GENOMICS AND PROTEOMICS
The basic principles of genomics, proteomics and bioinformatics will be taught through a semester-long project of the students choosing. Creative problem solving in science skills will be learned through a variety of active-learning techniques that include: reading of primary literature, group presentations, peer review, bioinformatic lab exercises, science communication skills (writing visualization), and creating a website. Emphasis will be placed upon how to effectively communicate science (written, oral and written). Topics include: genomic sequencing, phylogeny, domain analysis, transcriptomics, CRISPR screens, chemical genomics, quantitative proteomics and protein networks. Capstone course.
Topics
- genomic sequencing
- phylogeny
- domain analysis
- transcriptomics
- CRISPR screens
- chemical genomics
- quantitative proteomics and protein networks
Topics explicitly listed in official catalogue description
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: GENETICS 466 , 468 , or BIOCORE 587 . Not open to graduate students Course Designation: Core GenEd - Communication & Literacy Comm QR - Communication B Breadth - Biological Science Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Gain confidence in modern genomic and proteomic experimental methods used to ask fundamental biological questions and how to become creative problem solvers. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Learn how to mine bioinformatic databases to obtain information about a gene/protein associated with a human disease assembled on a website built by the student. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Learn how to apply what you learned, by writing and visualizing three specific aims of a grant with goals to address the gap in knowledge about the disease and gene of your choosing. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Effectively communicate scientific research by applying unique visual, verbal, and oral techniques facilitated by the instructor called “Slide Evolution”. Audience: Undergraduate 5. To learn how working in diverse teams (social and intellectual) makes you a more innovative problem solver. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Gain confidence in modern genomic and proteomic experimental methods used to ask fundamental biological questions and how to become creative problem solvers. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Learn how to mine bioinformatic databases to obtain information about a gene/protein associated with a human disease assembled on a website built by the student. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Learn how to apply what you learned, by writing and visualizing three specific aims of a grant with goals to address the gap in knowledge about the disease and gene of your choosing. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Effectively communicate scientific research by applying unique visual, verbal, and oral techniques facilitated by the instructor called “Slide Evolution”. Audience: Undergraduate 5. To learn how working in diverse teams (social and intellectual) makes you a more innovative problem solver. Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027