BioloGy 3950 - FUndAmenTAls of GeneTiC BioTeChnoloGy


Dr. Steven M. Carr

Department of Biology
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John's NL A1C 5S9, Canada
  e-mail: scarr@mun.ca


    Bio3950 Course Outline updated April 13, 2024
      
     MATLAB software

    
MEGA X (Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis) software

Other web pages of interest:

      Genetic Research in the Carr lab
      Bio2900 - Principles of Systematics & Evolution    

      Bio4241 - Advanced Genetics 
      Bio4270 - History of Biology                                      


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Biol3950 runs every morning and every afternoon from 22 April to 10 May 2024 (Spring Semester 2024)

Lectures: MTuWThF    CSF 2342     0900 ~ 1000


Labs:       MTuWThF     CSF 4320     1400 ~ 1700

Office:     CSF4342     Hours TBA

Lecture & Lab times are flexible, and will be adjusted to accommodate lab experiments.


Course lecture notes:
 
    Lecture Topic Lecture last Revised Lecture Date Lab Materials
  1   History of DNA & Biotechnology   21 Apr 2024   22 April 2024
2   Biochemistry of DNA  21 Apr 2024   23 April 2024
3   How Genes Work I:
    DNA Replication & Transcription
21 Apr 2024   24 April 2024
Qiagen DNeasy Protocol

4    The Genetic Code & DNA Variation 21 Apr 2024   25~26 April 2024
NCBI Primer Design  Tool

5   How Genes Work II:
     RNA Translation
21 Apr 2024   TBA

Restriction mapper

6  How Genes Work III:
    Protein Structure & Function

 
    Molecular Basis of Heredity
 
21 Apr 2024 

21 Apr 2024
 
 
  29 April 2024
 
  30 April 2024

7

   Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology


 
21Apr 2024

 

  01 + May 2024


8

   Application of Biotechnology & Genomics 

 
21Apr 2024

  02 + May 2024


 
Environmental DNA (eDNA)



03 May 2024

02 - 03 May 2024


  CRISPR-cas9 biotechnology

05 - 08 May 2024


  Molecular Basis of Mutation & Variation
12 Apr 2024 TBA

  Radiation Genetics 08 Apr 2024   TBA

  Final Exam
  TBA

Review:  Primer of Mendelian Genetics

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS - sources for images



Site last modified
24 April 2024
This page was first published on 29 February 2024
 

 I acknowledge that the lands on which this work is presented are situated are in the traditional territories of diverse Indigenous groups, and I acknowledge with respect the diverse histories and cultures of the Beothuk, Mi'kmaw, Innu, and Inuit of this province.

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Dedicated to my daughters Jennifer Megan, Matilda Kathleen & Eowyn Suzanne,
                       my wife Justyna ,
                       to Norman Borlaug (1914 - 2009), Geneticist, Nobel Peace Laureate 1970, & Friend of the People of the Earth
                    & to Dave Wake (1936 - 2021), Evolutionary Biologist & teacher extraordinaire

 All text material © 2024 by Steven M. Carr