502 Lectures 5-9 Yeast

Handouts and Problem Sets

Please feel free to attend the RU/UMDNJ Yeast Groups Meeting
Every other Monday, 12 noon, Waksman Rm 1001.
Pizza and drinks provided with support from IDT and Merck & Co.
Connect here for schedule for the Spring 2008 semester

Lecture 5 - Introduction to Yeast (2/7/08)

L5 Lecture Notes (pdf)
L5 Lecture Note Figures (ppt) (pdf)
Podcasts L5 (2008 unedited) (2007 edited 5.1 5.2)
Problem Set for L5 (pdf)

Griffith Chapters:
Tetrad Analysis,
Genetic Engineering, Cell Cycle, Life Cycle

Getting Started in Yeast, Fred Sherman

An Introduction to the Genetics and Molecular Biology of the
Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
, Fred Sherman

From a to alpha: Yeast as a Model for Cellular Differentiation, Hiten Madhani, Cold Spring Harbor Press

Web sites:
The Art of Brewing, Miller Brewing Company
Baking, Red Star
Science of Yeast, Red Star
Yeast in Food, Vegimite
Harvest Moon Brewery (good place to study for the exam)

Lecture 6 - Screens and Selections (2/12/08)

L6 Lecture Notes (pdf)
L6 Lecture Note Figures (ppt) (pdf)
Podcast L6 (2008 undedited)
Problem Set for L6 (pdf)
Appling Review
Prelich Review

Lecture 7 - Genomics - DNA, protein, and expression databases (2/14/08)

L7 Lecture Notes (pdf)
L7 Lecture Figures (ppt) (pdf) Figures for 7.2 (pdf)
Podcasts L7 (2008 unedited) (2007)
L7 Lecture Notes Supplement - A review of a BLAST search at NCBI (pdf)

Lecture 8 - Screens and Selections- Regulation, Signal Transduction, Cell Cycle (2/19/08 and 2/21/08)

L8 Lecture Notes (pdf)
L8 Lecture Note Figures (ppt) (pdf)
Podcast L8 L9
Problem Set for L8 (pdf)
Synthetic Genome Array Paper

The Yeast Help Session will be on Wendsday, 2/25/08 from 2:00-4:00 in Waksman Rm 1001. This is not a review. Please come with specfic questions.

Link to old yeast exams