LECTURE SCHEDULE BIOC/MCB 568 (Nucleic Acids) Fall 2009  3:00 - 3:50 (M, F) and 2:00-3:50 (W) in BioSciences West (BSW) 208 INSTRUCTORS: Dr. John Little (621-5629, Life Sciences South (LSS) 548A, jlittle@u.arizona.edu), course coordinator Dr. Roy Parker (621-9347, LSS 533A, rrparker@u.arizona.edu)   BIOC/MCB568 Home Page

August	24	M	Introduction	Parker/Little
	26	W	Critical thinking, model testing, reading scientific papers, DNA structure	Little
	28	F	Meselson-Stahl paper	Little
	31	M	Review and quiz on DNA replication	Little
September	2	W	Okazaki paper/DNA replication	Little
	4	F	DNA replication	Little
	7	M	LABOR DAY - NO CLASSES
	9	W	Review and quiz on DNA repair	Little
	11	F	Paper on DNA repair	Little
	14	M	DNA repair and mutagenesis	Little
	16	W	Review and quiz on genetic recombination	Little
	18	F	Paper on recombination	Little
	21	M	Protein-DNA interactions	Little
	23	W	EXAM I	Little
	25	F	Quiz and review--prokaryotic transcription cycle	Little
	28	M	Paper on prokaryotic transcription cycle / Other topics	Little
October	30	W	Quiz and review--transcription regulation in prokaryotes	Little
	2	F	Paper on prokaryotic regulation	Little
	5	M	Complex prokaryotic regulatory circuits	Little
	7	W	Quiz and review--eukaryotic transcription mechanisms	Little
	9	F	Eukaryotic transcription mechanisms	Little
	12	M	Paper on mechanisms in eukaryotic transcription	Little
	14	W	Quiz and review--eukaryotic transcriptional regulation	Little
	16	F	Eukaryotic gene regulation	Little
	19	M	Practice quiz on hypothesis testing	Little
	21	W	Paper on eukaryotic regulation / Chromatin	Little
	23	F	Discussion--hypothesis-testing problem set	Little
	26	M	Complex eukaryotic regulatory systems	Little
	28	W	EXAM II	Little
	30	F	The RNA world	Parker
November	2	M	Pre-mRNA splicing and polyadenylation	Parker
	4	W	Control of pre-mRNA processing	Parker
	6	F	Translation--mechanisms and control	Parker
	9	M	Translation elongation and programmed errors	Parker
	11	W	VETERANS' DAY -- NO CLASSES
	13	F	Small RNA's	Parker
	16	M	Translational control and mRNA decay	Parker
	18	W	EXAM III	Parker
	20	F	Hypothesis testing, experimental formulation	Little / Parker
	23	M	"	Little / Parker
	25	W	"	Little / Parker
	27	F	THANKSGIVING RECESS -- NO CLASSES
	30	M	Hypothesis testing, experimental formulation	Little / Parker
December	2	W	"	Little / Parker
	4	F	"	Little / Parker
	7	M	"	Little / Parker
	9	W	EXAM IV	Little / Parker