Hampton University Keck Workshop on Genomics

May 9-10, 2008

Laurie Heyer and A. Malcolm Campbell
Mathematics and Biology Departments, Davidson College

Part I - Functional Genomics (DNA microarrays)

• DNA Microarray Animation Short Version

• DNA Microarray Long Version

• Paper Microarray Activity (Instructions) (teacher materials with answers)

• Wet Lab Simulation (ref. Campbell et al., 2006)

• Math Module (teacher's edition available by request)

  • Correlation of Genes (Excel File, PDF Handout) (answers)

    • More Math-Biology Questions

• Spot Synthesizer (ref. Campbell et al., 2007)

15 minute break

Part II - Analysing Microarray Data

• GCAT Genome Consortium for Active Teaching (Refs: Campbell et al., 2006 and 2007)

• MAGIC Tool Overview (Ref:Heyer et al., 2005)

Lunch Break

Part III - Integrating Mathematics and Biology

• Introductory Biology

  • cystic fibrosis topology

  • Huntington's disease gene hunt

• Calculus & Modeling for Life Scientists (Math 130 and Math 137)

  • Bayes Rule for Genetic Testing (background info)

  • SIR Model of Epidemics

• Laboratory Methods in Genomics

• Genomics Lecture Course (Textbook Site)

  • Hydropathy Plots for Proteins

  • DIP protein interaction search

  • Student Web pages

• Bioinformatics Course

  • Excel of Dot Plots

  • Online Clustering (PDF handout)

15 minute break

Part IV - Synthetic Biology - Fun Scholarship at All Levels

• Synthetic Biology Defined

• Animation of Burnt Pancake Project

• Jmol of Split Genes

• BioMath Connections

• Open Wetware Lab Page

• iGEM Competition

Biology Department


Math Department

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