Prerequisites: BCH 110A, BCH 110B, BCH 110C or equivalents (may be taken concurrently); graduate standing in Biochemistry or consent of instructor
Description: Oral presentations and intensive small- group discussion of selected topics in the area of specialization of each faculty member. Course content emphasizes recent advances in the special topic area and varies accordingly. Transposable Elements and Insect Molecular Biology. Atkinson. Chromosome Segregation and Stability. Bachant. Mechanisms of Translational Control. Bailey-Serres. Biochemical Host—Parasite Relationships. Beckage. Signal Transduction in Fungi. Borkovich. Biochemical Pharmacology. Byus. Plant Stress Genomics. Close. Protein Expression and Plasticity of Brain Glutamate Receptors. Curras-Collazo. Photosynthesis: Electron Transfer and 02 Evolution. Debus. Specificity in Mitogen-Activated Kinase Cascades. DeFea. Enzymatic and Nonenzymatic Reactions. Dunn. Molecular Basis of Learning and Memory. Ethell, I. Plant Gene Expression. Gallie. Mutagenesis, Recombination, and Genomic Instability. Grosovsky. Steroid and Cyclic Nucleotide Metabolism. Henry. Molecular Farming. Huang. Mechanisms of Signal Transduction in Plants. Larsen. Tumor Suppressor and Cell Cycle Regulation. Liu. Research Topics in Endocrinology. Luben. Structure and Function of Transport Proteins. Lytle. Regulation of Eukaryotic Gene Transcription. Martinez. Chemokines in Healing and Disease. Martins-Green. Biosensors. Mulchandani. Mechanisms of Steroid Hormones. Norman. Insect Innate Immunity. Raikhel, A. Nutrient- Activated Gene Expression. Raikhel, A. Regulation of Primary Metabolism. Roberts. Stem Cell Biology. Sato. Chromatin. Sauer. Regulation of Tissue-Specific Gene Expression. Sladek. Regulation of Gene Expression. Spindler. Endothelial Cell Perturbation. Stemerman. Signal Transduction. Traugh. Plant Defense Mechanisms. Walling. Graded Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC). Course is repeatable.