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 LSII, Room 450

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. 25	1 (L1)	Molecular Biotechnology Revolution
Aug. 27	2/ 3 (L2)	Biological Systems/ DNA, RNA and Protein Synthesis
Sept. 1	3 (L3)
Sept. 3	4 (L4)	Recombinant DNA Technology
Sept. 8	4 (L5)
Sept. 10	4 (L6)
Sept. 15	5 (L7)
Sept. 17	5 (L8)	Chemical Synthesis, Sequencing, Amplification of DNA
Sept. 22	Exam 1
Sept. 24	6 (L9)	Manipulation of Gene Expression in Prokaryotes
Sept. 29	6 (L10)
Oct. 1	7 (L11)	Heterologous Protein Production in Eukaryotic Cells
Oct. 6	7 (L12)
Oct. 8	8 (L13)	Directed Mutagenesis and Protein Engineering?
Oct. 13	8 (L14)
Oct. 15	Exam 2
Oct. 20	9 (L15)	Molecular Diagnostics
Oct. 22	10 (L16)	Therapeutic Agents
Oct. 27	10 (L17)	Therapeutic Agents
Oct. 29	9 (L18)	Molecular Diagnostics
Nov. 3	12 (L19)	Synthesis of Commercial Products by Recombinant Microorganisms
Nov. 5	13 (L20)	Bioremediation and Biomass Utilization
Nov. 10	13 (L21)
Nov. 12	Exam 3
Nov. 17	Veterans' Day	No Class
Nov. 19	15 (L22)	Microbial Insecticides
Nov. 23-27	Thanksgiving	No classes
Dec. 1	17 (L23)	Genetic Engineering of Plants: Methods
Dec. 8	18 (L24)	Genetic Rngineering of Plants: Applications
Dec. 10	19 (L25)	Transgenic Animals
Dec. 17 (Thurs.)	Exam 4 -FINAL 10:10-12:10 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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