BGGN220 FALL 2007

Graduate Molecular Biology

Dr. Amy Pasquinelli

Mondays and Wednesdays 9:00am-11:50am

2130 Bonner Hall

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SYLLABUS

COURSE DESCRIPTION

ADDITIONAL READING

 

DATE LECTURER & TOPIC DISCUSSION SECTIONS & QUIZZES
MON, 9/24

AMY PASQUINELLI (9:00-10:50AM)

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OVERVIEW

2007 Cumming JCB-PDF

AnimalModelOrgReview03-PDF

9_24_07 BGGN220 PASQ 1.pd

 
WED, 9/26

JIM KADONAGA(9:00-10:20AM)

APPROACHES TO SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION

BGGN220.JK1.Intro.PDF

 

 

Example Discussion

10:30-11:50AM Bonner 2130-entire class

1989 Nature Fields Y2H-PDF

1998 Fire Nature RNAi-PDF

1998 Fire Nature Supp-PDF

Report Guidelines-PDF

 

 

MON, 10/1

AMY PASQUINELLI (9:00-10:50AM)

DNA REPLICATION AND REPAIR

10_1_07p PASQ Replication.PDF

2007 Verdun Nature rev.PDF

2007 Wyman Ann Rev Gen ds DNA rep.PDF

2004 Hanawalt PNAS rep rev.PDF

 

 
WED, 10/3

PETER GEIDUSCHEK(9:30-11:50)

PROKARYOTIC GENE ORGANIZATION &RNA POL FUNCTION

10_3_07EPGGradCourse.PDF

2007 Kornberg ACI-PDF

Review/read the transcription factor and prokaryotic transcription sections in the latest edition of one of the standard textbooks (Alberts et al., Watson et al. or Lodish et al.).

QUIZ 1 (9:00-9:15AM)
MON, 10/8

JIM KADONAGA (9:00-10:20AM)

EUKARYOTIC GENE ORGANIZATION

BASAL TRANSCRIPTION BY POL II

BGGN220.JK2.1Trans.PDF

BGGN220.JK2-2.Trans.PDF-new version

Oct.08a.Tora.PDF

Oct.08b.Chiang.PDF

Oct.08c.Smale.PDF

Oct.08d.Butler.PDF

Oct.08e.Gershon.PDF

Oct.08f.Kadonaga.PDF

Oct.08g.Blackwood.PDF

Oct.08h.Kamakaka.PDF

Oct.08i.Tjian.PDF

Oct.08j.Peterlin.PDF

2006 Zahradka Nature Reassembly.PDF

2006 Zahradka Nature Supp1.PDF

 

DISCUSSION(10:30-11:50AM)

A: Bonner 2140-Peter Geiduschek

B: Bonner 3146-Amy Pasquinelli

C: Pac Hall 3500-Jim Kadonaga

WED, 10/10

JIM KADONAGA(9:30-11:50AM)

CHROMATIN STRUCTURE & ANALYSIS

BGGN220.JK2-2.Trans.PDF

BGGN220.JK3.1.Chrom.v2.PDF

Oct.10a.Workman.PDF

Oct.10b.Orlando.PDF

Oct.10c.Kamakaka.PDF

Oct.10d.Allis.PDF

Oct.10e.RosenfeldGlass.PDF

Oct.10f.Kouzarides.PDF

Oct.10g.Bird.PDF

Oct.10h.Ptashne.PDF-new

Oct.10i.Pazin.PDF-new

 

QUIZ 2 (9:00-9:15AM)
MON, 10/15

JIM KADONAGA (9:00-10:20AM)

CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY & REMODELING

BGGN220.JK4.chr.remod.PDF

BGGN220.JK5-1.assembly.PDF-updated 10/11/2007

BGGN220.JK5-2.assembly.PDF

Oct.15a.Cairns 1.PDF

Oct.15b.Lusser 1.PDF

Oct.15c.Haushalter.PDF

Oct.15d.Lusser.PDF

DISCUSSION(10:30-11:50AM)

Deato.Tjian.TRF3.07.PDF

A: Bonner 2140-Reuben Shaw

B: Bonner 3146-Amy Pasquinelli

C: Pac Hall 3500-Jim Kadonaga

WED, 10/17

TRACY JOHNSON (9:30-11:50AM)

RNA PROCESSING IN THE NUCLEUS

F07lect1 Splicing.PDF

2007 Readings for BGGN 220.DOC

Bentley CurrOpCellBiol05.PDF

Valadkhan 07 ribozyme.PDF

Matlin et al 05.PDF

Valadkhan review 07.PDF

Staley&Guthrie.PDF

QUIZ 3 (9:00-9:15AM)
MON, 10/22

TRACY JOHNSON(9:00-10:20AM)

