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521-323 Advanced Gene Technology

Credit points: 12.0

Coordinator: Dr B E Davidson

Prerequisite: Biochemistry 521-321

Corequisite: Biochemistry 521-302

Contact: 78 hours practical work (Second semester)

Timetable: one 6-hour session in the seventh week and two 6-hour sessions a week in the last six weeks of the semester

Objectives:

By the end of the program the student should have:

• Acquired basic skills in design and execution of biochemical experiments using recombinant DNA technology for the investigation of gene structure and expression;
• Developed the ability to make critical analyses of data obtained from recombinant DNA procedures;
• Developed the basic ability to use computers for the analysis of DNA sequences;
• Augmented their theoretical understanding of the structure of prokaryote genes and typical control signals in gene expression.

Content:

Experiments dealing with nucleic acids, plasmid purification, gene cloning, restriction endonuclease mapping, other aspects of recombinant DNA technology. The use of computers in the storage, retrieval and analysis of nucleotide sequence data. Experimental methods for the study of nucleic acids will be discussed in seminars and students may be given exercises in literature research and be required to make an oral presentation of their findings.

Assessment:

Laboratory skills and practical management of the experimental program; up to three written reports of not more than 2,000 words each; up to two oral reports of not more than 30 minutes each; a written assignment of up to 2,000 words or a 2-hour written examination (whether a written assignment or a written examination will be given and the weighting of the components will be advised at the commencement of the subject).

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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Science (Volume 4 page 172)

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