General Info
Course
MBB1403
Type of Course
Graduate course: "Molecular organization of life"
Department
Biology, University of Crete
Instructor
Charalampos (Babis) Spilianakis, PhD
Office
IMBB-FORTH, A204
spiliana@imbb.forth.gr
Phone
2810-391163 (office), 2810-391173 (lab)
Office hours
09.00 am - 21.00 pm
Lectures
Lecture Room B, Department of Biology
Lecture: Thursday 24.11.2016, 13:00-15:00
Paper discussion: Wednesday 30.11.2016, 10:00-12:00
Teaching Methods
Lectures (PowerPoint Presentations), Videos & narrated animations
Attendance
Attendance at all lecture sessions is expected. If a session is missed, it is the student’s sole responsibility to make up any work missed.
Academic Honor Principle
Students are expected to observe the University’s Code of Student Conduct. Cheating on examinations and/or problem sets is not acceptable and will be met with zero tolerance!
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this course.
Lectures Download
Each academic year the Powerpoint presentations in either .pptx format (Microsoft Office 2011) or .pdf format will be uploaded upon the completion of each lecture (material included in an individual lecture's file may be covered in more than a 2 hours session).
Description
Nuclear Dynamics
a. Chromosome packaging and structure.
b. Trans-allelic phenomena. (Transvection, Paramutation, Repeat-induced point mutation,
Parental Imprinting, X-chromosome inactivation, long-range chromatin interactions).
c. Chromosome territories, sub-nuclear compartments.
d. Imaging techniques to study gene localization and expression.
Download
The Powerpoint presentation & .pdf file of the Lecture and the paper to be discussed.
