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. Science Advocacy. Baldwin. Neurochemistry. Binder. Regulation of Bacterial Physiology. Blaha. Signal Transduction in Fungi. Borkovich. Biochemical Pharmacology. Byus. 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. Crystal Structure and Function Proteins. Fan. Plant Gene Expression. Gallie. Mechanisms of Signal Transduction in Plants. Larsen. Tumor Suppressor and Cell Cycle Regulation. Liu. Regulation of Eukaryotic Gene Transcription. Martinez. Chemokines in Healing and Disease. Martins-Green. Mechanisms of Steroid Hormones. Norman. Mutagenesis, Recombination and Genomic Instability. Nugent. Insect Innate Immunity. Raikhel, A. Nutrient-Activated Gene Expression. Raikhel, A. Stem Cell Biology. Sato. Chromatin. Sauer. Bacterial Physiology, Genetics and Molecular Pathogenesis. Schiller. Regulation of Tissue-Specific Gene Expression. Sladek. Epigenetics of Gene Regulation. Song. Regulation of Gene Expression. Spindler. Chemokines in Healing and Disease. Wilson. Graded Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC). Course is repeatable.