BISC 219/2009:People

BISC219 Genetics Fall 2009

Lecturers: Andrea Sequeira (AS) & Andrew Webb (ACW)
Lab Instructors: Melissa Beers, Tucker Crum, Andrea Sequeira
Lab Prep : Padma Kannabiran; Sherly Veeraragavan
Study Group Leader/ Course Peer Mentor: Christie Sze

Contact Info: Andrea Sequeira: Office SC354 ; office phone x3376; email: ASEQUEIR@wellesley.edu
Office Hours: TBA

Drew Webb: Office SC252; office phone X3115; email: dwebb@wellesley.edu
Office Hours: TBA

Melissa Beers: Office SC175; office phone X3521; email: mbeers@wellesley.edu
Office Hours: by arrangement

Tucker Crum: Office SC395; office phone x3122; email: tcrum@wellesley.edu
Office Hours: By arrangement

Christie Sze: csze@wellesley.edu
Group review and help sessions: TBA. For scheduling, refer to the “Help” sub-conference on the BISC219 First Class conference

Lectures: Tuesdays & Fridays 11:10-12:20, SCI377
Labs: E301: Mon. 1:30-5 Beers; Tues. 12:30-4 Beers; Wed. 2:15-5:45 Crum; Thurs. 1-4:30 Beers; Fri. 1-4:30 Sequeira

Reference material for lecture: Please check the course web-site at http://www.wellesley.edu/Biology/Courses/219/Welcome/welcome.html and the course First Class BISC219 conference.
No required text: any Genetics textbook published after 2002-03 can be used as an optional useful resource.

Reference material for labs: The lab manual is published electronically at: http://openwetware.org/wiki/BISC_219/2009
Additional lab resource material is available at the course web-site at http://www.wellesley.edu/Biology/Courses/219/Welcome/welcome.html and posted to the First Class lab conferences for BISC219

Lecture Exams: I Friday October 9th
                         II Friday December 4th

Final Exam:Exam week (Self scheduled)

Grading:	Assessment	Points
	Lecture I	100
	Lecture II	100
	Problem Sets- Sect. I	50
	Problem- Sect. II	30
	Final Exam	120
	Lab Grade	200
	Total	600

Lecture Schedule BISC219 Genetics Fall 2009

N.B. Material covered on Oct 2nd through 19th and Nov 27th through Dec. 11th will be on the final exam.
PS stands for Problem set, those are due at the beginning of lecture.
ACW= Drew Webb; AS= Andrea Sequeira

Date	Lecturer	Topic
Tues. Sept. 8	AS	Mendelian genetics, law of segregation and the inheritance of single sex differences, sex determination and chromosomal numbers
Fri. Sept 11	AS	Mendelian genetics, law of independent assortment, recombination in Eukaryotes I
Tue. Sept. 15	AS	Recombination in Eukaryotes II-PS I Due
Fri. Sept. 18	AS	Recombination in bacteria and their viruses
Tue. Sept. 22	AS	DNA mutation and repair - PS II Due
Fri. Sept. 25	AS	Chromosome mutations
Tue. Sept. 29	AS	Gene and allele interactions I - PS III Due
Fri. Oct. 2	AS	Gene and allele interactions II
Tue. Oct. 6	AS	Population genetics I
Fri. Oct. 9	AS	HOURLY EXAM I
Tue. Oct. 13	AS	Population genetics II
Fri. Oct. 16	AS	Evolutionary Genetics I - PS IV Due
Tue. Oct. 20	AS	Evolutionary Genetics II
Fri. Oct. 23	ACW	Introduction & Review of Modern Genetics
Tue. Oct. 27	ACW	Control of Eukaryotic Gene Expression - Strategies
Fri. Oct. 30	ACW	Control of Gene Expression - Pre-transcription & Epigenetics
Tue. Nov. 3	ACW	Tanner Conference-NO CLASS!!
Fri. Nov. 6	ACW	Control of Gene Expression - Transcription I
Tue. Nov. 10	ACW	Control of Gene Expression - Transcription II
Fri. Nov. 13	ACW	Control of Gene Expression - Post-transcription
Tue. Nov. 17	ACW	Control of Gene Expression - Post-transcription II
Fri. Nov. 20	ACW	Control of Gene Expression - Nucleo-cytoplasmic Transport
Tue. Nov. 24	ACW	Control of Gene Expression – Translation. Take home problem Due
Fri. Nov. 27	ACW	Thanksgiving Break-No Class!!
Tue. Dec. 1	ACW	Control of Gene Expression - Post-translation
Fri. Dec. 4	ACW	HOURLY EXAM II
Tue. Dec. 8	ACW	Genetic Basis of Cancer I
Fri. Dec. 11	ACW	Genetic Basis of Cancer II