Not being offered at this time
Course Description: Principles of molecular technology and applications to animal and human populations, including transgenic technology and gene therapy.
Course Objectives: How is a gene cloned and what happens then? Just what is a cDNA? What are transgenic animals and what purposes do they serve? In this day and age, every biologist needs some familiarity with molecular biology and biotechnology, and providing that information is the purpose of this course.
BMS 560 is designed for graduate students, residents, advanced undergraduate students and anyone else who wants to gain a basic understanding of molecular technology and terminology, and how these techniques are being applied to animals and humans.
A diverse group of people take this course, which makes scheduling of three hours per week very difficult. Consequently, the next time this course is offered, it will likely be as a hybrid online-in person class.
In this new format, students would be expected to spend at least two hours
per week assimilating material from a web-based text and completing associated
exercises. The third hour will be devoted to a traditional classroom meeting,
where discussions and demonstrations would take place.
Prerequisites: A previous class in organic chemistry or biochemistry is recommended.
Format: 3 credits
Semesters Offered: Spring
Coordinator: R.A. Bowen, C.M. Clay, R.V. Anthony
Text: Molecular Biotechnology, 2nd ed., Glick and Pasternak
Course Outline:
Review of Procaryotic and Eucaryotic Molecular Biology
Molecular Techniques
Overview of Biotechnology
Medical Genetics and Biotechnology
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