Course Title: Special
Topics in Biological and Agricultural Sciences
Course Number: ENVR
6217
Credit Hours: 2
credit hours
Semester 2000/2001, Second Semester
Lecturer: Amr Amin, Ph.D.
Course
Outline:
This course aims to provide students with most advanced information both
in molecular biology and genetics and show how to make use of these methods and
techniques to solve practical problems.
Other major goal of this course is to discuss how genetics and molecular
biology are integrated in many biological disciplenes such as agriculture and
medicine.
Course Contents:
|
item |
month |
Date |
Topic |
Chapter in Text |
lecturer |
|
1 |
2 |
17-24 |
DNA cloning and construction of cDNA library |
7 |
Amr Amin |
|
2 |
3 |
3-10 |
Designing different expression systems to produce proteins |
7 |
|
|
3 |
3 |
17 |
The polymerase Chain Reaction |
7 |
|
|
4 |
3 |
24 |
Isolation and mapping of mutations |
8 |
|
|
5 |
3 |
31 |
Molecular cloning of genes defined by mutations |
8 |
|
|
6 |
4 |
7-14 |
Organization of genes on chromosomes |
9 |
|
|
7 |
4 |
21 |
Functional rearrangements in chromosomal DNA |
9 |
|
|
8 |
4 |
28 |
Mid-term Exam |
|
|
|
9 |
5 |
5 |
General features of chromosomal replication |
10 |
|
|
10 |
5 |
12-19 |
Genetics and scientific writing
and use of statistics in science |
Suggested |
|
|
11 |
5 |
26-2 |
Conservation of wild flora and fauna and human impacts on environment |
Suggested |
|
|
12 |
6 |
9 |
Final Exam |
|
|
Grading:
1) Scientific Reports
2) Midterm Exam
3) Final Exam
Text Book:
Harvey Lodish and others. 1995. Molecular Cell Biology
References
and suggested readings:
1) Garrett and Grisham. 1995. Molecular Aspects of Cell Biology
2) Benjamin Lewin. 1999. Gene IV
3) Conservation of Wild life. 1998