課程資訊
課程名稱
專題研究
Undergraduate Research in Life Science 
開課學期
108-1 
授課對象
生命科學系  
授課教師
丁照棣 
課號
LS3900 
課程識別碼
B01 49100 
班次
10 
學分
1.0 
全/半年
半年 
必/選修
必修 
上課時間
 
上課地點
 
備註
F群選擇必修。選課前請先徵求授課教師同意。
限學士班二年級以上
總人數上限:10人 
 
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課程概述

Undergraduate Research is designed for undergraduates who are interested in evolutionary genetic and genomics. Students will focus on a gene annotation project based on materials provided by Genome Education Partnership (GEP, http://gep.wustl.edu). This is part of the Drosophila dot chromosome project, http://gep.wustl.edu/projects/dot_chromosome. Students participate in this project will manually annotate a 40-Kb genome fragment and write a report. After the initial annotation project, students are encourage to work on more genome fragment or work on another project using RNAseq data.

Official Language is English. Students are encourage to communicate in English. International students major in biology are welcome. All students should e-mail the instructor in advance. 

課程目標
The aims of this course is to allow students participating on genome projects through gene annotation project. We will teach students the basic knowledge on genome science. 
課程要求
We expect students finish at least 1 of the following projects:
1. Gene Annotation Project: Annotate one 40-Kb genome fragment
2. RNAseq Project: Gene expression profiling
3. Genotyping by sequencing: SNP profiling 
預期每週課後學習時數
 
Office Hours
備註: Monday 1-4 PM 
指定閱讀
 
參考書目
[Genomics]
Introduction to Genomics by Arthur M. Lesk (2nd Edition, Oxford University Press, 2011)
A Primer of Genome Science by G. Gibson and S. V. Muse (3rd Edition, Sinauer, 2009)
Genomes 3 by T. A. Brown (Garland Science, 2007) [2nd Ed. available at NCBI,
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK21128/] 
評量方式
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課程進度
週次
日期
單元主題
第1週
  Meet your professor (e-mail her in advance to make an appointment in Week 1) 
第2週
  Review in Genetics 
第3週
  Genome projects 
第4週
  DNA sequencing technologies 
第5週
  Tools in NCBI 
第6週
  Gene expression: cDNA, Northern blotting, microarray, RNAseq 
第7週
  Molecular biology of the gene 
第8週
  Gene Annotation: An introduction 
第9週
  Gene Annotation: A practice project 
第10週
  Gene Annotation: Working projects 
第11週
  Gene Annotation: Working projects 
第12週
  Genetic Variation 
第13週
  Drosophila Population Genomics 
第14週
  Propose a research project based on your annotations 
第15週
  Discussion on research proposal and polite studies if possible