Course Identification
Regulation of gene expression
Lecturers and Teaching Assistants
Course Schedule and Location
Thursday, 11:15 - 13:00, Wolfson Auditorium
21/11/2019
Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points
Life Sciences: Lecture; Elective; Core; 2.50 points
Life Sciences (Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience Track): Lecture; Elective; Core; 2.50 points
Life Sciences (Brain Sciences: Systems, Computational and Cognitive Neuroscience Track): Lecture; Elective; Regular; 2.50 points
Life Sciences (Computational and Systems Biology Track): Lecture; Elective; Regular; 2.50 points
Comments
*Core course
* No lecture on Dec-26
* Make up sessions:
12-Feb, 11:15-13:00 at Wolfson Auditorium.
13-Feb, 14:15-16:00 at Wolfson Auditorium.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of gene expression mechanism - level of textbook e.g. Alberts, Darnell.
Attendance and participation
Scheduled date 1
04/03/2020
Wolfson Auditorium
Scheduled date 2
15/03/2020
Wolfson Auditorium
Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)
Syllabus
| Lecture |
Name |
Institute |
Title |
Date |
| 1 |
Michael Walker |
WIS |
Transcription basics |
11/21/2019 |
| 2 |
Amos Tanay |
WIS |
Epigenetics and chromatin organization |
11/28/2019 |
| 3 |
Dena Leshkowitz |
WIS |
Bioinformatics tools for gene expression |
12/5/2019 |
| 4 |
Jakub Abramson |
WIS |
Transcriptional control and immunological tolerance |
12/12/2019 |
| 5 |
Yehudit Bergman |
HU |
Transcriptional and chromatin regulation in the immune system |
12/19/2019 |
| 6 |
Jacob Hanna |
WIS |
The epigenetics of reprogramming |
12/26/2019 |
| 7 |
Rivka Dikstein |
WIS |
From transcriptional elongation to mRNA translation (basic) |
1/2/2020 |
| 8 |
Yaron Shav-Tal |
BIU |
mRNA dynamics |
1/9/2020 |
| 9 |
Shalev Itzkovitz |
WIS |
Gene expression at single cell level |
1/16/2019 |
| 10 |
Boris Slobodin |
WIS |
Transcription and post-transcription |
1/23/2020 |
| 11 |
Shragi Shwartz |
WIS |
mRNA modification |
1/30/2020 |
| 12 |
Jeff Gerst |
WIS |
mRNA localization |
2/6/2020 |
| 13 |
Noam Stern |
WIS |
Viruses and translational control |
2/13/2020 |
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course students should be be able to:
Demonstrate a good working knowledge of the key mechanistic principles underlying our current understanding of eukaryotic gene transcription.
Reading List
- Molecular Biology of the Cell - Bruce Alberts
- RNA, Life's Indispensable Molecule - James Darnell