Discovering
             Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics 2nd edition - by A.
              Malcolm Campbell and Laurie
              J. Heyer. (ISBN
               0-8053-4722-4; 
published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press and Benjamin
    Cummings: 28 February, 2006) 
| Dates | Day | Chapter | Read Before Class | Discovery Questions | 
| Jan 13 | M | Intro.; entrance exam; email your thoughts | none | none | 
| Jan 15 | W | 1.1: & 1.2 Stop at "How can they have..." |  ix - xiii &  1 - 14  | 
          8, 10, 13, (MM 1 & 2), 17 | 
| Jan 17 | F | 1.2: What's wrong with my child? | 14 - 29 | 26, 27, 29, 36, 38, 39, 45 | 
| Jan 20 | M | MLK Celebration | none | none | 
| Jan 22 | W | 2.1: How are genomes sequenced? | 34 - 48 (stop at What shapes...) JASPAR 
  | 
          5, 9, (MM2.1: 1, 2, 5), (MM2.2: 1, 2), 12, 15a &15b (MM2.3: 2, 3)  | 
        
| Jan 24 | F |   2.1: finsih section Epigenetics paper  | 
            48 - 59  | 
          22, 28, 30, 33, 38 summarize paper  | 
        
|    first draft  | 
            M  | 
          Choose an Area | Due Monday Jan 27, 10:30 am | |
| Jan 27 | M | 2.2: What have we learned from unicelluar genomes? 
 NextGen Sequencing Methods  | 
          59 - 74 454 and pyrosequenicng, Illumina, SOLiD, Ion Torrent, single molecule, Nanopore  | 
          51, 58 
 focus on basic elements & typical read lengths  | 
        
| Jan 29 | W | 2.3: What have we learned from multicelluar genomes? | 90 - 109 | 88, (MM2.5: 2), 94 | 
| Jan 31 | F | 3.1: Comparative Genomics (stop at What can we...) Bacterial Evolution  | 
          114 - 123  | 
          2, 8 summarize paper  | 
        
final version  | 
          M 
             | 
          First Web Page | Present Your Area | Due Mon Feb 3, 10:30 am | 
| Feb 3 | M | 3.2 Human Evolution  human biome  | 
          138 - 145  | 
          38, 39, 41 summarize paper  | 
        
| Feb 5 | W | 3.3: Genomic Identifications | 145 - 161 | 47, 50, 58, 61, 67 | 
| Feb 7 | F | Family of four | Read Paper | discusss figures and conclusions | 
| Feb 7 | F  | 
           1st Exam  | 
           DUE Wed Feb 12, 10:30
            am  | 
        |
| Feb 10 | M | 4.1: What drives population diversity? | 178 - 186 | No DQ's | 
| Feb 12 | W | EXAM RECOVERY DAY  | 
          Turn In Exam  | 
          DUE Wed Feb 12, 10:30
            am  | 
        
| Feb 14 | F | 4.2: What are SNPs? 
 Cancer genomics  | 
          186 - 198 
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            17, 28, 32, 37, 39 
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| Feb 17 | M | NO CLASS  | 
          Work on your Paper | Presenting seminar at Rhodes College | 
Review Paper #1  | 
          Choose paper A or paper B or paper C | Summarize Paper & Every Figure | Web Page Due Friday Feb 28, 2 pm | |
| Feb 19 | W | 4.4: What are the ethical implications of variation?  | 
          203 - 214 | 48, 52, (MM4.4: 1, 2), 57, 69 ACMG CF testing Patent Search  | 
        
| Feb 21 |   F  | 
          Copy Number Variation (News & Paper) | News & Paper | discusss figures and conclusions | 
| Feb 24 | M | Copy Number Variation (continued) | Paper | discusss figures and conclusions | 
| Feb 26 | W | 5: Why can't I lose weight? Gut bacteria  | 
          219 - 231  | 
          2, 9*, 14, 20, 22, 27 summarize information  | 
        
| Feb 28 | F | Submit paper A or B or C | Summarize Paper & Every Figure | Web Page Due Friday Feb. 28, 2 pm | 
| Feb 28 | F | 6.1: What are DNA microarrays? Log transform data  | 
          234 - 250 Short animation (Full Animation optional)  | 
          4, 6, 9, 11, 12, 17, 20, 25 | 
| Mar 3 | M | Spring Break  | 
          ZZZZZZZ  | 
          No Class  | 
        
