Gene Expression, Cell Cycle, and Chromosome Biology Model Curriculum

Fall (3-6 credits)

Keystone Courses

          CONJ 533 The Dynamic Chromosome (1.5), first half, even years
          CONJ 552 Metabolic Flexibility in Biology (1.5 cr), first half, odd years
          CONJ 537 Mechanisms of Transcriptional Regulation (1.5 cr), second half

Methods

          CONJ 546 Survey of Technologies for Molecular Biology (1.5), first half         
          and/or
          GENOME 552 Technologies for Genome Analysis (1.5), second half

Winter  (3-6 credits)

Keystone Course

          CONJ 544 Protein Structure, Modification and Regulation (1.5 cr), even years
          MCB 542 (1.5 credits) Nucleic Acid Enzymes(1.5 cr), odd years
          GENOME 551 Principles of Gene Regulation (1.5 cr),, first half (for students who did not take CONJ537 in Fall quarter, however, you should not take both CONJ537 and GENOME 551)

Other relevant courses

          GENOME 540 Introduction to Computational Molecular Biology (4 cr)

Methods

          CONJ 526: Introduction to Systems Biology and Quantitative Approaches to Biomedical Sciences (1.5), second half
          and/or
          GENOME 559 Introduction to Statistical and Computational Genomics (3 cr)

Spring (1.5-4.5 credits)

Keystone Course

          None yet, under development

Other relevant courses

          GENOME 541 Intro to Computational Molecular Biology II (4 cr)
          CONJ 539 Biological Basis of Neoplasia (3 cr)
          PHCOL 535 Transcriptional Control in Human Disease (3 cr), even years)
          RNA Biology course: to be offered Spring 2013. No course number yet

Methods

          GENOME 555 Protein Technology (1.5), first half
          PABIO 536 Bioinformatics and Gene Sequence Analysis (3 cr)