BNFO 300 
Molecular Biology Through Discovery
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Fall 2018 

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Tuesday
 
Thursday
 
1
Name
of
Project
(< 6pm)
2: Semester Project
    Presentations: Progress reports
    Exam 2: E-mailed Tuesday afternoon
                  What to expect and Ground rules
                  Survey due any time Wednesday, Oct 3
3  4: EXAM II -- NO CLASS
    Individual meetings (Thu-Mon)
5
M
T
G
S
8  9: Exam II
        Exam II Questionnaire
        Exam II, due 7:00 AM
        Retrospective: Exam II
      Research Proposal
        Summaries: Consider samples #1, #7, #8, #12, #18, #19
      Translation
        Overview: The coding problem
        Problem Set: PS5: Coding (Oct 26) (Today: PS5.1, PS5.6)
10  11: Translation
        Article: Crick (1958) + companion
        Problem Set: PS5: Coding (Oct 26)
                  (Today: PS5.1, 6, 2, and 5)
       Questionaire
12 
15  16: Translation
        Article: Jones & Nirenberg (1962) + companion
        Problem Set: PS5-Coding (Oct 26) Today: PS5.2 and 5
      Research Proposal
        Proposal Description and Website Map: Discuss (due Oct 22)
      Questionaire
17  18: READING DAY 19 
22
Proposal
Description

or
Website
Map
23: Translation
        Article: Jones & Nirenberg (1962) + companion
        Problem Set: PS5-Coding (Oct 26) (#3, #4)
        Alien Genetic Code
      Research Proposal
        Web site: (for translators) How to create one
        Summaries: Discuss (due Oct 29)
        Analysis: Old proposals ('14, '16, '17S)
      Questionaire
24  25: Translation
        Article: Brenner et al (1965) + companion
        Alien Genetic Code
        Problem Set: PS6-Genetic Code (Nov 2) (#2 & #4)
      Questionaire
26
PS5
29
Summary
of
Expt

(How to)
30: Translation
        Article: Brenner et al (1965) + companion
        Problem Set: PS6-Genetic Code (Nov 2) (#3 & #5)
        Critiques: Discuss (due Nov 5)
      Problem solving
      Questionaire
31 1: RNA
      Article: Brenner et al (1961) + companion
      Problem Set: PS6-Genetic Code (Nov 2) (#3 & #5)
    Research Proposal
      Discussion: Past proposals
    Questionaire
2
PS6