Timeroom: Fall 2023

Manchester Life Sciences & Agriculture :: Genetics

GEN 811 (LM1) - Genomics and Bioinformatics

Genomics & Bioinformatics Lab

Online Course Delivery Method: Scheduled meeting time, Online (no campus visits), EUNH

Credits: 0.0
Term: Fall 2023 - Full Term (08/28/2023 - 12/11/2023)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 5
CRN: 13815

Methods, applications, and implications of genomics-the analysis of whole genomes. Microbial, plant and animal genomics are addressed. Medical, ethical and legal implications of genomic data. Computer lab provides exposure and experience in a range of bioinformatics approaches used in genome analysis. One semester of genetics recommended. Computer lab.

Equivalent(s): BCHM 811, MICR 811

Cross listed with : GEN 711.LM1

Instructors: Sarah Prescott

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/28/2023	12/11/2023	W	9:10am - 12:00pm	ONLINE

Additional Course Details:

This lab section meets synchronously weekly at the times scheduled. There is an independent research project component as part of this course, and students will work independently and as part of a larger project team in the course.

Manchester Life Sciences & Agriculture :: Genetics

GEN 811 (LM2) - Genomics and Bioinformatics

Genomics & Bioinformatics Lab

Credits: 0.0
Term: Fall 2023 - Full Term (08/28/2023 - 12/11/2023)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 5
CRN: 15875

Equivalent(s): BCHM 811, MICR 811

Cross listed with : GEN 711.LM2

Instructors: Sarah Prescott

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/28/2023	12/11/2023	W	9:10am - 12:00pm	PANDRA P361

Additional Course Details:

This lab section meets in person, on campus weekly at the times scheduled. Attendance in person to all sessions is a required component of this section. There is an independent research project component as part of this course, and students will work independently and as part of a larger project team in the course.

Manchester Life Sciences & Agriculture :: Genetics

GEN 811 (M1) - Genomics and Bioinformatics

Genomics and Bioinformatics

Online Course Delivery Method: Online (no campus visits), EUNH

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2023 - Full Term (08/28/2023 - 12/11/2023)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 10
CRN: 13814

Section Comments: Asynchronous lecture with choice of synchronous online lab or in-person lab.

Equivalent(s): BCHM 811, MICR 811

Cross listed with : GEN 711.M1

Instructors: Sarah Prescott

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/28/2023	12/11/2023		Hours Arranged	ONLINE

Additional Course Details:

This lecture course runs in an asynchronous format. There are no online meetings, rather, modules are completed with assignments due online weekly. You will need a reliable internet connection for this course and the ability to successfully navigate various online websites and animations. A laptop or desktop computer is needed to successfully complete the asynchronous work in this class. A tablet device or phone is insufficient to complete the work.

Durham Life Sciences & Agriculture :: Genetics

GEN 812 (01) - Programming for Bioinformatics

Programming for Bioinformatics

Credits: 5.0
Term: Fall 2023 - Full Term (08/28/2023 - 12/11/2023)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 11
CRN: 12001

Development of programming skills that enable life science students to ask fundamental biological questions that require computers to automate repetitive tasks and handle query results efficiently. Topics include: computer values of important parameters of biological sequence data; pattern search and motif discovery scripts; accessing, querying, manipulating, retrieving, parsing, analyzing, and saving data from local and remote databases. One semester of bioinformatics and one semester of genetics recommended. Computer Lab.

Cross listed with : GEN 712.01

Instructors: Anthony Westbrook

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/28/2023	12/11/2023	MWF	8:10am - 10:00am	NESM 125

Durham Life Sciences & Agriculture :: Genetics

GEN 817 (01) - Molecular Microbiology

Molecular Microbiology

Credits: 5.0
Term: Fall 2023 - Full Term (08/28/2023 - 12/11/2023)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 4
CRN: 11502
Special Fees: $90.00

Fundamental physiological and metabolic processes of archaea bacteria and fungi with a strong emphasis on prokaryotes. Literature-based course with lab. Topics include regulation and coordination of microbial metabolism, bacterial cell cycle, global control of gene expression, signal transduction, and microbial cell differentiation. Introductory microbiology and microbiology lab and one semester of genetics recommended. Lab.

