Class
meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 11:00-11:50 AM in Bio.Sci.East
100. In-class activities will include
lectures by Dr. Bourque and/or problem-solving
discussions
with Michael Pham (your teaching assistant) and/or Dr. Bourque.
The first lectures will cover Chapter 25, followed by several
lectures/discussion that review material in Chapter 4 and 5
that you learned in prerequisite courses.
[Your
primary learning tools during this period
are online notes and/or Powerpoint presentations along with
study
questions for Chapters 25, 4, and 5. For the rest of the course,
lecture topics will be covered in much more detail, and will
utilize online materials including lecture notes and study questions,
as well as some in-class discussions of lecture topics.]
12/10/10:
Hour Exam 3
key is posted. See D2L and Webroster for final grades to be
posted
12/7/10:
Hour Exam 3! The exam will cover:
1) Chapter 28 from DNA Replication to end of lecture material.
2) Chapter 29, Transcription in prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
12/6/10:
Correction:
Chapter 28 Study Questions, p.3, last line: Correct answer is
1,666 minutes.
12/3/10:
Review for Test 3 (5-6:00 PM, BSW 208,
Michael Pham)
12/6/10:
Review for Test
3 (5-6:00 PM, FCS 225, Dr. Bourque)
11/23/10:
Lecture will continue discussion of Ch.
29: Transcription in prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
11/18/10:
See corrected
Telomerase
mechanism slide. Primer
should be changed to template.
This is also corrected in the complete Ch28 Powerpoint file.
11/9/10:
Lecture will complete DNA repliction and
discuss DNA repair mechanisms (Chapter 28).
11/4/10:
Exam 2 Key is posted and accessible from
the Grades button.
11/4/10:
Helpful [and increasingly detailed] animations
to visualize events at the E.coli DNA Relpication Fork:
11/2/10:
Lecture will continue discussion of Chapter
28, completing DNA topoisomerases and beginning DNA Repliction.
8/30/2010:
Hour
Exam dates:
| Exam
1 |
Thursday, Sept. 23 |
| Exam
2 |
Thursday,
Oct. 28 |
| Exam
3 |
**
Tuesday, Dec. 7** |
10/28/10:
Reviews for Hour exam 2: 1) Tuesday,Oct.
26, 5-6:00 PM BSW 208; 2) Wednesday,
Oct. 28, 5-6:00 PM, BNSW 301.
10/28/10:
HOUR EXAM 2 will cover Chapter 5 and Chapter 28 to end of Topoisomerase
discussion in October 26 lecture.
10/26/10:
Lecture will continue discussion of Chapter
28, including DNA topoisomerases.
10/5/10:
Chapter 5 study questions have been reposted,
now matching in length the Answer Key. Sorry for any confusion
10/5/10:
Lecture will continue discussion of Chapter
5, starting with DNA sequencing.
10/4/10:
Here are links to some movie/animations of Chapter 5 DNA methods
that are being shown in lectures.
Note that to
view some of these you will need to install
QuickTime 7.1 (an older version). Additional movies that
do NOT require QT7.1 may be posted here soon. lNote also that
MANY other versions of these processes are available online
via a Google search and/or at YouTube. Use the keywords of what
you want to find and you will
find it:
9/20/10:
Exam 1 Review sessions:
1) Tuesday, Sept 21, 5-6:00 PM, BSW 208 and 2) Wednesday, September
22, 5-6:00 PM, 129 Haury Bldg. [Anthropology].
9/1/10:
LECTURE SCHEDULE has been UPDATED for Fall
2010.
9/1/10:
Extra Credit Assignment has been posted.
[NOTE: Deadline for presentations is Tuesday, November 23]
8/31/10:
Study
questions for Chapters 25 and 4 and questions
on reading assignment for Ch25 are
posted (click
on Grades
button to acces). Exams may include some of these or questions
of similar content and style.
8/30/2010:
Hour
Exam dates are: [I
am posting the exam dates here now, since several of you have
asked about that]
| Exam
1 |
[Thursday, Sept. 23] |
| Exam
2 |
[Thursday,
Oct. 28] |
| Exam
3 |
Tuesday,
Dec. 7] |
8/30/2010:
Unfortunately,
I am still hampered by both of my computers not letting me change
things online or even edit web pages. So spent a lot of $$ today
to fix the one I use at home and several hours of time to work
on fixing the one in my office - possibly successfully? Stay
tuned.
8/30/2010:
Aug.
30 lecture will complete Chapter 25 and discuss the papers assigned
[below, 8/12/2010]
8/23/2010:
Two
papers have been posted as reading assignments related to Chapter
25 topics. There will be questions related to these papers on
Exam 1.
1)
Lesch-Nhyan Disease [a purine Salvage Disease]
2) Folic
Acid, an ultimate functional food for disease prevention
[biological roles of folic acid]
8/23/10:
Notes and Powerpoints are
posted for Chapters 25. Click
on Lecture Notes button to access.
8/23/10:The
lectures on Tues., August 24, 2009, Thurs., Aug. 26, and the
first part of August 31 will cover Chapter 25, Biosynthesis
of Nucleotides. The lecture material (both as "Notes"
and "Powerpoint" formats) is accessed using the Lecture
Notes button at the bottom of this page. |
