Genomics, Proteomics, and Systems Biology
Reading Schedule: Spring 2012

Boos for This Course:


Tentative Schedule

Dates Day Chapter Read Before Class Discovery Questions
Jan 18 W Intro.; email your thoughts    
Jan 20 F 1.1: & 1.2 Stop at "How can they have..." ix - xiii &
1 - 14
8, 10, 13, (MM 1 & 2), 17
Jan 23 M 1.2: What's wrong with my child? 14 - 29 26, 27, 29, 36, 38, 39, 45
Jan 25 W 2.1: How are genomes sequenced?

34 - 45

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

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

basic elements, typical read lengths

Jan 27 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 it online Due Monday Jan 30, 12:30 pm
Jan 30 M 2.2: What have we learned from unicelluar genomes? 59 - 74 40, 51, 52, 58
Feb 1 W 2.3: What have we learned from multicelluar genomes? 90 - 109 88, (MM2.5:2), 94
Feb 3
F

3.1: Comparative Genomics

human biome

114 - 123

Read Paper

4, 5, 6, 8, 14

summarize paper

revised page
M
First Web Page Trait and Gene Due Mon Feb 6, 12:30 pm
Feb 6 M 3.2 Human Evolution

138 - 145 and Queen Bee Paper

38, 39, 41 - summarize paper
Feb 8 W 3.3: Genomic Identifications 145 - 155 47, 50, 53
Feb 10 F Family of four Read Paper discusss figures and conclusions
Feb 10
F
1st Exam
TAKE HOME
DUE Wed Feb 15, 12:30 pm
Feb 13 M 4.1: What drives environmental diversity? 178 - 186 No DQ's
Feb 15 W
EXAM RECOVERY DAY
Turn In Exam
DUE Wed Feb 15, 12:30 pm
Feb 17 F

4.2: What are SNPs?

Cancer genomics

186 - 198

Read Review

17, 28, 32, 37, 39

summarize review

Feb 20 M 4.4: What are the ethical implications? 203 - 214 48, 52, (MM4.4:1, 2), 57, 63, 69
Feb 22 W Copy Number Variation (News & Paper) News & Paper
Synthetic Biology Seminar 23 February
Feb 24
F
Copy Number Variation (continued) Paper  
Review Paper #1
Choose paper A or B or C Summarize Paper & Every Figure Due Friday Mar 2, 1:30 pm
Feb 27 M

5: Why can't I lose weight?

Gut bacteria

219 - 231

News story

2, 9, 14, 20, 22, 27

summarize information

Feb 29 W

Flying to U of AK Fairbanks

no class no questions
Mar2 F Work on Paper Review Summarize Paper & Every Figure Due Friday Mar 2, noon
Mar 5 M
Spring Break
ZZZZZZZ
No Class
Mar 7 W
Spring Break
flip
No Class
Mar 9 F
Spring Break
ZZZZZZZ
No Class
Mar 12 M 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 14 W 6.2: Any alternative uses of chips? 250 - 261 31, 36, 51
(compare UniGene EST profile vs GEO Explorer)
Mar 16 F 7.1: Can microarrays diagnose cancer? 264 - 269 2, 6, 12, 19, 26
Mar19 M Salmon Microarray Paper Paper discusss figures and conclusions
Mar 21 W Sins of our Fathers (News and Paper) News & Paper discusss figures and conclusions
Mar 23 F Finish papers..   discusss figures and conclusions
Mar 23
F
2nd Exam
TAKE HOME
DUE Wed March 28, 12:30 pm
Mar 26 M
8.1: What do all these proteins do?
8.2: Does a protein's shape reveal its function?
286 - 299
No DQs
Mar 28 W
EXAM RECOVERY DAY
Turn In Exam
DUE Wed March 28, 12:30 pm
Mar 30 F SNP Proteomics (News and Paper) News & Paper discusss figures and conclusions
Apr 2 M Finish Paper Paper & Correction discusss figures and conclusions
Apr 4 W 8.3: Which proteins interact with each other? 299 - 307

33, 40, 44

RPC19 Gene - interactions

Visual Thesaurus

Apr 6 F
8.4: How do we measure and ID proteins?
307-19

48, 51, 52, 54, 55, 56

Fat 2D gel

Apr 9 M

Easter Break

no class no questions
Apr 11
W

10.1: Are genes hardwired?

Lunch with seminar speaker after class?

342 - 355

3, 5, 9, 10

Seminar 4:30 on proteomics

Apr 13 F 10.1: What controls amount, location and timing? 355 - 366 15, 16, (MM10.1:1, 3)
Apr 16 M 11.1: How do genes regulate each other? 370 - 378 1, 2, 7, 8
Apr 18 W

Guest Speaker, Dr. Sallie Permar, MD, Ph.D.

Lunch with seminar speaker after class?

career advice
from alumna

Q & A

Seminar 4:30: maternal and fetal vaccines

Apr 20 F 11.1: How are memories formed? 378 - 391 9, 13, 14, 19, 21, 25, 26, 27
Apr 23 M 11.1: Can we learn about cancer through circuits?
11.2: Synthetic Biology
391 - 400 35, 39, 41, 43, 44
Review Paper #2
M

Choose paper A OR B OR C

Summarize Paper & Every Figure Due Friday, April 27, 2 pm
Apr 25 W 11.2: Synthetic cont. 400 - 407 44, 52, 53, 57, 58b&c
Apr 27 F

RNA Regulators of Cells (News and Paper)

News & Paper

What is synthetic biology?

Apr 30 M 12: Can systems biology reveal new properties? 410 - 419 1, 4, 5, 9
May 2 W

Fly Systems Biology (News and Paper)

News & Paper

discusss figures and conclusions

May 4 F Fly Systems Biology Paper discusss figures and conclusions
May 7
M

Fly Systems Biology

Paper discusss figures and conclusions
May 9 W Last class & distribute final exam Course
Evaluation
Fellowships
Teacher Training
Course Evaluations!
May 9 - 14 F - M Final Exam
Due May. 14, noon
   

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