BNFO 300 
Molecular Biology Through Discovery
Items for each day generally indicate what is to be done before class
Fall 2014 

August September October November December

 
Tuesday
 
Thursday
 
      2: General review for Exam 2
    General Discussion Questionaire (what do you want to discuss?)
    Exam 2: Take-home exam e-mailed Thursday afternoon
        What to expect
        Ground rules
        Part I due any time Saturday, Oct 4
        Part II due Thursday, Oct 9, 7:00 AM
  7: Exam 2
    NO CLASS
    Individual meetings (Mon-Wed)
  9: Translation
       Exam 2 Questionnaire
       Exam 2, Part II due 7:00 AM
       Retrospective: Exam 2
       Summaries: Consider samples #1 and #2
       Overview: The coding problem
       Problem Set: PS7-Coding (Oct 20) (focus on #1 and #7)
10
Reference
for
summary
article
  14: Translation
       Article: Crick (1958) + companion
       Retrospective: Exam 2
       Problem Set: PS7-Coding (Oct 20) (focus on #1, #5, and #6)
       Questionaire
  16: (Reading Day) 17
Proposal
description
20
PS7
21: Translation
       Article: Crick (1958) + companion
       Article: Crick et al (1961) + companion + simulation
       Questionaire
  23: Translation
       Article: Crick et al (1961) + companion + simulation
       Article: Jones & Nirenberg (1962) + companion
       Alien Genetic Code
       Critiques: Discuss (due Oct 31)
       Problem Set: PS8-Genetic Code (Oct 27) (focus on 7, 8, 6)
       Questionaire
24
Summary
of
experiment
27
PS8
28: Translation
       Article: Crick et al (1961) + companion + simulation (graphical)
       Article: Jones & Nirenberg (1962) + companion
       Alien Genetic Code
       Questionaire
  30: RNA
       Article: Belozersky & Spirin (1957) + companion
       Questionaire
31
Critiques
of
summaries