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

Dates                            Subjects                                                        Reading*   
1. Jan 27 (Tues.)          Course Information
2. Jan 29 (Thurs)         Mutagen
3. Feb. 3 (Tues)           Mutant Screen                
4. Feb. 5 (Thurs)          Mutant Characterization        
5. Feb. 10 (Tues)         Gene Mapping and Molecular Markers I
6. Feb. 12 (Thurs)        Gene Mapping and Molecular Markers II
7. Feb. 17 (Tues)         Map-based Cloning                                              Chapter 7
8. Feb. 19 (Thurs)        Transposon and Gene Expression                       Chapter 7
9. Feb. 24 (Tues)         Genome Sequence and Analyses                         Chapter 7
10. Feb. 26 (Thurs)      Functional Genomics I   
11. Mar. 2 (Tues)         Functional Genomics II  
12. Mar. 4 (Thurs)        Plant Transformation
13. Mar. 9 (Tues)         Epigenetics/Apomixis                                        Chapter 7
14. Mar. 11 (Thurs)      Review
15. Mar. 16  (Tues)       Midterm exam            
16. Mar. 18 (Thurs)       Flower Development                                        Chapter 19
                               Mar. 23, 25; Spring Break
17. Mar. 30 (Tues)        Flower Induction                                                Chapter 19   
18. Apr. 1 (Thurs)        Light Signal Transduction                                    Chapter 18
19. Apr. 6 (Tues)          Hormone Signal Transduction                            Chapter 18   
20. Apr. 8 (Thurs)        Plant-Pathogen Interactions                                Chapter 21
21. Apr. 13 (Tues)        Plant Defense Responses                                    Chapter 21
22. Apr. 15 (Thurs)        Engineering Disease-resistant Plants                Chapter 21
23. Apr. 20 (Tues)        Abiotic stress I (Heat and Salt stress)                    Chapter 22
24. Apr. 22 (Thurs)        Abiotic stress II (draught, cold, and oxidative)    Chapter 22
25. Apr. 27 (Tues)        Biotechnology (Guest speaker I)           
26. Apr 29 (Thurs)        GMO crop and discussion (Guest speaker II)       
27 May 4 (Tues)            Oral presentation I
28. May 6 (Thurs)         Oral presentation II (Term paper-due)
29. May 11 (Tues)         Review for final exam

Final Exam: May 14  (Friday): 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,