Lecture

Date

Topic

Chapter

1

8/24

DNA Structure/DNA Replication

1

2

8/26

Chromosome Replication/Cell Division

1

3

8/28

DNA Repair

11

4

8/31

Transcription

2

5

9/02

Translation

2

6

9/04

Translation and Proteins

2

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9/07

Labor Day

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7

9/09

Nomenclature, Inheritance, Mutations, Phenotypes

3/ref list

8

9/11

Plasmids

4

9

9/14

Conjugation

5

10

9/16

Conjugation (see above notes)

5

11

9/18

Transformation and Horizontal Transfer of Genes

6/ref list

-

9/21

First Hourly Exam (Lectures 1-11)

-

12

9/23

Transduction (notes with figures on Blackboard)

7/8

13

9/25

T4 Phage Genetics

7

14

9/28

Lambda Lytic Life Cycle

7

15

9/30

Lambda Lysogenic Life Cycle

8

16

10/02

Lambda Control Mechanisms

8

17

10/05

18

10/07

Suicide Phage

ref list

19

10/09

Phage Toxins

ref list

20

10/12

Phage Toxins (see notes above)

9

21

10/14

22

10/16

Integrons, Mobile Cassettes, Pathogenicity Islands

9/ref

-

10/19

Second Hourly Exam (Lectures 12-22)

-

23

10/21

Recombination

10

24

10/23

Recombination (see notes above)

10

25

10/26

Regulation: Lac Operon

12

26

10/28

Regulation: Trp Operon / Global Regulation: cAMP

12/13

27

10/30

Global Regulation: Quorum Sensing

13/ref

28

11/02

Global Regulation: Nitrogen Assimilation

13

29

11/04

Global Regulation: Heat Shock

13

30

11/06

Global Regulation rRNA/tRNA

13

31

11/09

Regulatory RNA -Riboswitches

12/ref

-

11/11

Veterans' Day- No Class

-

32

11/13

Finish Riboswitches/Overview of Reg. (Review for Ex 3)

12/13

-

11/16

Third Hourly Exam (Lectures 23-32)

-

33

11/18

Regulatory RNA -sRNAs (see lecture 31 notes)

13/ref

34

11/20

Plasmid Addiction

4/ref

-

11/23

Thanksgiving Break

-

-

11/25

Thanksgiving Break

-

-

11/27

Thanksgiving Break

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35

11/30

Programmed Cell Death

ref list

36

12/02

Antibiotic Resistance: the new apocalypse?

ref list

37

12/04

Reading the Text of the Bacterial Genome

ref list

38

12/07

Microarrays

13

39

12/09

Computers and Bioinformatics

notes

40

12/11

Final Review- CUMMULATIVE

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