Experimental Genetic Systems
Fall Term - 1 credit
Mondays 1:00-2:15 PM
Location: 4917 Buhl
Director:
John Moran, Ph.D.
Course Description
The GTP trainees participate in this course in the Fall term. Active GTP faculty members present informal seminars (i.e., in the form a chalk talk presentation) about a research area in their laboratories to introduce GTP students to genetic strategies, research, and technologies used at the Michigan undergraduate and medical school campuses. The small group setting facilitates interaction and discussion among students and faculty. A recent, relevant publication (typically a review article) is distributed to the students one week prior to the class meeting to help them prepare for the discussion. A second faculty serves as a moderator to ensure an active discussion among the participants.
Fall 2024 Schedule
- September 9: John Moran - “Introduction to the Genetics Training Program (GTP)”
- September 16: Gyorgyi Csankovszki - "Condensin-Mediated Gene Regulation" (Moderator: Lydia Freddolino)
- September 23: Rachel Niederer - "Uncovering Novel Translational Control Elements in 5' UTRs" (Moderator: Shigeki Iwase)
- September 30: Patrick O'Brien - "Mechanisms of Genomic In/Stability" (Moderator: Donna Martin)
- October 7: Alexandre Marand - "Decoding Cis-Regulatory Function with Single-Cell Molecular Genetics" (Moderator: Laura Buttitta)
- October 14: Fall Study Break - No Class
- October 21: Yifan Wang - "Genome-Wide CRISPR Screen in Intracellular Parasite Toxoplasma Gondii" (Moderator: Ryan Mills)
- October 28: Ariangela Kozik - "TBD" (Moderator: Hayley McLoughlin)
- November 4: Michelle Hastings - "TBD" (Moderator: Jacob Mueller)
- November 11: Thomas Wilson - "TBD" (Moderator: Agnieszka Lukaszewicz)
- November 18: Peter Todd - "TBD" (Moderator: Kenneth Kwan)
- November 25: Stephanie Bielas - "TBD" (Moderator: Lev Prasov)
- December 2: No Class
- December 9: John Moran - "Introduction to the Winter Semester"
HG 632 Fall 2023 Schedule
- September 11: John Moran - “Introduction to the Genetics Training Program (GTP)”
- September 18: Sundeep Kalantry - "On the Evolutionary Origins of Mammalian Dosage Compensation" (Moderator: Sally Camper)
- September 25: Stephanie Moon - "Connections Between Translation Quality Control and Stress Granules" (Moderator: Gyorgyi Csankovszki)
- October 2: Laura Buttitta - "Getting Into and Out of Gzero" (Moderator: Shigeki Iwase)
- October 9: Tony Antonellis - "Defining the Molecular Mechanism of Dominant Neuropathies Associated with Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases" (Moderator: Andrew Tai)
- October 16: UM Study Break - No Class
- October 23: Agnieszka Lukaszewicz - "Aberrant DNA Repair at Meiotic Double-Strand Breaks" (Moderator: Alice Telesnitsky)
- October 30: Lydia Freddolino - "Bacteria Have Chromatin Too! How Genome Structure Impacts Bacterial Gene Expression and Evolution” (Moderator: Mary O'Riordan)
- November 6: Matthew Chapman - "The Genetics of Bacterial Amyloid Formation" (Moderator: Nicole Koropatkin)
- November 13: Gideon Bradburd - "Incorporating Geography into Statistical Methods for Population Genetics" (Moderator: Hayley McLoughlin)
- November 20: Jay Brito Querido - "Regulation of mRNA Translation by Expanded Short Tandem Repeats" (Moderator: Ryan Baldridge)
- December 4: Liliana Cortes Ortiz - "Studying a Primate Hybrid Zone to Uncover Genomic Regions Associated with Reproductive Isolation and Adaptive Introgression" (Moderator: Jeff Kidd)