Genome Science
GN415

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Genetics 415: Genomics
Course Syllabus for Spring 2007:

Genome Projects

W 1/10

Introductory Lecture

F 1/12

Genome Browse-a-thon

M 1/15

Martin Luther King Day

W 1/17

The Human Genome Project

F 1/19

Animal and Plant Genome Projects

M 1/22

Microbial Genome Projects

 

Genome sequencing technology

W 1/24

Sequencing Basics

F 1/26

Discussion Paper 1

M 1/29

Whole Genome Sequencing

W 1/31

Genome Annotation

F 2/02

BLAST and HMMs

M 2/05

Comparative genomics

W 2/07

Gene Ontologies

F 2/09

Discussion Paper 2

M 2/12

Emerging Technologies

 

SNPs and genomic variation

W 2/14

Polymorphism and Variation

F 2/16

Population and Quantitative Genetics (LG)

M 2/19

Linkage mapping

W 2/21

Haplotypes and Linkage Disequilibrium

F 2/23

Association Studies

M 2/26

Case Study: Genetics of Human Memory

 

 

W 2/28

Mid-Term Exam (in class)

F 3/02

Discussion Paper 3

3/5 - 3/9

Spring Break

M 3/12

Exam Review

 

Microarrays

W 3/14

Gene Expression Profiling

F 3/16

Microarrays and GeneChips

M 3/19

Analysis of microarray data

W 3/21

Experimental design

F 3/23

Discussion Paper 4

M 3/26

SAGE; single gene methods

W 3/28

Microarrays and human disease

F 3/30

Microarrays in ecology and evolution

 

Proteomics

M 4/02

Proteomics Basics

W 4/04

Andrew Beelen - GSK and Malaria

F 4/06

Easter

M 4/09

Mass Spectrometry

 

Functional genomics

W 4/11

Forward and Reverse Genetics

F 4/13

Discussion Paper 5

M 4/16

Fine structure Genetics

W 4/18

Interactomics

F 4/20

Discussion Paper 6

 

Metabolomics

M 4/23

Metabolite profiling

W 4/25

Systems Biology

F 4/27

Final Review

This course, GN 415A, satisfies one of the required advanced genetics requirements for an undergraduate Minor in Genetics. It can be taken instead of GN413 (Molecular Genetics) or GN414 (Developmental Genetics).