RNA PROCESSING IN THE NUCLEUS II

NUCLEAR TRANSPORT

F07lect2RNA proc.PDF

DISCUSSION(10:30-11:50AM)

Das et al 07.PDF

2007 Das Supp1.PDF

2007 Das Supp Table.xls

A: Bonner 2140-Amy Pasquinelli

B: Bonner 3146-Clodagh O'Shea

C: Pac Hall 3500-Tracy Johnson

WED, 10/24

AMY PASQUINELLI (9:30-11:50AM)

TRANSLATION

2007 Kozak JCB rev.PDF-added 10/29/07

2007 Scheper NRG translation rev.PDF-added 10/29/07

2000 Reif-Lehrer Science Rev.PDF-added 10/29/07

QUIZ 4 (9:00-9:15AM)
MON, 10/29

SIMPSON JOSEPH (9:00-10:50AM)

MECHANISMS OF PROTEIN EXPRESSION

ramakrishnan2002Cell Review-PDF added 10/29/07

 

NO Discussion
WED, 10/31

ALEXANDER HOFFMANN (9:00-11:50AM)

Interaction071031.PDF-added 11/6/07

QUANTITATIVE MEASURES AND MEANING

FOR PROTEIN-PROTEIN INTERACTIONS

QUIZ TODAY MAKE-UP 10/24/07

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

MON, 11/5

RUSSELL DOOLITTLE (9:00-10:20AM)

11_4_07 Doolittle.PDF-added 11/6/07

PROTEIN EVOLUTION

caetano_2003.PDF

yang_etal_pnas.PDF

wang-caetano.PDF

DISCUSSION(10:30-11:50AM)

2007 Gilbert Science.PDFadded 10/29/07

2007 Gilbert Science Supp.PDFadded 10/29/07

A: Bonner 2140-Russell Doolittle

B: Bonner 3146-Amy Pasquinelli

C: Pac Hall 3500-Jim Wilhelm

WED, 11/7

AMY PASQUINELLI (9:30-11:50AM)

POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL CONTROL OF

mRNA EXPRESSION

QUIZ 5 (9:00-9:15AM)
MON, 11/12 NO CLASS-VETERAN'S DAY  
WED, 11/14

AMY PASQUINELLI (9:30-11:50AM)

11_14_07 PASQ post txn BGGN220p.PDF--added 11/13/07

2005_Gottesman_TiGs_ncRNAs-PDF-added 11/8/07

2007_Bushati_ARCB_miRNA-PDF-added 11/8/07

SMALL RNA GUIDED GENE REGULATION - miRNAs & RNAi

QUIZ 6 (9:00-9:15AM)

***EXTRA CREDIT DUE***

MON, 11/19

BILL MCGINNIS (9:00-10:20AM)

MAJOR SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION PATHWAYS

McGinnisSignalLec1BGGN220.PDF-added 11/20/07

SigPathwaysReview.PDF-added 11/13/07

 

DISCUSSION(10:30-11:50AM)

2007 Kiriakidou Cell Ago2 .PDFadded 10/29/07

2007 Kiriakidou Supp.PDFadded 10/29/07

A: Bonner 2140-Amy Pasquinelli

B: Bonner 3146-Bill McGinnis

C: Pac Hall 3500-Jeff Long

WED, 11/21

BILL MCGINNIS (9:00-10:20AM)

SPECIFIC SIGNALLING PATHWAYS

McGinnisSignalLec2_07.PDF-added 11/26/07

PosakonySignalRev.PDF-added 11/20/07

 

NO QUIZ-HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
MON, 11/26

GENE YEO (9:00-10:20AM)

GENOMICS

11_26_07 Yeo Genomics.PDF-added 11/27/07

2003 Ideker TIGs.PDF-added 11/16/07

2004 Beer Cell.PDF-added 11/16/07

2003 Kellis Nature.PDF-added 11/16/07

2001 Rivas CB.PDF-added 11/16/07

2003 Segal NG.PDF-added 11/16/07

2004 Friedman Science.PDF-added 11/16/07

 

DISCUSSION(10:30-11:50AM)

KinasesTFpaper2006.PDF-added 11/13/07

KinaseTFsuppl.PDF--added 11/13/07

A: Bonner 2140-Gene Yeo

B: Bonner 3146-Bill McGinnis

C: Pac Hall 3500-Amy Pasquinelli

WED, 11/28

KEES MURRE (9:30-11:50AM)

AGING

QUIZ 7 (9:00-9:15AM)
MON, 12/3

JEAN WANG (9:00-10:50AM)

CANCER

12_3_07 Wang cancer.PDF-added 11/26/07

 

No Discussion-work on your final papers!
WED, 12/5

AMY PASQUINELLI(9:00-11:50AM)

2007 Dec 5 Presentations.PDF-added 11/26/07

FUTURE PERSPECTIVES IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

FINAL PAPERS DUE

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