GNA5011 Schedule 2024
| Week | Lectures | Laboratory/Workshop Sessions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Genome organisation & transcription | JB | Workshop: Introduction to GNA5011 | RB/JJ |
2 | 2 | Mobile genetic elements & plasmid biology | JB | Workshop: Introduction to SnapGene | RB |
3 | 3 | Mutations and their effects. | JB | Workshop: Plasmid Lab 1 - Experimental Design | JJ |
4 | 4 | Infectious diseases and antibiotic resistance | JB | Laboratory: Plasmid Lab 2 – Digestion & Ligation | JJ |
5 | 5 | Microbiome | JB | Laboratory: Plasmid Lab 3 – Transformation | JJ |
6 | 6 | Viral defence systems | JB | Laboratory: Plasmid Lab 4 – Data Analysis | JJ |
7 | 7 | Experimental validation of variants I: cell and animal models | RB | No Lab or Workshop: Revision Session | |
8 | 8 | Experimental validation of variants II: gene and genome manipulation | RB | Plasmid Lab Presentations | JJ |
9 | 9 | Variants affecting splicing: gene function and disease | RB | Workshop: Designing a variant validation experiment & Paper critique practise session | RB |
| Mid-semester Break: September 23 - 27 | |||||
10 | 10 | Non-coding genome elements I: sncRNAs and IncRNAs | RB | Workshop: Paper Critique Presentations | JJ & RB |
11 | 11 | Non-coding genome elements II: repeat, mobile elements and others | RB | Discussion session - feedback from paper critique presentations | RB |
12 | 12 | Synthetic Biology: techniques and applications | RB | Workshop: QnA for Disease model design assessment | RB |
Workshop sessions are on Friday at 2pm in the LTB Rm 335, 19 Ancora Imparo Way (Weeks 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12) Laboratory sessions are on Friday at 10am in the Genetics Teaching Laboratories Rm 331-332 18 Innovation Walk (Weeks 4, 5, and 6) | |||||
Lecturers: JB: Dr. Jeremy Barr RB: Dr. Richard Burke JJ: Joshua Johnstone | |||||