Instructor: Michael Weir ext. 2402

email: mweir@wesleyan.edu

Meetings: Tues, Thurs 10.30-11.50 am, SC 121

Office hours: Wed. 9.30-11.30 am 112 HA

• Syllabus
• Course Webboard

• FlyBase
• Berkeley Drosophila Genome Project
• The Interactive Fly
• Fly Movies
• Molecular Biology Tools, Methods, and Databases
• Journal links

Topics: Fall 2001

gene function

development/pattern formation

reverse genetics

molecular biology

Skills:

presentation / discussion skills

reading -- summary skills

critical reading

writing --

problem solving

experimental design

transparent writing/logic

detail

group problem solving

Assessment:

one paper -- see link

short written briefs

class participation