| Dates | Day | Topics and Papers | Read Before Class |
Which Exam?
|
| Jan 15 | M |
MLK Day
|
college closed
|
not yet
|
| Jan 17 | W | Intro.; Freeman paper; read in class --> |
exam 1
|
|
| Jan 19 | F | genomes: one gene, one phenotype?? |
exam 1
|
|
| Jan 22 | M | genomes: viruses alive, new domain?? |
exam 1
|
|
| Jan 24 | W | genomes: n mutations per generation? |
exam 1
|
|
| Jan 26 | F | variations: human evolution |
exam 1
|
|
|
first draft
|
M
|
Choose an Area
|
Draft Mon Jan 29, class
start time
|
|
| Jan 29 | M | variations: human evolution complexity | skin
tone evolution + news story 1 + news story 2 |
exam 1
|
| Jan 31 | W | variations: cancer heterogeneity |
exam 1
|
|
| Feb 2 | F | variations: variations across tissues |
rare variants |
exam 1
|
| Feb 5 | M | variations: random X inactivations | X
inactivations
|
exam 1
|
|
final version
|
M
|
First Web Page |
Show What You Learned
|
Final Mon Feb 5, class
start time
|
| Feb 7 |
W |
variations: copy number
variations |
exam 1
|
|
| Feb 9 | F | variations: pharmacogenomics |
exam 1
|
|
| Feb 9 | F | 1st Exam | TAKE HOME | DUE Wed Feb 14, class start time |
| Feb 12 | M | no class |
Dr. C. reviewing Biology
Dept.
|
work on exam 1
|
| Feb 14 | W | Ethics Discussion in Class |
Turn In Exam |
DUE Wed Feb 14 Reading assigned during class |
| Feb 16 | F | variations: cancer mutations |
exam 2
|
|
| Feb 19 | M | metagenomics: microbiomes |
exam 2
|
|
| Feb 21 | W | metagenomics: obesity |
exam 2
|
|
| Feb 23 | F | metagenomics: artificial sweeteners |
exam 2
|
|
| Feb 26 | M | metagenomics: human habitats |
exam 2
|
|
| Feb 28 |
W
|
transcriptomics: cancer transcriptomes |
exam 2
|
|
| Mar 2 | F | transcriptomics: cancer transcriptomes |
exam 2
|
|
| Mar 5 | M | Spring Break | ZZZZZZZ | No Class |
| Mar 7 | W | Spring Break | flip | No Class |
| Mar 9 | F | Spring Break | ZZZZZZZ | No Class |
| Mar 12 | M | transcriptomics: RNAseq |
exam 2
|
|
| Mar 14 | W | transcriptomics: single cell RNAseq |
exam 2
|
|
| Mar 16 | F | epigenomics: parental input |
exam 2
|
|
| Mar 19 | M | epigenomics: ENCODE |
exam 2
|
|
| Mar 21 | W | epigenomics: epigenetic diseases |
exam 2
|
|
| Mar 23 | F | epigenomics: epigenetic
breast cancer |
exam 2
|
|
| Mar 23 | F | 2nd Exam | TAKE HOME | DUE Wed
March 28 class start time |
| Mar 26 | M | Future of the Field | nanopore
OR bioinformatics
OR GWAS to editing |
final exam |
| Mar 28 | W |
Ethics Discussion in Class |
Turn In
Exam epigenetic heretic OR ENCODE skeptic OR microbiome skeptic |
DUE Wed
March 28 class start time Readings assigned during class |
|
Mar 30 |
F |
epigenomics: chromatin shapes cancers |
|
final exam |
| Review Paper | choose
one paper A or paper B or paper C |
Summarize Paper & Every Figure | Web
page Due Friday April 27, 2 pm |
|
| Apr 2 | M | Easter Break |
rest and relax |
|
| Apr 4 | W | proteomics: proteins vs mRNA |
final exam
|
|
| Apr 6 | F | proteomics: interactome |
interactome defines disease |
final exam
|
| Apr 9 | M | proteomics: cancer |
final exam
|
|
| Apr 11 | W | proteomics: single cells |
final exam
|
|
| Apr 13 |
F
|
metabolomics: biomarkers for diagnosis | pancreatic
cancer vs. pancreatitis |
final exam
|
| April 16 | M |
no class meeting |
work on your paper summaries |
|
| Apr 18 | W | metabolomics: naked mole rat |
final exam
|
|
| Apr 20 | F | metabolomics:
drug-biota interactions |
final exam
|
|
| Apr 23 | M | systems
biology: interacting gene networks I |
|
final exam
|
| Apr 25 | W |
systems biology: interacting gene networks II |
|
final exam
|
| Apr 27 | F | systems biology: genetics and networks |
|
final exam
|
| Apr 27 | F | Summarize Paper & Every Figure | Web
page Due Friday April 27, 2 pm |
|
| Apr 30 | M | systems biology: mammalian circuits |
|
final exam
|
| May 2 | W | systems biology: interactome | disease-disease comparisons |
final exam
|
| May 4 | F | systems biology: lung adenocarcinoma |
TF and lncRNA networks |
final exam
|
| May 7 | M |
Last class & final exam emailed |
Course Evaluations |
Course Evaluations! |
| May 9 | W | No Classes campus-wide | Celebration of Research |
Give a Talk/ Hear Your Friends
|
| May 9- 15 | M - M | submit electronic copy by email | the rest of
your life! |