Biology 596 Lecture Schedule, Spring 2005

 

Class Meeting

Day

Month

Date

Instructor

Topic

Chapter

Pages

1

Tues.

Jan.

25

BZ

Introduction - Genomics

9

294-303; 381-387

2

Thurs.

Jan.

27

BZ

Mobile Elements

10

415-424

3

Fri.

Jan.

28

BZ

Chromatin Structure

10

424-437

4

Tues.

Feb.

1

BZ

Eukaryotic Transcriptional regulation

Review Ch. 11: pp 454-468

15

621-635

5

Thurs.

Feb.

3

BZ

Paper 1 P element screen

Quiz

 

 

6

Fri.

Feb.

4

BZ

Eukaryotic Transcriptional regulation

15

621-635

7

Tues.

Feb.

8

BZ

Paper 2 - Transcriptional regulation

Quiz

 

 

8

Thurs.

Feb.

10

BZ

Histone Acetylation Deacetylation

11

471-476

9

Fri.

Feb.

11

BZ

Comparative Genomics

 

 

10

Tues.

Feb.

15

BZ

Gene Silencing

9

393

11

Thurs.

Feb.

17

BZ

Paper 3 - Gene Silencing  paper

Quiz

 

 

12

Fri.

Feb.

18

BZ

Experimental design – transcriptional regulation

 

 

13

Tues.

Feb.

22

BZ

Homologous Recombination and transgenic animals

9

387-392

14

Thurs.

Feb.

24

BZ

Exam I -

 

 

15

Fri.

Feb.

25

SB

Actin filaments & binding proteins

19

779-784

16

Tues.

Mar.

1

SB

Actin based movement

19

784-791

17

Thurs.

Mar.

3

SB

Myosin structure and function

 

Actin-myosin in nonmuscle cells

19

3

19

791-796 

81-82

800-805

18

Fri.

Mar.

4

SB (AC)

Muscle, a specialized contractile machine

19

797-800

19

Tues.

Mar.

8

SB (AC)

Excitable cells

7

276-294

20

Thurs.

Mar.

10

SB

Paper 1 - actin-myosin;

Quiz on paper 1.

 

 

21

Fri.

Mar.

11

SB

Intermediate filaments;

Exam on paper 1.

19

805-813

22

Tues.

Mar.

15

SB

Microtubules

20

817-829

23

Thurs.

Mar.

17

SB

Kinesin, dynein and intracellular transport

20

829-835

24

Fri.

Mar.

18

SB

Cilia and flagella; Mitosis and motor proteins

20

835-850

25

Tues.

Mar.

22

SB

Paper 2 - Cytoskeleton;

Quiz on paper 2

 

 

26

Thurs.

Mar.

24

SB

Cell-cell and cell-matrix adhesion;

Exam on paper 2

6

197-209

27

Fri.

Mar.

25

SB

Components of the extracellular matrix

6

209-235

28

Tues.

April

5

SB

Paper 3 - Extracellular matrix

Quiz on paper 3

 

 

29

Thurs.

April

7

SB

Exam II

 

 

30

Fri.

April

8

CT

Signal Transduction

20

848-856, 862, 865-884, 888-890, 894-896, 902-905

31

Tues.

April

12

CT

Signal Transduction

 

 

32

Thurs.

April

14

CT

Signal Transduction

 

 

33

Fri.

April

15

CT

Signal Transduction

 

 

34

Tues.

April

19

CT

Signal Transduction

 

 

35

Thurs.

April

21

CT

Research paper on Signal Transduction

 

 

36

Fri.

April

22

CT

Cell Cycle

13

495-498, 500-511, 513, 519-520, 522-533

37

Tues.

April

26

CT

Cell Cycle

 

 

38

Thurs.

April

28

CT

Cell Cycle

 

 

39

Fri.

April

29

CT

Cell Cycle

 

 

40

Tues.

May

3

CT

Research Paper on Cell Cycle

 

 

41

Thurs.

May

5

CT

Cancer

24

1054-1063
1064-1073, 1074-1082

42

Fri.

May

7

CT

Cancer

 

 

43

Tues.

May

10

CT

Cancer

 

 

44

Tues.

May

17

CT

Exam III  10:30-12:30

 

 

 

 

Make-up Policy: Only exceptional circumstances or a medical condition accompanied by a doctor's excuse will be accepted for a make-up exam.

 

Plagiarism in any form will not be tolerated. No credit will be given for plagiarized work and students who plagiarize will be reported to the Judicial Procedures Office. If you are unclear of the definition of plagiarism, see an instructor or the University Catalog.

 

Cheating: Cheating will not be tolerated. Students who cheat will be reported to the Judicial Procedures Office.

 

Note: Lecture material for the third section of the course is subject to change.