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Advanced Molecular Biology and Genetics Fall 2003 |
| Tuesday and Thursday, 10:50AM - 12:05PM
George R. Brown Hall W212 (back to course home page) |
| Michael
Stern
Office: GRB W131 e-mail: stern@rice.edu tel: 713-348-5351 |
Bonnie
Bartel
Office: GRB W300D e-mail: bartel@rice.edu tel: 713-348-5602 |
Schedule of Lectures and Assignments |
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| Date | Instructor | Lecture Topic | Assignments |
| Aug. 26 | Stern | review for assigned paper 1 | hand-out for assignment 1 - lambda antitermination |
| Aug. 28 | Stern | regulating mechanisms in bacteriophage | |
| Sept. 2 | Stern | mating type in S. cerevisiae | |
| Sept. 4 | Stern | mating type in S. cerevisiae | |
| Sept. 9 | Stern | enhancer and promoter trapping in flies and mice | paper on assignment 1 DUE, hand-out for assignment
2 -
C. elegans vulva development |
| Sept. 11 | Stern | Caenorhabditis elegans | |
| Sept. 16 | Stern | in class discussion of assignment 1 | |
| Sept. 18 | Stern | retroviruses and oncogenes | |
| Sept. 23 | Stern | retroviruses and oncogenes | first paper on assignment 2 DUE - bring 6 copies to class |
| Sept. 25 | Stern | retroviruses and oncogenes | |
| Sept. 30 | Stern | AIDS | |
| Oct. 2 | Stern | in class discussion of assignment 2 | |
| Oct. 7 | Stern | in class discussion of assignment 2 | |
| Oct. 9 | Bartel | sex determination - Drosophila | |
| Oct. 14 |
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midterm, no class | |
| Oct. 16 |
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no class | comprehensive paper on assignment 2 DUE in Dr. Stern's office by 5:00 pm |
| Oct. 21 | Bartel | dosage compensation - Drosophila | hand-out for assignment 3 - circadian rhythms |
| Oct. 23 | Stern | in class discussion of assignment 2 comprehensive report | |
| Oct. 28 | Bartel | sex determination - C. elegans | |
| Oct. 30 | Bartel | dosage compensation - C. elegans | |
| Nov. 4 | Bartel | sex determination - mammals | |
| Nov. 6 | Bartel | dosage compensation - mammals | first paper on assignment 3 DUE - bring 8 copies to class or bring 1 copy to hand in and email to classmates |
| Nov. 11 | Bartel | in class discussion of assignment 3 | |
| Nov. 13 | Bartel | in class discussion of assignment 3 | |
| Nov. 18 | Bartel | Drosophila embryonic pattern formation - anterior-posterior | |
| Nov. 20 | Bartel | Drosophila embryonic pattern formation - terminal | |
| Nov. 25 | Bartel | Drosophila embryonic pattern formation - dorso-ventral | |
| Nov. 27 |
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Thanksgiving, no class | |
| Dec. 2 | Bartel | circadian rhythms - Neurospora, Drosophila | |
| Dec. 4 | Bartel | circadian rhythms - Drosophila, mammals | comprehensive paper on assignment 3 DUE; hand-out for exam |
| exam week |
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expect a three-hour take-home final exam due 5 PM Dec. 17 | |
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