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Class Schedule

Each meeting of this class will occur in either BS004 (BS) or ECS333 (ECS) as indicated below under "Room". ECS333 is a PC computer laboratory. If you arrive at class and find the room empty the class is probably in the other room!

Date

Topic

Room

Tu

2/1/05

Course introduction: Differences between eukaryotic and prokaryotic gene expression; mechanisms of control?

BS

Th

2/3/05

Transcription mechanisms in eukaryotes (notes) (powerpoint full page ) (powerpoint 4 to a page)

BS

Tu

2/8/05

Working with the class Wiki: Introduction to journal entries.

ECS

Th

2/10/05

RNA polymerase II holenzyme: structure and function (notes) (powerpoint) BS

Tu

2/15/05

Group activity: activation by recruitment?
ECS

Th

2/17/05

Working on Group Wiki Project ECS
Tu
2/22/05
Chromatin remodeling machines and transcription (notes) (powerpoint)
BS
Th
2/24/05
More work on Group Wiki Project—developing outlines (powerpoint)
ECS

Tu

3/1/05

Group activity: is there a single order to building the preinitiation complex?
ECS

Th

3/3/05

Multiple forms of histone modification: the "histone code" (notes) (powerpoint)
BS

Tu

3/8/05

Group activity: how do proteins "read" the histone code?
ECS

Th

3/10/05

Connection between transcription and mRNA modification (notes) (powerpoint)
BS

Tu

3/15/05

Group activity: structural basis of CTD coupling to mRNA capping ECS

Th

3/17/05

Midterm Examination BS

Tu

3/22/05

SPRING BREAK

 

Th

3/24/05

SPRING BREAK

 

Tu

3/29/05

Group activity: making connections in the wiki
ECS

Th

3/31/05

Peer review of Project 2--in class

ECS

Tu
4/5/05
Introduction to translation (notes) (powerpoint) BS
Th
4/7/05
Translation initiation mechanisms and factors (notes) (powerpoint) BS
Tu
4/12/05
Group activity (Project 2 due)
ECS
Th
4/14/05
Control of translational reinitiation (notes) (powerpoint)
BS
Tu
4/19/05
Group activity
ECS
Th
4/21/05
Circularization of mRNAs and translational initiation (notes) (powerpoint)
BS
Tu
4/26/05
Group activity
BS
Th
4/28/05
Alternatives to translational scanning (notes) (powerpoint)
BS
Tu
5/3/05
Group activity
BS
Th
5/5/05
Mechanisms of translational control (notes) (powerpoint) (Peer review of Project 3 )
BS
Tu
5/10/05
Group activity
BS
Th
5/12/05
Review (Projects 1 & 3 due)
BS
Tu
5/17/05
Final Examination BS