Genomics, Proteomics, and Systems Biology
Reading Schedule: Spring 2013

Boos for This Course:


Tentative Schedule

Dates Day Chapter Read Before Class Discovery Questions
Jan 14 M Intro.; entrance exam; email your thoughts none none
Jan 16 W 1.1: & 1.2 Stop at "How can they have..." ix - xiii &
1 - 14
8, 10, 13, (MM 1 & 2), 17
Jan 18 F 1.2: What's wrong with my child? 14 - 29 26, 27, 29, 36, 38, 39, 45
Jan 21 M MLK Celebration none none
Jan 23 W 2.1: How are genomes sequenced?

34 - 45

454 and pyrosequenicng, Illumina, SOLiD, Ion Torrent, single molecule, Nanopore

5, 9, (MM2.1:1, 2, 5), (MM2.2:1, 2), 12, 15

basic elements, typical read lengths

Jan 25 F

2.1: cont.

45 - 59

(MM2.3:2, 3), 22, 28, 30, 33, 38

assembly of NextGen reads

first draft
M

Pilot Web Page

Put draft online Due Monday Jan 28, 10:30 am
Jan 28 M 2.2: What have we learned from unicelluar genomes? 59 - 74 40, 51, 52, 58
Jan 30 W 2.3: What have we learned from multicelluar genomes? 90 - 109 88, (MM2.5:2), 94
Feb 1 F

3.1: Comparative Genomics

human biome

114 - 123

Read Paper

4, 5, 6, 8, 14 (DQ#5 GC Skew link)

summarize paper

revised page
M
First Web Page Trait and Gene Due Mon Feb 4, 10:30 am
Feb 4 M 3.2 Human Evolution

138 - 145 and Queen Bee Paper

38, 39, 41 - summarize paper
Feb 6 W 3.3: Genomic Identifications 145 - 155 47, 50, 53
Feb 8 F Family of four Read Paper discusss figures and conclusions
Feb 8
F
1st Exam
TAKE HOME
DUE Wed Feb 13, 10:30 am
Feb 11 M 4.1: What drives environmental diversity? 178 - 186 No DQ's
Feb 13 W
EXAM RECOVERY DAY
Turn In Exam
DUE Wed Feb 13, 10:30 am
Feb 15 F

4.2: What are SNPs?

Cancer genomics

186 - 198

Read Review

17, 28, 32, 37, 39

Feb 18 M 4.4: What are the ethical implications? 203 - 214 48, 52, (MM4.4:1, 2), 57, 63, 69
ACMG CF testing
Patent Search
Feb 20 W Copy Number Variation (News & Paper) News & Paper discusss figures and conclusions
Feb 22
F
Copy Number Variation (continued) Paper discusss figures and conclusions
Review Paper #1
  Choose paper A or paper B Summarize Paper & Every Figure Web Page Due Friday Mar 1, 2 pm
Feb 25 M

5: Why can't I lose weight?

Gut bacteria

219 - 231

News story

2, 9, 14, 20, 22, 27

summarize information

Feb 27 W 6.1: What are DNA microarrays?
Log transform data
234 - 250
Short animation(Full Animation optional)
4, 6, 9, 11, 12, 17, 20, 25
Mar 1 F Choose paper A or B Summarize Paper & Every Figure Web Page Due Friday Mar 1, 2 pm
Mar 1 F 6.2: Any alternative uses of chips? 250 - 261 31, 36, 51
(compare UniGene EST profile vs GEO Explorer)
Mar 4 M
Spring Break
ZZZZZZZ
No Class
Mar 6 W
Spring Break
flip
No Class
Mar 8 F
Spring Break
ZZZZZZZ
No Class
Mar 11 M 7.1: Can microarrays diagnose cancer? 264 - 269
NY Times breast cancer
2, 6, 12, 19, 26
Cancer Staging
Mar 13 W Salmon Microarray Paper Paper discusss figures and conclusions
Mar 15 F Sins of our Fathers (News and Paper) News & Paper discusss figures and conclusions
Mar18 M Fun day to watch, listen, learn and discuss

Wed Lecture (16m)
Aging Gene (10m)
DIY Bio (10m)
DNA origami (16m)

no need to watch in advance
Mar 20 W
8.1: What do all these proteins do?
8.2: Does a protein's shape reveal its function?
286 - 299
No DQs
Mar 22 F SNP Proteomics (News and Paper) News & PaperFACS method discusss figures and conclusions
Mar 22
F
2nd Exam
TAKE HOME
DUE Wed March 27, 10:30 am
Mar 25 M Finish Paper Paper & Correction discusss figures and conclusions
Mar 27 W
EXAM RECOVERY DAY
Turn In Exam
DUE Wed March 27, 10:30 am
Mar 29 F 8.3: Which proteins interact with each other? 299 - 307

33, 40, 44

RPC19 Gene - interactions

Visual Thesaurus

Apr 1 M

Easter Break

rest exercise and have fun
Apr 3 W
8.4: How do we measure and ID proteins?
307-19

48, 51, 52, 54, 55, 56

Fat 2D gel

Apr 5 F

10.1: Are genes hardwired?

342 - 355

3, 5, 9, 10

Apr 8 M 10.1: What controls amount, location and timing? 355 - 366 15, 16, (MM10.1:1, 3)
Apr 10
W
11.1: How do genes regulate each other? 370 - 378 1, 2, 7, 8
Apr 12 F

11.1: How are memories formed?

378 - 391

9, 13, 14, 19, 21, 25, 26, 27

Apr 15 M

11.1: How are memories formed? continued

Departmental Survey

continued

9, 13, 14, 19, 21, 25, 26, 27

Apr 17 W 11.1: Can we learn about cancer through circuits?
11.2: Synthetic Biology

391 - 400
cell cycle PDF
Endo16 extended
p53 extended
Networks to GO

definition

30, 31, 33, 35, 39, 41, 43, 44

Seminar 4:30 Wednesday: genomic medicine

Apr 19 F

Guest Speaker, Dr. Raye Alford, Ph.D. (Baylor)

Lunch with seminar speaker after class?

career advice
from alumna
Q & A
Apr 22 M 11.2: Synthetic cont. 400 - 407 44, 52, 53, 57, 58b&c
Review Paper #2
 

Choose paper A OR paper B

Summarize Paper & Every Figure Web page Due Friday, April 26, 2 pm
Apr 24 W

RNA Regulators of Cells (News and Paper)

News & Paper

NFkB
Wnt

What is synthetic biology?

Apr 26 F

Choose paper A OR paper B

Summarize Paper & Every Figure Web page Due Friday, April 26, 2 pm
Apr 26 F

RNA Regulators of Cells (News and Paper)

continued

none

Apr 29 M 12: Can systems biology reveal new properties?
Simple lessons from complexity.
410 - 419 1, 4, 5, 9
May 1 W

Fly Systems Biology (News and Paper)

News & Paper

RNAi animation

histone modifications
NippedB protein
RNA structure
Network Motifs

discusss figures and conclusions

May 3 F Fly Systems Biology Paper discusss figures and conclusions
May 6
M

Fly Systems Biology

Paper discusss figures and conclusions
May 8 W Last class & distribute final exam Course
Evaluation
Fellowships
Teacher Training
Course Evaluations!
May 8 - 13 F - M Final Exam
Due May. 13, noon
   

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