This web page was produced as an assignment for Genetics 677, and undergraduate course at UW-Madison.

GENETICS 677: Genomic & Proteomic Analysis

Spring 2011

Instructor: Dr. Ahna Skop

 

3 Credits

 

Tues: 3:30-4:20, Genetics Rm 1408

Thurs: 3:30pm-5:00pm, Biotech/Genetics Rm 1240 (DMC Computer Cluster)

 

Papers: All papers will be posted on the course web site as PDFs: http://gen677.weebly.com/readings.html

 

Class Structure: The aims of this section of the course are 1) to learn to read and evaluate papers from the primary literature in the area of proteomics, 2) to understand modern experimental methods used to ask fundamental biological questions, and 3) to practice synthesizing, presenting and critiquing original research. In the course of reading, evaluating and presenting papers, we will also learn about the latest research in the selected areas of genomics, proteomics and bioinformatics.