BSCI 411 Syllabus

(9:30am-10:45am Tu Th/2242 H.J. Patterson/Dr. Zhongchi Liu)

Dates                       Subjects                                                              Reading*

1. Jan 28 (Tues.)          Course Information

2. Jan 30 (Thurs)         Mutagen

3. Feb. 4 (Tues)           Mutant Screen    

4. Feb. 6 (Thurs)         Mutant Characterization  

5. Feb. 11 (Tues)         Gene Mapping and Molecular Markers

6. Feb. 13 (Thurs)        Map-based Cloning                                         Chapter 7

7. Feb. 18 (Tues)         Transposon and Gene Expression                   Chapter 7

8. Feb. 20 (Thurs)        Genome Sequence and Analyses                   Chapter 7

9. Feb. 25 (Tues)         Functional Genomics I

10. Feb. 27 (Thurs)      Functional Genomics II 

11. Mar. 4 (Tues)         Functional Genomics III

12. Mar. 6 (Thurs)        Epigenetics/Apomixis                                     Chapter 7

13. Mar. 11 (Tues)        Plant Transformation

14. Mar. 13 (Thurs)      Review

15. Mar. 18 (Tues)        Midterm exam   

16. Mar. 20 (Thurs)       Flower Development                                        Chapter 19

Mar. 25, 27; Spring Break

17. Apr. 1 (Tues)         Flower Induction                                               Chapter 19

18. Apr. 3 (Thurs)        Light Signal Transduction                                 Chapter 18

19. Apr. 8 (Tues)         Hormone Signal Transduction I                         Chapter 18

20. Apr. 10 (Thurs)     Hormone Signal Ttransduction II                       Chapter 21

21. Apr. 15 (Tues)       Plant-Pathogen Interactions                                Chapter 21

22. Apr. 17 (Thurs)     Plant Defense Responses
                                   Engineering Disease-resistant Plants                   Chapter 21

23. Apr. 22 (Tues)        Abiotic stress I (Heat and Salt stress)                Chapter 22

24. Apr. 24 (Thurs)      Abiotic stress II (draught, cold, and oxidative)   Chapter 22

25. Apr. 29 (Tues)         Amino Acid and Lipids                                    Chapter 8, 10

26. May 1 (Thurs)        GMO Crops: current status and regulation          Dr. Larry Christy

  1. May 6 (Tues) Oral presentation I
    1. May 8 (Thurs) Oral presentation II  (Term paper-due)
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    2. May 13 (Tues)  Review for final exam
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Final Exam: May 17 (Sat): 8-10:00 AM (RM 2241 H.J. Patterson)

* Reading of the textbook: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Plants (2000) by Buchanan, Gruissem, and Jones,