39.768 Plant Molecular Genetics - Winter 2004

LECTURE SCHEDULE

NO. DATE
TOPIC


January
1 7
organizational meeting
2 12
Genetic Engineering - Agrobacterium
3 14 Lab 1: Introduction to Unix
4 19 Transformation methods
5 21 Lab 2: Making your own web site
6 26 Transformation methods; Factors affecting expression of transformed genes
7 28 Factors affecting expression of transformed genes
Genetic Engineering: Examples

February
8 2 Environmental, Safety and Regulatory aspects of biotechnology
9 4
Molecular markers - technologies
10 9
Mapping with molecular markers
11 11
Quantitative trait loci, marker assisted selection
12 23
Genomics: Constraints of biology on genetics, Arabidopsis
13 25
Genomics: Gene expression

March
14 1
Genomics: gene expression
15 3
The Developing Seed
16 8
Cellular Mechanisms Underlying Differentiation
17 10
Differentiation and vegetative growth
18 15
Hormonal regulation of gene expression and development
19 17 Photobiology: phytochrome-mediated gene expression
20 22
Regulatory pathways
21 24
Circadian cycles; Blue light
22 29
Flowering
23 31
Molecular Plant Pathology : genetics, avr and R genes

April
24 5
Defense responses
25 7
Defense responses

  Note: An additional Friday class may be scheduled to get people up to speed on ACeDB.