BME 5030: Introduction to Molecular Biology for Engineers

Class Schedule, Winter 2001

Tues 5:00 - 7:30 pm, 2220 Bioengineering (Seminar Room)
 
DAY DATE TOPIC CHAPTER INSTRUCT
T 1-9 COURSE INTRODUCTION. 

VIDEO ON GENES.

  JMC
T 1-16 BACTERIAL GENETICS

BASIC GENETICS

2

3

JMC

JMC

1-23 DNA

DNA REPLICATION

4

5

JMC

JMC 

T 1-30 DNA TO RNA

RNA TO PROTEIN

6

7

JMC

JMC

T 2-6 CLOSED BOOK EXAM – MULTIPLE CHOICE AND SHORT ANSWER COVERS 1/16 – 1/30  
T 2-13 GENETICS IN HIGHER ORGANISMS  11 JMC
MUTATIONS 12 JMC
T 2-20 INHERITED DISEASES 13 JMC
CANCER

PASS OUT TAKE HOME EXAM

14

COVERS 2/13 - 2./20

JMC
T 2-27  VISIT TO KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE

TAKE HOME EXAM DUE

T 3-6  DNA ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES 9 PHW
PCR AND OTHER TECHNIQUES 16, 17 PHW
T 3-13 SPRING BREAK    
T 3-20 VISIT TO DR. WOOLEY'S LAB   PHW
T 3-27 SEQUENCING DNA 23 JMC
VIRUSES, PLASMIDS. VIDEO ON VIRUSES. 19 JMC
T 4-3 PRODUCTS FROM BIOTECHNOLOGY 10 JMC
FORENSIC MEDICINE 18 TBA
T 4-10 YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM 22 PHW
4-17 TO BE ANNOUNCED

PASS OUT TAKE HOME EXAM

COVERS 3/6-4/10

TBA
TH 4-26 TAKE HOME EXAM DUE AT 5:30.    

INSTRUCTORS: JMC = JOHN M. CAVANAUGH, PHW = PAUL H. WOOLEY, TBA = TO BE ANNOUNCED

TEXT: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY MADE SIMPLE AND FUN, 2ND EDITION, BY C.P. CLARK AND L.D. RUSSELL.
PRINTED 1-9-01

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