Equivalent(s): MICR 817

Instructors: STAFF

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/28/2023	12/11/2023	TR	9:40am - 11:00am	PARS NB22
8/28/2023	12/11/2023	W	1:10pm - 5:00pm	RUDMAN G40

Durham Life Sciences & Agriculture :: Genetics

GEN 825 (01) - Population Genetics Lab

Population Genetics Lab

Credits: 2.0
Term: Fall 2023 - Full Term (08/28/2023 - 12/11/2023)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 5
CRN: 13009

Hands-on approach to exploration of evolutionary forces affecting the frequency and distribution of genetic variation in natural populations. Wet lab techniques include DNA extraction, restriction enzyme digestion, PCR, DNA fragment size-selection. Computational skills include high-throughput sequencing data control, identifying allelic variants, and generation of population genetic summary statistics. One semester of genetics and one semester of statistics recommended.

Co-Requisite: GEN 805

Instructors: STAFF

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/28/2023	12/11/2023	M	1:10pm - 5:00pm	RUDMAN G51

Durham Life Sciences & Agriculture :: Genetics

GEN 871 (01) - Molecular Genetics

Molecular Genetics

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2023 - Full Term (08/28/2023 - 12/11/2023)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 3
CRN: 10626

Structure, organization, replication, dynamics, and expression of genetic information in eukaryotes. Focus on molecular genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of gene expression and its control; molecular genetic control of cell division and differentiation during development. One semester of genetics recommended.

Equivalent(s): BCHM 871

Instructors: John Collins

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/28/2023	12/11/2023	TR	11:10am - 12:30pm	HORT 207

Manchester Life Sciences & Agriculture :: Genetics

GEN 871 (M1) - Molecular Genetics

Molecular Genetics

Online Course Delivery Method: Online (no campus visits), EUNH

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2023 - Full Term (08/28/2023 - 12/11/2023)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 10
CRN: 15398

Equivalent(s): BCHM 871

Cross listed with : GEN 771.M1

Instructors: Sarah Prescott

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/28/2023	12/11/2023		Hours Arranged	ONLINE

Additional Course Details:

Durham Life Sciences & Agriculture :: Genetics

GEN 872 (01) - Evolutionary Genetics of Plants

Evolutionary Genetic of Plants

Credits: 4.0
Term: Fall 2023 - Full Term (08/28/2023 - 12/11/2023)
Grade Mode: Letter Grading

Class Size: 5
CRN: 16014

Mechanisms of genetic change in plant evolution, both in nature and under human influence. Topics include neo-Darwinian theory; speciation and hybridization; origins and co-evolution of nuclear and organelle genomes; gene and genome evolution; transposable elements; chromosome rearrangements; polyploidy; genetic modification. Lab introduces methods in information gathering, bioinformatics, genome analysis, plant breeding, and genetic manipulation. One semester of genetics recommended prior to taking this course. Lab.

Equivalent(s): PBIO 872

Cross listed with : GEN 772.01

Instructors: Chris Hernandez

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/28/2023	12/11/2023	TR	3:40pm - 5:00pm	MURK G04

Durham Graduate School :: Graduate School

GRAD 800 (01) - Continuing Enrollment

Continuing Enrollment

Credits: 0.0
Term: Fall 2023 - Full Term - Grad Thesis (08/28/2023 - 12/11/2023)
Grade Mode: Not graded

Class Size: 999
CRN: 15167

All continuing graduate students who are not enrolled for course credits, thesis credits, Doctoral Research (999) or Master's Continuing Research (GRAD 900), and are not in residence, are required to register for GRAD 800 each semester of the academic year (or each summer for students in MATH M.S.T., and English M.S.T. and College Teaching M.S.T. programs). Students registered for GRAD 800 are considered part-time. Not graded.

Instructors: STAFF

Start Date	End Date	Days	Time	Location
8/28/2023	12/11/2023		Hours Arranged	TBA