Instructor: Dr. John Haddock

Office: Life Science III Room 1009
Office hours: 9-12 Mon. and Wed.
Phone: 453-3818
e-mail: haddock@micro.siu.edu

Lectures at 9:35-10:50 A.M. Tuesdays and Thursdays in the Communications Building, Room 1018

Textbook: Molecular Biotechnology. Third Edition B.R. Glick and J.J. Pasternak. 2003. ASM Press. Washington, DC.

Date	Chapter or Exam (Lecture #)	Chapter Title
Aug. 19	1 (L1)	Molecular Biotechnology Revolution
Aug. 21	2/ 3 (L2)	Biological Systems/ DNA, RNA and Protein Synthesis
Aug. 26	3 (L3)
Aug. 28	4 (L4)	Recombinant DNA Technology
Sept. 2	4 (L5)
Sept. 4	4 (L6)
Sept. 9	5 (L7)
Sept. 11	5 (L8)	Chemical Synthesis, Sequencing, Amplification of DNA
Sept. 16	Exam 1
Sept. 18	6 (L9)	Manipulation of Gene Expression in Prokaryotes
Sept. 23	6 (L10)
Sept. 25	7 (L11)
Sept. 30	7 (L12)	Heterologous Protein Production in Eukaryotic Cells
Oct. 2	8 (L13)
Oct. 7	8 (L14)	Directed Mutagenesis and Protein Engineering???
Oct. 9	Exam 2
Oct. 14	11 (L15)	Vaccines
Oct. 16	11 (L16)
Oct. 21	10 (L17)	Therapeutic Agents
Oct. 23	9 (L18)	Molecular Diagnostics
Oct. 28	12 (L19)	Synthesis of Commercial Products by Recombinant Microorganisms
Oct. 30	13 (L20)	Bioremediation and Biomass Utilization
Nov. 4	13 (L21)
Nov. 6	Exam 3
Nov. 11	Veterans' Day	No Class
Nov. 13	15 (L22)	Microbial Insecticides
Nov. 18	17 (L23)	Genetic Engineering of Plants: Methodology
Nov. 20	18 (L24)	Genetic Engineering of Plants: Applications
Nov. 24-28	Thanksgiving	No Classes
Dec. 2	19 (L25)	Transgenic Animals
Dec. 4	Various (L26)	Human Gene Therapy
Dec. 11 (Thurs.)	Exam 4 -FINAL 10:10-12:50 P.M.

Grading: Each exam will be worth 100 points. The lowest exam score (excluding Exam 4 which is mandatory) will be dropped and your grade will be based on the average of the two highest exam scores (Exams 1-3) plus Exam 4. A=100-90; B=89-80; C=79-70; D=69-60; F=59-0. No makeup exams will be given!

Course objectives. To develop an understanding of the scope, methodology and applications of recombinant DNA technology.

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