GBCH723 Spring 2003
Room 5001 4:00-6:00 PM


Date Day Topic Instructor
14-Jan T Introduction, internet, databases Nolan
21-Jan T Sequence alignments* Nolan
28-Jan T Genome analysis: mapping and assembly* Nolan
4-Feb T Genome analysis: comparison and annotation Nolan
11-Feb T DNA Sequence analysis: promoters, splicing, ORFs Nolan
18-Feb T Multiple Sequence Alignments Nolan
25-Feb T RNA sequence and Phylogenetic analysis* Nolan
4-Mar T Mardi Gras Holiday
11-Mar T Combinatorial Methods: Random NAs and activity selection Nolan
18-Mar T Combinatorial Methods: proteins, Protein sequences Wimley
25-Mar T Protein sequence and structure prediction* Wimley
1-Apr T Data Mining* Nolan
8-Apr T Data Mining* Nolan
15-Apr T Yeast methods: 2-hybrid and others Hyman
22-Apr T Comparative expression analyses Nolan
9-May F Exam 1:00-3:00 PM (note date and time)

* Indicates related student exercise


Assignments

21-Jan Sequence alignment assignment
28-Jan Human Genome Sequence Papers
Science v. 291, pp 1304-1351.
Nature 409, 860-921 (15 February 2001)
Intro. Biochem lecture on nucleotides and sequencing
4-Feb Sequence Assembly project. Please sign up to use the computer.
12-Feb No Assignment this week
25-Feb Multiple Sequence Alignment
1-April Identify sites for data mining for next week's class


Contact information:
Jim Nolan- Course Director Dept. Biochemistry, room 6053
Phone: 584-2453 jnolan@tulane.edu
GBCH723 web address: http://www.tulane.edu/~biochem/lecture/723/
Biochemistry Department web address: http://www.tulane.edu/~biochem
Biochemistry Department courses: http://www.tulane.edu/~biochem/classmat.htm
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