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LEC # TOPICS
1

Course Introduction

Model networks involved in signaling - Signals that start outside of the cell (role of the ECM) and trigger cascades inside the cell, ultimately affecting gene expression
2

Information flow in the reverse direction - from DNA to RNA to protein (the central dogma)

Review of regulatory circuits and introduction to the concept of evolutionary genomics

Key Issues: DNA replication and repair errors lead to mutations. Loss of mismatch repair leads to a hyper-Rec phenotype, which facilitates horizontal gene transfer (antibiotic resistance, etc.)
3 Decoding Information I (Transcription Regulation)
4

Modeling Macromolecular Structure I

Individual Homework Assignments
5 Decoding Information II (Translation)
6

Modeling Macromolecular Structure II

Students Present Homework
7 Roundtable Discussion
Examination 1
8 How to Write an NIH Grant Proposal
9 Analysis of the Interferon Network (The JAK/STAT System)
10 Analysis of the Interferon Network
11 Analysis of the Interferon Network (cont.)
12 Analysis of the Interferon Network (cont.)
13 Roundtable 1: Students Present Model Projects on Apoptosis
14

Chemotaxis I - How Salvage Pathways Supplement Core Biochemical Pathways

The Che System

Receptor Methylation as a Mechanism of Control of Chemotaxis
15

Chemotaxis II - How CheY(P) Signals to the Flagellar Motor

Chemiosmotic Coupling

Chemotaxis III. Proton Pumps
16

Introduction to the Extracellular Matrix

Roundtable 2 Will be Delayed for a Few Weeks
17 Epithelial Cell Morphogenesis Signaling Hierarchy I
18 Epithelial Cell Morphogenesis Signaling Hierarchy II
19 Round Table Discussion
20 Epithelial Cell Morphogenesis Signaling Hierarchy III
Examination 2
21 Roundtable 3
22 Changes in Lung Epithelium During Pathogenesis I
23 Changes in Lung Epithelium During Pathogenesis II
24 Network Example: Functional Glycomics
Final Papers Due