| Week |
Date |
Topic |
Lecturer |
Lect.
No |
| 1 |
17/2 |
Genomes,
transcripts, mRNA, proteins. Identifying a new protein. |
Dr R.
Blakeley |
1 |
| PROTEIN
FAMILIES |
| 2 |
24/2 |
Alignment
of sequences. Sequence databases. BLAST searches. Protein families. |
" |
2 |
| 3 |
2/3 |
Databases
of protein families. |
" |
3 |
| 4 |
9/3 |
Multiple
alignments. Databases of protein structure. |
" |
4 |
| 5 |
16/3 |
Prediction
of protein structure. Phylogenetic trees |
" |
5 |
| HOMOLOGY
MODELING |
| 6 |
23/3 |
Homology
modeling. SwissPDBviewer. |
" |
6 |
| 7 |
30/3 |
Expressed
Sequence Tags (ESTs) |
" |
7 |
| |
3/4-7/4 |
MID-SEMESTER
BREAK |
| ANALYSIS OF GENOMES |
| 8 |
13/4 |
Translation,
ORFs, & construction of DNA from ESTs |
" |
8 |
| 9 |
20/4 |
Genome
projects. NCBI databases and tools. GeneMap99. Disease genes. |
" |
9 |
| |
21/4 |
Good
Friday |
| 10 |
24/4 |
Easter
Monday |
| |
25/4 |
ANZAC
DAY |
| 10 |
27/4 |
NO LECTURE
OR PRACTICAL |
| 11 |
4/5 |
Genome
analysis. |
" |
10 |
| INDIVIDUAL 3-WEEK PROJECTS |
| 12 |
11/5 |
Introduction
to individual projects involving analysis of genomic DNA or any
other approved topic. |
" |
11 |
| 13 |
18/5 |
Tools
and rules for finding genes. |
" |
12 |
| 14 |
25/5 |
Tutorial.
Discussion of exam. Project report due 5.00 pm Friday 26/5/00. |
" |
13 |
| |
29/5-2/6 |
Revision
Period |
| |
5/6-23/6 |
Examination
Period |
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