Download 1 MGY200H1S Current Topics in Molecular Genetics and

MGY200H1SCurrentTopicsinMolecularGeneticsandMicrobiology
TuesdaysandThursdays12:10pm-1:00pm
MiningBuilding,170CollegeSt.,MB128
2017Syllabus
Jan5
CourseIntroduction
1.MolecularGeneticsHistoryI:FromIgnorancetoChromosomes
Jan10
2.MolecularGeneticsHistoryII:TraitsareEncodedonChromosomes
Roy
Roy
Roy
Roy
Roy
Roy
Submit(viaSurveyMonkey)arankedlistof5labsintheDepartmentofMolecularGeneticsandMicrobiologythatyouwouldliketowriteabout:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MGY2002017
Jan12
3.MolecularGeneticsHistoryIII:DNAEncodesTraits
LabassignmentsforEssay#1aregivenout.
Jan17
4.MolecularGeneticsHistoryIV:DNAEncodesProteins Jan19
5.TheUtilityofModelOrganismGeneticsI:TowardsHealingaBrokenSpinalCord
Essay#1titleand5bulletpointoutlinedue(worth1%).0.5%deductionifhandedinlateuntilbyFridayJan20atnoon.Nomarksawarded
thereafter.Titleandbulletpointsaresubmittedon‘Blackboard’.
Jan24
6.TheUtilityofModelOrganismGeneticsII:TowardsUnderstandingAging
Jan26
7.TowardsUnderstandingMemoryandLearningI
Jan31
8.TowardsUnderstandingMemoryandLearningII
Feb2
9.AnIntroductiontoStemCells
Feb7-Midterm(onlectures1-8)
07-FEB-17 EX 100 12:00 13:00 Exam
Feb9
10.Cancer&StemCells
Roy
Roy
Roy
Roy
Roy
1
Feb14
11.EntertheMatrix:ComputationalBiologyInvestigation
Feb16
12.TowardsUnderstandingtheBiologicalComplexityofHumans
Feb21-24ReadingWeek
Feb28
13.GeneticApproachestoUnderstandHumanDisease QuaidMorris
Roy
Roy
February28at12:10pm:Essay#1due.
th
Thee-copymustbesubmittedto‘Turnitin’byFebruary28 at12:10pm.The‘turnitin’deliverydateandtimeistheofficialdeliverytime,butlate
penaltieswillalsoapplyshouldeitherthee-copyorpapercopybelate.Thepapercopymustbesubmittedbeforethebeginningofclassthatday.
‘Turnitin’e-copyiswhatwillbeconsideredtheofficialcopy.Ifthehardcopydiffersfromthee-copy,thee-copyiswhatwillbemarked.
Latedeductions(ifeitherthee-copyorpapercopyislate):
10%offifsubmittedlate,butby11:59pmonFeb28.
20%offifsubmittedby5pmMarch1
30%offifsubmittedby5pmMarch2
50%offifsubmittedby5pmMarch3,afterwhichazerowillbegiven.
March2
14.HIV,Ebola,Zika–what’snext?:Theemergenceandspreadofinfectiousdiseases(Microbiology1) Taipale
ESSAY#2(MolecularGeneticsTechniquesEssay)Titleand5bulletpointoutlinedue(worth1%).0.5%deductionifhandedinlateuntilbyMonday
March3atnoon.Nomarksawardedthereafter.Titleandbulletpointsaresubmittedon‘Blackboard’.
March7
15.Friendsandfoes:Whyonlysomemicrobescausedisease(Microbiology2) Taipale
March9
16.Whendrugsdon’twork:Combatingantibioticresistance(Microbiology3) Taipale
March13-LastdaytodropSsectioncodecoursesfromacademicrecord.
March14
17.Expressyourself:Whatdeterminesgeneexpressionpatterns(Geneexpression1) Taipale
March16
18.Arewethereyet?:Posttranscriptionalregulation(Geneexpression2)
Taipale
March21
19.Soyou’realinearchainofaminoacids–nowwhat?Proteinstructureandfunction(Proteins1)Taipale
2
March23
20.Pimpingupproteins:Posttranslationalmodifications(Proteins2)
March28
21.Thefutureishere:GenomeEngineering(OMICS1)
Taipale
Taipale
March28at12:10pm:Essay#2due.
Thee-copymustbesubmittedto‘Turnitin’byMarch28at12:10pm.The‘turnitin’deliverydateandtimeistheofficialdeliverytime,butlate
penaltieswillalsoapplyshouldeitherthee-copyorpapercopybelate.Thepapercopymustbesubmittedbeforethebeginningofclassthatday.
‘Turnitin’e-copyiswhatwillbeconsideredtheofficialcopy.Ifthehardcopydiffersfromthee-copy,thee-copyiswhatwillbemarked.Late
deductions(ifeitherthee-copyorpapercopyislate):
10%offifsubmittedlate,butby11:59pmonMarch28.
20%offifsubmittedby5pmonMarch29.
30%offifsubmittedby5pmonMarch30
50%offifsubmittedby5pmonMarch31,afterwhichazerowillbegiven.
March30
22.Backgroundmatters:whymutationsaffectonlysomeindividuals(OMICS2)
April4
23.Socialnetworksinthecell:protein-proteininteractions(OMICS3)
April5-lastdayofUniversityclasses
April10-28Examperiod
Taipale
Taipale
3