MOLECULAR GENETICS 681:502
Spring 2009
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 2/24, 3/31 and 5/5 (Note day, time, and location)
Announcements: The third exam can be picked up in Dr. Vershon's Office. The grade spread for the third exam is here. The grade spread for the course is here.
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. 20 | Basic Genetic Principals | Vershon |
| 2 | Thurs. | Jan. 22 | Bacterial Genetics - Conjugation, transformation, transduction | Vershon |
| 3 | Tues. | Jan. 27 | Bacterial Genetics – Bacteriophage, Deletion mapping | Vershon |
| 4 | Thurs. | Jan. 29 | Bacterial Genetics – Regulation - lac and trp Operon, phage | Vershon |
| 5 | Tues. | Feb. 3 | Bacterial Genetics – Regulation - lac and trp Operon, phage | Vershon |
| 6 | Thurs. | Feb. 5 | Genetics of S. cerevisiae - Introduction | Vershon |
| 7 | Tues. | Feb. 10 | Genetics of S. cerevisiae - Screens/selections | Vershon |
| 8 | Thurs. | Feb. 12 | Genomics - DNA, protein, expression databases | Vershon |
| 9 | Tues. | Feb. 17 | Genetics of S. cerevisiae - Screens/selections | Vershon |
| 10 | Thurs. | Feb. 19 | Genetics of S. cerevisiae - Cell cycle, Signal Trans. | Vershon |
| Tues. | Feb. 24 | Exam I: 9:00 AM -12:00 noon UMDNJ East Lecture Hall | Vershon | |
| 11 | Thurs. | Feb. 26 | Genetics of C. elegans- 1 | Rongo |
| 12 | Tues. | Mar. 3 | Genetics of C. elegans- 2 | Rongo |
| 13 | Thurs | Mar. 5 | Genetics of C. elegans- 3 | Rongo |
| 14 | Tues. | Mar. 10 | Genetics of C. elegans- 4 | Rongo |
| 15 | Thurs. | Mar. 12 | Genetics of Arabidopsis- 1 | Kerstetter |
| Tues. | Mar. 17 | NO CLASS - SPRING BREAK | ||
| Thurs. | Mar. 19 | NO CLASS - SPRING BREAK | ||
| 16 | Tues. | Mar. 24 | Genetics of Arabidopsis- 2 | Kerstetter |
| 17 | Thurs. | Mar. 26 | Genetics of Arabidopsis- 3 | Kerstetter |
| Tues. | Mar. 31 | Exam II 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM UMDNJ Main Lecture Hall Spread Ce Ans AT Ans | Rongo/Kerstetter | |
| 18 | Thurs. | Apr. 2 | Mammalian Genetics/Genomics - Mouse- 1 | Nowakowski |
| 19 | Tues | Apr. 7 | Mammalian Genetics/Genomics - Mouse- 2 | Nowakowski |
| 20 | Thurs. | Apr. 9 | Mammalian Genetics/Genomics - Mouse- 3 | Nowakowski |
| 21 | Tues | Apr. 14 | Mammalian Genetics/Genomics - Mouse- 4 | Nowakowski |
| 22 | Thurs. | Apr. 16 | Genetics of Drosophila - 1 | McKim |
| 23 | Tues | Apr. 21 | Genetics of Drosophila - 2 | McKim |
| 24 | Thurs. | Apr. 23 | Genetics of Drosophila - 3 | McKim |
| 25 | Tues. | Apr. 28 | Genetics of Drosophila - 4 | McKim |
| Tues | May 5 | Exam III 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM UMDNJ West Lecture Hall |
McKim/Nowakowski |
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