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Lecture: M2, Th2
10:20-11:40
Nelson Hall Rm A237

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Gene Regulation in Cancer and Development (01:694:492) is a course for advanced undergraduate students majoring in the Life Sciences.  Molecular biology is an experimental science, and a major goal of this course is to explain not just what molecular biologists know, but how they know it.  Thus, while covering selected topics in gene regulation, development, and cancer, we will emphasize the methods, experimental design, history, and deductive reasoning that has led to the current state of understanding of these topics.

The course will be taught by three faculty members from the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry.  Each faculty member will give ~8 lectures.  Because we are focusing on current topics, there is no textbook, but there will be assigned readings and literature research from the primary literature, and where appropriate, background reference material will be recommended by the instructors. 

There will be three exams over the semester that will cover the material presented in class; there will not be a cumulative final exam.  Each exam will count for 25% of the grade.  In addition, there will be problem sets, in class quizzes, and/or other assignments that together will count for the remaining 25% of the grade.  Absence from exams will be excused only in the case of serious illness or family emergency, and only when backed up by appropriate documentation.  Requests for regrades must be submitted within 72 hours of return of the exam.