BNFO 300 
Molecular Biology Through Discovery
Items for each day generally indicate what is to be done before class
Fall 2013 

August September October November December

 
Tuesday
 
Thursday
 
30
PS6
1: DNA
    Article: Meselson & Stahl (1958)
    Notes: DNA Replication Part 1 and Part 2
    Problem Set: PS6: DNA replication (pdf) (Sep 30)
    Hand in: Schedule survey
    Questionaire (DNA replication)
  3: General review for Exam 2
    General Discussion Questionaire (what do you want to discuss?)
    Exam 2: Take-home exam e-mailed Thursday afternoon
        What to expect
        Ground rules
        Part I due any time Saturday, Oct 5
        Part II due Thursday, Oct 10, 7:00 AM
  8: Exam 2
    NO CLASS
    Individual meetings (Mon-Wed)
  10: Translation
       Exam 2 Questionnaire
       Exam 2, Part II due 7:00 AM
       Retrospective: Exam 2
       Summaries: Consider samples #1 and #2
       Overview: The coding problem
       Problem Set: PS7-Coding (Oct 21) (focus on #1 and #7)
11
Reference
for
summary
article
  15: Translation
       Article: Crick (1958) + companion
       Retrospective: Exam 2
       Problem Set: PS7-Coding (Oct 21) (focus on #1, #5, and #6)
       Questionaire
  17: (Reading Day) 18
Proposal
description
21
PS7
22: Translation
       Article: Crick (1958) + companion
       Article: Crick et al (1961) + companion + simulation
       Questionaire
  24: Translation
       Article: Crick et al (1961) + companion + simulation
       Article: Jones & Nirenberg (1962) + companion
       Alien Genetic Code
       Critiques: Discuss (due Nov 1)
       Problem Set: PS8-Genetic Code (Oct 28) (focus on 7, 8, 6)
       Questionaire
25
Summary
of
experiment
28
PS8
29: Translation
       Article: Crick et al (1961) + companion + simulation
       Article: Jones & Nirenberg (1962) + companion
       Alien Genetic Code
       Questionaire
  31: RNA
       Article: Belozersky & Spirin (1957) + companion
       Questionaire
1
Critiques
of
summaries