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- BIOL 8620
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Schedule Fall 2019
# |
Date |
Lecture Description |
Chapter(s) |
1 |
27th August |
Organizational Meeting: The Genetic Material DNA structure/function, what is a gene? |
1.1 -1.7; 1.9 -1.10; 2.1 -2.6; 2. 8 - 2.11; 4 |
2 |
29th. August |
The Replicon and DNA Replication |
10; 11:1 - 11.2, 11.9 -11.12;11.14 -11.15; 12.1-12.2; 12.11-12.12
|
3 |
3rd. September |
Chromosomes, Nucleosomes & Chromatin |
8 & 10 |
4 |
5th. September |
Mutations & DNA Repair, |
1.11- 1.15; 2.8; 14 |
5 |
10th. September |
Mitosis and Meiosis (Review) DNA Recombination
|
Chapters 13, 14 and handouts |
6 |
12th. September |
Transposons and Retrotransposons |
15 |
7 |
17th. September |
6 , 7 & 8 | |
8 |
19th. September |
Human Gene Mapping; phenotype to genotype |
Assigned articles & handouts |
| *** | 24th. September |
In class Paper Discussion I Gene Paper Assignments |
Assigned article |
*** |
26th. September |
Student Presentations I |
|
*** |
1st. October |
Exam I |
|
9 |
3rd. October
|
Basal RNA Polymerase Initiation Complexes |
18-1 -18.8; 19.15-19.17 |
10 |
8th. October
|
Transcription Regulatory Elements in Gene Promoters |
26.7; 18.9-18.12 |
11 |
10th. October
|
Transcriptional Activation & Regulation |
26.1 - 26.6 |
12 |
15th. October
|
Chromatin Structure II & Gene Regulation |
26.9 - 26.13 |
*** |
15th. October |
Last day to withdraw and receive a " W" |
|
13 |
17th. October
|
Other Gene Regulatory Mechanisms |
Handouts |
| 14 | 22nd October
|
Epigenetic Inheritance |
27 & 28 |
15 |
24th. October
|
Epigenetic Inheritance |
Handouts |
*** |
29th. October
|
In class Paper Discussion II |
Assigned Article |
*** |
31st. October
|
In class Paper Discussion III |
Assigned Article |
5th. November
|
Exam II
|
||
16 |
7th. November
|
Nuclear Splicing |
19.1 - 19.11; 23.9;21.1 - 21.6; 21.9 |
17 |
12th. November |
Post Transcriptional Regulatory Mechanisms |
19.2 - 19.13; 21.10; 22.12 & Assigned Articles |
18 |
14th. November |
Regulatory RNA -siRNA, miRNA
|
30.3 - 30.4 & Assigned Articles |
19 |
19th. November |
Regulatory RNA-piwiRNA, IncRNA |
29.3 & Assigned Article |
*** |
21st. November |
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*** |
25th- 30th. Nov |
Thanksgiving Break No Class |
|
| 20 | 3rd. December |
Gene Therapy GENE PAPERS DUE |
Assigned Articles & Handouts |
*** |
5th. December
|
Student Presentations |
Assigned Articles |
*** |
11th. November |
Exam III |
