BNFO 300 
Molecular Biology Through Discovery
Items for each day generally indicate what is to be done before class
Red indicates target date for completing something.     Purple indicates a firm deadline.
Spring 2017 

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      Individual meetings (Sun-Wed) 		1
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    Exam II Questionnaire
    Exam II, due 7:00 AM
    Retrospective: Exam II
    Research Proposal: Example
    Summaries: Consider samples #1 and #2
    Overview: The coding problem
    Problem Set: PS5: Coding (Mar 20) (Today: PS5.1, PS5.6) 		3  
Spring Break
13  14: Translation
       Article: Crick (1958) + companion
       Retrospective: Exam II
       Problem Set: PS5: Coding (Mar 20)
                  (Today: PS5.2, PS5.5)
       Questionaire 		15  16: Translation
       Article: Crick et al (1961) + companion + simulation
                  (alternative graphical simulation)
       Summaries: Discuss (due Mar 24)
       Problem Set: PS5-Coding (Mar 20) Today: PS5.4,PS5.3
       Questionaire 		17
Proposal
Description
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PS5
21: Translation
       Article: Crick et al (1961) + companion + simulation
                  (alternative graphical simulation)
       Article: Jones & Nirenberg (1962) + companion (skim)
       Alien Genetic Code (skim)
       Problem Set: PS6-Genetic Code (Mar 27) (#5, #6a, #4)
       Questionaire 		22  23: Translation
       Article: Jones & Nirenberg (1962) + companion
       Alien Genetic Code
       Critiques: Discuss (due Mar 31)
       Problem Set: PS6-Genetic Code (Mar 27) (#4)
       Questionaire 		24
Summary
of
Expt
(How to)
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PS6
28: RNA
       Article: Belozersky & Spirin (1957) + companion
       Problem Set: PS7-RNA (Apr 3), #1 & 2
       Questionaire 		29 30: RNA
       Article: Brenner et al (1961) + companion
       Problem Set: PS7-RNA (Apr 10), #3
       Questionaire 		31
Summary
critiques
(How to)