LECTURE SCHEDULE Biochemistry/MCB 568 (Nucleic Acids) Fall 2007  3:00 - 3:50 (M, W, F) in BioSciences West (BSW) 237 and 2:00-2:50 (W) in BSW 219 INSTRUCTORS: Dr. Jennifer Hall (621-7525, BSW 206, jdhall@u.arizona.edu) course coordinator Dr. John Little (621-5629, Life Sciences South (LSS) 548A, jlittle@u.arizona.edu) Dr. Roy Parker (621-9347, LSS 533A, rrparker@u.arizona.edu)   Bioc/MCB568 Home Page

August	20	M	Introduction	Parker/Hall
	22	W	Review--DNA replication / Discuss analysis of scientific papers	Hall
	24	F	Discuss Meselson-Stahl paper	Hall
	27	M	"	Hall
	29	W	Draft of analysis DUE. In-class critiques	Hall
	31	F	Final analysis DUE. Discuss Okazaki paper	Hall
September	3	M	LABOR DAY - NO CLASSES
	5	W	Draft of analysis DUE. In-class critiques	Hall
	7	F	Final analysis DUE. DNA repair review	Hall
	10	M	Discuss Masutani paper	Hall
	12	W	Draft of analysis DUE. In-class critiques	Hall
	14	F	Final analysis DUE. Discuss Cho paper	Hall
	17	M	Draft of analysis DUE. In-class critiques	Hall
	19	W	Recombination review	Hall
	21	F	Final analysis DUE. Discuss Davies paper	Hall
	24	M	Final draft of analysis DUE. Introduction to critical thinking	Hall Little
	26	W	Exam I	Hall
	28	F	DNA-protein interactions	Little
October	1	M	Review--transcription cycle in prokaryotes	Little
	3	W	Discuss paper on prokaryotic cycle, other topics	Little
	5	F	Review--transcription regulation in prokaryotes	Little
	8	M	Prokaryotic gene regulation	Little
	10	W	Review--eukaryotic transcription mechanisms / Complex prokaryotic regulatory systems	Little
	12	F	Eukaryotic transcription mechanisms	Little
	15	M	Paper on mechanisms in eukaryotic transcription	Little
	17	W	Review--eukaryotic transcriptional regulation	Little
	19	F	Eukaryotic gene regulation	Little
	22	M	Practice quiz on hypothesis testing / Eukaryotic gene regulation	Little
	24	W	Paper on eukaryotic regulation / Chromatin	Little
	26	F	Discussion--hypothesis-testing problem set	Little
	29	M	Complex eukaryotic regulatory systems	Little
	31	W	Exam II	Little
November	2	F	The RNA world	Parker
	5	M	Pre-mRNA splicing and polyadenylation	Parker
	7	W	Control of pre-mRNA processing	Parker
	9	F	Translation--mechanisms and control	Parker
	12	M	VETERAN'S DAY -- NO CLASSES
	14	W	Translational control and mRNA decay	Parker
	16	F	Control of mRNA function/miRNAs and genomic methods	Parker
	19	M	Translation elongation and programmed errors	Parker
	21	W	Exam III	Parker
	23	F	Thanksgiving Holiday - NO CLASS
	26	M	Hypothesis testing, experimental formulation	Little / Parker
	28	W	Hypothesis testing, experimental formulation	Little / Parker
	30	F	Hypothesis testing, experimental formulation	Little / Parker
December	3	M	Hypothesis testing, experimental formulation	Little / Parker
	5	W	EXAM IV	Little / Parker