MOLECULAR GENETICS 681:502
Spring 2008
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10-11:30 AM in the Waksman Institute Auditorium (Directions)
Coordinator: Dr. Andrew Vershon, Waksman Institute, Rm. 234, 445-2905, vershon@waksman.rutgers.edu
The exams will held on 2/26, 4/1 and 5/1 (Note day, time, and location)
Announcements: Office Hours for Chris Rongo: Mon., 4/28 1-4:00 PM; Tues, 4/29 3-6 PM; Wed. 2/30 1-4 PM.
There is no assigned textboook for this course. Faculty will post their notes and reading materials on this web site. For students that would like to review basic genetic concepts we suggest any undergraduate genetics textbook such as Modern Genetic Analysis, Griffiths et al., Freeman & Co. Note that this textis available on-line for free at the NCBI Bookshelf
Students will be required to purchase i-clicker personal response units. New and used units are available in the RU bookstore or on the web. We will be using these in the first day of classes and your answers will be graded.
| # | Day | Date | Topic | Instructor |
| 1 | Tues. | Jan. 22 | Basic Genetic Principals | Vershon |
| 2 | Thurs. | Jan. 24 | Bacterial Genetics - Conjugation, transformation, transduction | Vershon |
| 3 | Tues. | Jan. 29 | Bacterial Genetics – Bacteriophage, Deletion mapping | Vershon |
| 4 | Thurs. | Jan. 31 | Bacterial Genetics – Regulation - lac and trp Operon, phage | Vershon |
| 5 | Tues. | Feb. 5 | No class | |
| 6 | Thurs. | Feb. 7 | Genetics of S. cerevisiae - Introduction | Vershon |
| 7 | Tues. | Feb. 12 | Genetics of S. cerevisiae - Screens/selections | Vershon |
| Wed | Feb. 13 | Prokaryotic Genetics Help Session - This is not a review, bring questions 2-4 PM Waksman Institute Rm 1001 |
Vershon | |
| 8 | Thurs. | Feb. 14 | Genomics - DNA, protein, expression databases Pick up take-home exam question in class | Vershon |
| 9 | Tues. | Feb. 19 | Genetics of S. cerevisiae - Screens/selections | Vershon |
| 10 | Thurs. | Feb. 21 | Genetics of S. cerevisiae - Cell cycle, Signal Trans. | Vershon |
| Mon. | Feb. 25 | Yeast Genetics Help Session - This is not a review. Bring Questions 2-4 PM Waksman Institute Rm 1001 |
Vershon | |
| Tues. | Feb. 26 | Exam I: 9:00-12:00 UMDNJ West Lecture Hall - Exam Spread Exam Answers | Vershon | |
| 11 | Thurs. | Feb. 28 | Genetics of Arabidopsis- 1 | Kerstetter |
| 12 | Tues. | Mar. 4 | Genetics of Arabidopsis- 2 | Kerstetter |
| 13 | Thurs | Mar. 6 | Genetics of Arabidopsis- 3 | Kerstetter |
| 14 | Tues. | Mar. 11 | Genetics of Drosophila - 1 | McKim |
| 15 | Thurs. | Mar. 13 | Genetics of Drosophila - 2 | McKim |
| Tues. | Mar. 18 | NO CLASS - SPRING BREAK | ||
| Thurs. | Mar. 20 | NO CLASS - SPRING BREAK | ||
| 16 | Tues. | Mar. 25 | Genetics of Drosophila - 3 | McKim |
| 17 | Thurs. | Mar. 27 | Genetics of Drosophila - 4 | McKim |
| Tues. | Apr. 1 | Exam II 9:00 AM -12:00 noon UMDNJ Main Lecture Hall Spread Answers 2A Answers 2B | Kerstetter/McKim | |
| 18 | Thurs. | Apr. 3 | Genetics of C. elegans- 1 | Rongo |
| 19 | Tues | Apr. 8 | Genetics of C. elegans- 2 | Rongo |
| 20 | Thurs. | Apr. 10 | Genetics of C. elegans- 3 | Rongo |
| 21 | Tues | Apr. 15 | Genetics of C. elegans- 4 | Rongo |
| 22 | Thurs. | Apr. 17 | Mammalian Genetics/Genomics - Mouse- 1 | Nowakowski |
| 23 | Tues | Apr. 22 | Mammalian Genetics/Genomics - Mouse- 2 | Nowakowski |
| 24 | Thurs. | Apr. 24 | Mammalian Genetics/Genomics - Mouse- 3 | Nowakowski |
| 25 | Tues. | Apr. 29 | Mammalian Genetics/Genomics - Mouse- 4 | Nowakowski |
| 26 | Thurs. | May 1 | Rongo/Nowakowski |
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