IBIOS/BMMB 551: Genomics                                             Fall 2007

                                               M W F 10:10-11am, 108 Wartik                                           

Date

Class

Topic

Instructor

Aug 27 M

1

Introduction to Genomics

Schuster

Aug 29 W

2

Microbial genomes: Annotation

Schuster

Aug 31 F

3

Microbial genomes: Comparative genomics

Schuster

Sep 03 M

 

Labor Day Holiday

 

Sep 05 W

4

Microbial genomes: Comparative genomics

Schuster

Sep 07 F

5

Microbial genomes: New technologies

Schuster

Sep 10 M

6

Metagenomics

Schuster

Sep 12 W

7

Types of genomic data, Browser and Galaxy

Hardison

Sep 14 F

8

Analysis tools in Genomics: Galaxy

Nekrutenko

Sep 17 M

9

Sequence analysis

Hardison

Sep 19 W

10

Sequence analysis

Hardison

Sep 21 F

11

Genome data analysis

Hardison

Sep 24 M

12

Evolutionary Genomics 1

Akashi

Sep 26 W

13

Evolutionary Genomics 2

Akashi

Sep 28 F

14

Evolutionary Genomics 3

Akashi

Oct 01 M

15

Evolutionary Genomics 4

Akashi

Oct 03 W

16

Evolutionary Genomics 5

Akashi

Oct 05 F

17

Vertebrate genomes: Assembly, Landscape

Hardison

Oct 08 M

18

Vertebrate genomes: Variation in Landscape

Hardison

Oct 10 W

19

Gene prediction (ab initio methods)

Hardison

Oct 12 F

20

Gene annotation

Hardison

Oct 15 M

21

Vertebrate genomes: Constraint and function

Hardison

Oct 17 W

22

Vertebrate genomes: Constraint and function

Hardison

Oct 19 F

23

Vertebrate genomes: Regulatory elements

Hardison

Oct 22 M

24

Mutations and phenotype: mouse model

Shashikant

Oct 24 W

25

Transgenic technologies

Shashikant

Oct 26 F

26

Gene targeting

Shashikant

Oct 29 M

27

Large scale mutagenesis

Shashikant

Oct 31 W

28

Cloning

Shashikant

Nov 02 F

29

Functional genomics and genetics

Cheng

Nov 05 M

30

Functional genomics and human variation

Cheng

Nov 07 W

31

Human variation and signs of selection

Hardison

Nov 09 F

32

Epigenetics

Carrel

Nov 12 M

33

Epigenetics

Carrel

Nov 14 W

34

Epigenetics

Carrel

Nov 16 F

35

Gene expression: Microarray technologies

Hardison

Nov 19-23

 

Thanksgiving Holiday

 

Nov 26 M

36

Gene expression: Clustering analysis

Hardison

Nov 28 W

37

Gene expression: Clustering analysis

Hardison

Nov 30 F

38

Gene expression: Discuss assignment

Hardison

Dec 03 M

39

Gene expression: Tiling arrays, sequence tags

Hardison

Dec 05 W

40

Gene expression: Chromatin marks

Hardison

Dec 07 F

41

Human evolutionary genomics

Weiss

Dec 10 M

42

Basic questions in biomedical genetics

Weiss

Dec 12 W

43

How does the gene affect the trait?

Weiss

Dec 14 F

44

A developmental perspective on genetic basis of complex traits

Weiss

Dec 17-21

Finals Week

Grades collated and final grades assigned