Elective Courses (Departmental)
| BCH 271 |
| Cell Signaling (1 credit) |
| Faculty Member in charge: |
Lucy Robinson, Ph.D., lrobin@lsuhsc.edu |
| When course is offered: |
Spring, alternate years |
| Description of course: |
A seminar/discussion course based on current literature. The theme (signaling pathway) covered by the course changes for each offering. The introduction of a topic by the instructor is followed by literature discussions led by students. Past examples of course themes include MAPK signaling in yeast, Drosophila and vertebrates, and two-component regulatory systems in prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
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| BCH 281 |
| Molecular Mechanisms of Post-transcriptional Control (1 credit) |
| Faculty Member in charge: |
Ricky DeBenedetti, Ph.D., adeben@lsuhsc.edu |
| When course is offered: |
Spring, even-numbered years |
| Description of course: |
A literature-based course dealing with post-transcriptional control of gene expression in eukaryotic cells and their viruses. Topics will include mRNA splicing, mRNA stability, translational control, and protein targeting.
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| BCH 283 |
| Molecular Mechanisms of Transcriptional Control (1 credit) |
| Faculty Member in charge: |
David S. Gross, Ph.D., dgross@lsuhsc.edu |
| When course is offered: |
Spring, odd-numbered years |
| Description of course: |
Literature-based course covering the role of promoter-specific activators and repressors, the nature and role of the general transcriptional machinery, and the role of nucleosomes and higher order chromatin structures in regulating transcription.
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| BCH 285 |
| Eukaryotic Developmental Biology (1 credit) |
| Faculty Member in charge: |
Eric Aamodt, Ph.D., eaamod@lsuhsc.edu |
| When course is offered: |
Fall, even-numbered years |
| Description of course: |
Literature-based course that is focused on developmental regulatory mechanisms in higher animals. Topics include cell fate specification, differentiation and pattern formation.
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| BCH 286 |
| Classical and Molecular Genetics (1 credit) |
| Faculty Member in charge: |
Kelly Tatchell, Ph.D., ktatch@lsuhsc.edu |
| When course is offered: |
Fall, odd-numbered years |
| Description of course: |
Emphasizes classical genetic methods as they apply to modem molecular biology. Course content relies on yeast as an experimental organism, although the intent is to teach genetic principles as they apply to eukaryotic organisms in general.
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| BCH 287 |
| Applications of Spectroscopic Techniques to Biochemical Problems (1 credit) |
| Faculty Member in charge: |
Stephan Witt, Ph.D., mailto:switt1@lsuhsc.edu%20 |
| When course is offered: |
Fall, odd-numbered years |
| Description of course: |
Emphasizes the principles of well-established methods, such as fluorescence spectroscopy, and new methods, such as surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy, and their applications to biochemical problems.
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| BCH 290 |
| Introduction to Bioinformatics (3 credits) |
| Faculty Member in charge: |
Eric A. First, Ph.D., efirst@lsuhsc.edu |
| When course is offered: |
Spring, even-numbered years |
| Description of course: |
This course is designed to provide an introduction to the computational and biological concepts and skills required for the field of bioinformatics. It provides an overview of the field and trains students in the use of some current bioinformatics programs. Some topics to be covered are biological data bases, pairwise sequence alignment BLAST searching, analysis of gene expression data, proteomics, multiple sequence alignment, protein structure prediction, molecular phylogeny, genomic analysis, and PERL for bioinformatics. By the end of the course students should be able to search for novel genes of unkoown function, identify homologous proteins, and develop hypotheses regarding the function of novel genes. This course is cross-listed with CSC 490/690 at LSU-Shreveport (LSU-S students should contact mtrutsch@pilot.lsus.edu).
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