 26 Th. Lecture 20 Cancer & Cell cycle (Home work III due)
May 1 Tu. Lecture 21 Cancer and cell cycle
May 3 Th. Lecture 22 Diagnosis and gene therapy
May 8 Tu. Topics to be determined
May 10 Th. In class review
May 12 Sat. Final exam (8-10AM)