CS 6990 Fall 2003 

Schedule  


 
 
August 20, 2003 Go over syllabus, Introduction to Computatonal Molecular Biology, a little Perl
August 25, 2003 Quiz 01, DNA, RNA, Protein, a little more Perl
August 27, 2003 Homework 01 due, Molecular Biology Databases
September 1, 2003 Holiday
September 3, 2003 Guest Speaker: Dr. John Boyle, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
September 8, 2003 10:30 Student Forum with Dr. Fraser and Venter, Union Ballroom
1:30 Dr. Claire Fraser, The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) Hunter Henry Center Ballroom
4:00 Dr Craig Venter, The Center for the Advancement of Genomics, Hunter Henry Center Ballroom
September 10, 2003 Substitute for Quiz 02--submit a 1 page summary of presentations on Sept. 8, Homework 02 due, Pairwise Sequence Alignment
September 15, 2003 Quiz 03, Pairwise Sequence Alignment
September 17, 2003 Homework 03 due on Sept. 22, Pairwise Sequence Alignment
September 22, 2003 Exam 1
September 24, 2003 Multiple Sequence Alignment
September 29, 2003 Quiz 04, Multiple Sequence Alignment
October 1, 2003 Homework 04 due, Perl
October 6, 2003 Quiz 05, Database Searching
October 8 Homework 05 due, Database Searching
October 13 Guest Speaker, Dr. Mark Fishbein, Biological Sciences, Phylogenies
October 15, 2003 Exam 2
October 20, 2003 Database Searching
October 22, 2003 Database Searching
October 27, 2003 Quiz 06, Alignment Statistics
October 29, 2003 Phylogenies
November 3, 2003 Quiz 07, Genome Analysis
November 5, 2003 Homework 06 due, Gene Prediction
November 10, 2003 Quiz 08, Gene Prediction
November 12, 2003 Protein Classification
November 17, 2003 Protein Classification and Structure Prediction
November 19, 2003 Exam 3
November 24, 26, 2003 Fall Break
December 1, 2003 Class project presentations
December 3, 2003 Class project presentations, Project Report Due
December 8, 2003 Final Exam 12:00 - 3:00