Courses
Courses primarily for graduate students, open to qualified undergraduates:
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Prereq: Graduate Standing or Permission of Instructor
In-depth investigations of modern research practices of transmission genetics. Designed for students interested in genetic research. Topics include: Mendelian genetic analysis, analysis of genetic pathways, mutational analysis of gene function, chromosomal mechanics, genetic mapping, epigenetic inheritance, human genetic analysis.
(Typically Offered: Fall)
(Cross-listed with MCDB 5110).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Prereq: Graduate Standing or Permission of Instructor
Mechanisms of molecular genetic processes in eukaryotes and prokaryotes, including DNA replication and repair, transcription, translation and regulation of gene expression. Critical evaluation and discussion of current primary literature, methodologies and experimental data.
(Typically Offered: Spring)
(Cross-listed with PLBIO 5130).
Credits: 2. Contact Hours: Lecture 2.
Prereq: Graduate Standing or Permission of Instructor
Photosynthesis, respiration, and other aspects of plant metabolism. Offered even-numbered years.
(Typically Offered: Fall)
(Cross-listed with MCDB 5280).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Prereq: Graduate Standing or Permission of Instructor
Cell biological processes including cell signaling, cell division, intracellular trafficking, biogenesis of organelles, cell adhesion and motility. Offered even-numbered years.
(Typically Offered: Fall)
(Cross-listed with MCDB 5330).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Prereq: Graduate Standing or Permission of Instructor
Fundamental principles in multicellular development. Emphasis on cellular and molecular regulation of developmental processes, and experimental approaches as illustrated in the current literature. Offered odd-numbered years.
(Typically Offered: Fall)
(Cross-listed with BCB 5440/ COMS 5440/ CPRE 5440).
Credits: 4. Contact Hours: Lecture 3, Laboratory 2.
Prereq: Graduate Standing or Permission of Instructor
A practical, hands-on overview of how to apply bioinformatics to biological research. Recommended for biologists desiring to gain computational molecular biology skills. Topics include: sequence analysis, genomics, proteomics, phylogenetic analyses, ontology enrichment, systems biology, data visualization and emergent technologies. Offered odd-numbered years.
(Typically Offered: Fall)
(Cross-listed with MCDB 5450/ PLBIO 5450).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Prereq: Graduate Standing or Permission of Instructor
Plant nuclear and organelle genomes; regulation of gene expression; hormone signaling; organization, function, and development of plant cells and subcellular structures; regulation of plant growth and development. Offered odd-numbered years.
(Typically Offered: Fall)
(Cross-listed with BCB 5850/ ME 5850).
Credits: 4. Contact Hours: Lecture 3, Laboratory 3.
Prereq: Graduate Standing or Permission of Instructor
Principles of engineering, data analysis, and plant sciences and their interplay applied to predictive plant phenomics. Transport phenomena, sensor design, image analysis, graph models, network data analysis, fundamentals of genomics and phenomics. Multidisciplinary laboratory exercises.
(Typically Offered: Fall)
Credits: 1-30. Repeatable.
Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
Courses for graduate students:
(Cross-listed with BBMB 6610/ KIN 6610/ NEURO 6610).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Students will present three journal articles and two overview lectures on topics in neuroscience that are related but outside of their own research interest. Offered even-numbered years. (Typically Offered: Spring)
Credits: 1. Contact Hours: Lecture 1.
Repeatable.
Research seminars by faculty, invited speakers, and graduate students. Offered on a satisfactory-fail basis only.
Credits: 1-30. Repeatable.
Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
Research for thesis or dissertation. Offered on a satisfactory-fail basis only.