Tentative Lecture Schedule 2009

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Day

Date

Topic

Reading

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

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

F

Nov 27

Thanksgiving Break

M

Nov 30

Presentations

W

Dec 2

Presentations

F

Dec 4

Exam IV

 Chapters 7, 16, 17, 18

M

Dec7

Presentations

 

W

Dec 9

Presentations

 

Tu

Dec 15

Final Exam, 8:00-11:00, 110 DLS

All Chapters above

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