BIOL330-06S1 (U) Semester One 2006 (University Campus)

Molecular Genetics

28 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 20 February 2006
End Date: Sunday, 2 July 2006
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 5 March 2006
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 28 May 2006

Description

Advanced molecular genetics of plants and animals, bacteria and viruses, with emphasis on recombinant DNA technology and its applications.

Molecular Genetics provides a greater focus and more advanced treatment in modern genetics than the pre-requisite course BIOL 230. In this course you will build on the conceptual framework developed in BIOL230, while learning gene manipulation and molecular biology techniques in laboratories.

Learning Outcomes

  • To be able to understand advanced molecular genetic concepts, including: 1) the regulation of gene expression in prokaryotes, SOS regulation, transposons, and gene manipulation; 2) the organization of the human genome, the human genome project, the search for disease genes (particularly those associated with cancers), and gene therapy.
  • To be able to carry out standard prokaryotic and eukaryotic molecular genetic techniques, including: DNA isolation, restriction fragment length analysis, sequence analysis, Southern blotting and basic bioinformatic analyses.

Prerequisites

PAMS203/ZOOL203 or BIOL230

Restrictions

PAMS309/ZOOL309

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Frank Sin

Lecturers

Jack Heinemann , Neil Gemmell , Marie Hale and Bruce Robertson

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Final Examination 50%
Eukaryotic laboratory assessments 10%
Prokaryotic laboratory assessments 10%
Test 30%

Course links

Library portal

Notes

Lab coats and safety glasses are required for lab work and can be purchased from the department

It is compulsory to wear a lab coat in the laboratory.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,018.00

International fee $4,503.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Biological Sciences .

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