Biological and Geological Sciences Building Rm 1056, Thursdays 7-9pm

Jan 12 Lecture 1 Introduction to developmental genetics
Jan 19 Lecture 2 Introduction to genetic dissection: screens, complementation and epistasis.
Jan 26 Lecture 3 Drosophila cell biology
Feb 2 Lecture 4 modern Drosophila genetics

Feb 9 Lecture 5 Anterior posterior axis formation
Feb 16 Lecture 6 Anterior posterior axis formation continued
Feb 23 SLACK WEEK

 

Monday Feb 27th (tentative) Midterm examination (7-10PM) Example midterm questions

 

March 1 Lecture 7 Morphogens
March 8 Lecture 8 Nuclear gradients and the habits of developmental signaling pathways
March 15 Lecture 9 Short course on C. elegans cell biology and genetic analysis.
March 22 Lecture 10 Lateral inhibition-emergent properties in development
March 29 Lecture 11 Short course on Evolution and Development.
April 5 Lecture 12 Experimental approaches to Evo Devo. Hand in paper

Tentative date for final examination: Example final questions

Biological and Geological Sciences Building rm 3015, Monday or Tuesday 2:30 to 5:30pm

Some of the labs are long or require that you come in the previous day in preparation for the next day's lab. This is why the labs finish before slack week.

Jan 6/7 NO LAB
Jan 13/14 Lab 1 Preparation of first instar larval cuticles
Jan 20/21 Lab 2 Ectopic expression of Fushi tarazu (come in the day before). Fixation of embryos for Labs 3&4
Jan 27/28 Lab 3 Engrailed antibody staining (long lab)
Feb 5/6 Lab 4 Wingless in situ hybridization (come in the day before; long lab)
Feb12/13 Lab 5 Beta-galactosidase staining for assaying ftz enhancer activity.

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