Tentative Lecture Schedule 2009
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Day |
Date |
Topic |
Reading |
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W |
Aug 26 |
Introduction |
Chapters 1, 2 |
|
F |
Aug 28 |
Structure of DNA |
Chapter 6 |
|
M |
Aug 31 |
Supercoiling/Topoisomerases |
Chapter 6 |
|
W |
Sep 2 |
DNA Synthesis & Mech of Replication |
Chapter 8 |
|
F |
Sep 4 |
DNA Polymerases & the Replisome |
Chapter 8 |
|
W |
Sep 9 |
Initiation and Termination of Replication |
Chapter 8 |
|
F |
Sep 11 |
DNA Damage & Repair |
Chapter 9 |
| M | Sep 14 | DNA Repair and Introduction to Recombination | Chapter 9, 10 |
|
W |
Sep 16 |
Homologous Recombination Machines |
Chapter 10 |
|
F |
Sep 18 |
Examples of Recombination |
Chapter 10 |
|
M |
Sep 21 |
Transposition and General Features of RNA Synthesis |
Chapter 10, 11 |
|
W |
Sep 23 |
Exam I |
Chapter 6, 8, 9, 10, 11* |
|
F |
Sep 25 |
Bacterial RNA Polymerase |
Chapter 12 |
|
M |
Sep 28 |
Transcription in Bacteria |
Chapter 12 |
|
W |
Sep 30 |
Eukaryotic RNA Polymerase |
Chapter 12 |
|
F |
Oct 2 |
Transcription in Eukaryotes |
Chapter 12 |
|
M |
Oct 5 |
Chemistry of RNA Splicing |
Chapter 13 |
|
W |
Oct 7 |
Self-splicing Introns & Alternative Splicing |
Chapter 13 |
|
F |
Oct 9 |
Exon Shuffling, RNA Editing, & Nuclear Transport |
Chapter 13 |
|
M |
Oct 12 |
Fall Break |
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|
W |
Oct 14 |
mRNA & tRNA: Structures and Roles |
Chapter 14 |
|
F |
Oct 16 |
Exam II |
Chapter 11*, 12, 13 |
|
M |
Oct 19 |
Aminoacyl tRNA synthetases |
Chapter 14 |
|
W |
Oct 21 |
Ribosome structure |
Chapter 14 |
|
F |
Oct 23 |
Translation Initiation |
Chapter 14 |
|
M |
Oct 26 |
Translation Elongation |
Chapter 14 |
|
W |
Oct 28 |
Termination & Regulation of Translation |
Chapter 14 |
|
F |
Oct 30 |
Genetic Code |
Chapter 15 |
|
M |
Nov 2 |
Regulation of Gene Expression: Genome Organization |
Chapter 7 |
|
W |
Nov 4 |
Exam III |
Chapter 14, 15 |
|
F |
Nov 6 |
Transcriptional Regulation in Bacteria (I) |
Chapter 16 |
|
M |
Nov 9 |
Transcriptional Regulation in Bacteria (II) |
Chapter 16 |
|
W |
Nov 11 |
Transcriptional Regulation in Bacteria (Lambda) |
Chapter 16 |
|
F |
Nov 13 |
Nucleosome Structure |
Chapter 7 |
|
M |
Nov 16 |
Transcriptional Regulation in Eukaryotes (I) |
Chapter 17 |
|
W |
Nov 18 |
Transcriptional Regulation in Eukaryotes (II) |
Chapter 17 |
|
F |
Nov 20 |
Transcriptional Regulation in Eukaryotes (III) |
Chapter 17 |
| M | Nov 23 | Regulatory RNAs | Chapter 18 |
|
W |
Nov 25 |
Thanksgiving Break |
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|
F |
Nov 27 |
Thanksgiving Break |
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|
M |
Nov 30 |
Presentations |
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W |
Dec 2 |
Presentations |
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|
F |
Dec 4 |
Exam IV |
Chapters 7, 16, 17, 18 |
|
M |
Dec7 |
Presentations |
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|
W |
Dec 9 |
Presentations |
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|
Tu |
Dec 15 |
Final Exam, 8:00-11:00, 110 DLS |
All Chapters above |
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