| Mar 5 | W | Spring Break  | 
          flip  | 
          No Class  | 
        
| Mar 7 | F | Spring Break  | 
          ZZZZZZZ  | 
          No Class  | 
        
| Mar 10 | M | 6.2: Any alternative uses of chips? mRNA vs. protein levels in primates  | 
          250 - 261  | 
          31, 36, 51 What is the major lesson?  | 
        
| Mar 12 | W | 7.1: Can microarrays diagnose cancer? | 264 - 269 NY Times breast cancer  | 
          2, 6, 12, 19, 26 Cancer Staging  | 
        
| Mar 14 | F | Salmon Microarray Paper  | 
          discusss figures and conclusions | |
| Mar17 | M | Sins of our Fathers (News and Paper) | News & Paper | discusss figures and conclusions | 
| Mar 19 | W | Guest Speaker, Dr. Rick Peek '84, M.D. (Vanderbilt) Lunch with seminar speaker after class?  | 
          Cancer Applications of Genomics | Seminar at 4:30 pm, Dana 146 | 
| Mar 21 | F | 8.1: What do all these
              proteins do?  | 
          286 - 299 | 12, 20, 25, 27, 29, 32 | 
| Mar 21 | F  | 
           2nd Exam   | 
           DUE Wed March 26, 10:30
          am  | 
        |
| Mar 24 | M | 8.3: Which proteins interact with each other? | 299 - 307 | 33, 40, 44  | 
        
| Mar 26 | W | EXAM RECOVERY DAY  | 
          Turn In Exam  | 
          DUE Wed March 26, 10:30
          am  | 
        
| Mar 28 | F | SNP Proteomics (News and Paper) | discusss figures and conclusions | |
| Mar 31 | M | Finish Paper | Paper & Correction | discusss figures and conclusions | 
| Apr 2 | W | 8.4: How do we measure and ID proteins? | 307-19 (stop at Is the Last...) | 48, 51, 52, 54, 55, 56  | 
        
| Apr 4 | F | 10.1: Are genes hardwired?  | 
          342 - 355 | 3, 5, 9, 10  | 
        
| Apr 7 | M | 10.1: What controls amount, location and timing? | 355 - 366 | 15, 16, (MM10.1: 1, 3) | 
| Apr 9 | W  | 
          11.1: How do genes regulate each other? | 370 - 378 | 1, 2, 7, 8 | 
| Apr 11 | F | 11.1: How are memories formed?  | 
          378 - 391  | 
          9, 13, 14, 19, 21, 25, 26, 27  | 
        
| Apr 14 | M | 11.1: How are memories formed? continued Departmental Survey  | 
          continued  | 
          9, 13, 14, 19, 21, 25, 26, 27  | 
        
Review Paper #2 
           | 
          Summarize Paper & Every Figure | Web page Due Friday, April 25, 2 pm | ||
| Apr 16 | W | 11.1: Can we learn about cancer through circuits? 11.2: Synthetic Biology (Stop at Can Syntehtic...)  | 
          391 - 400  | 
          30, 31, 33, 35, 39, 41, 43  | 
        
| Apr 18 | F | 11.2: Synthetic cont. Logic Gates  | 
          400 - 407  | 
          44, 52, 53, 57, 58b&c Summarize Results  | 
        
| Apr 21 | M | EASTER  | 
          Work on your Paper | catch up on sleep | 
| Apr 23 | W | RNA Regulators of Cells (News and Paper)  | 
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| Apr 25 | F | Summarize Paper & Every Figure | Web page Due Friday, April 25, 2 pm | |
| Apr 25 | F | RNA Regulators of Cells (News and Paper)  | 
          continued  | 
          none  | 
        
| Apr 28 | M | 
            12: Can systems biology reveal new properties? Simple lessons from complexity.  | 
          410 - 419 | 1, 4, 5, 9 | 
| Apr 30 | W | Fly Systems Biology (News and Paper)  | 
          News & Paper  | 
          discusss figures and conclusions  | 
        
| May 2 | F | Fly Systems Biology | Paper | discusss figures and conclusions | 
|   May 5  | 
          M | Fly Systems Biology  | 
          Paper | discusss figures and conclusions | 
| May 7 | W | Last class & distribute final exam | Course Evaluation Fellowships Teacher Training  | 
          Course Evaluations! | 
| May 7 - 11 | W - S |