AGSC 4290/5290 - Omics in Biotechnology |
With the advent of new technologies in Life Sciences, omics has been used in different fields and new applications are emerging in the post-genomics era. These new fields including Genome editing, sequencing, genotyping-by-sequencing, transcriptomics, metabolomics, and metagenomics are providing faster solutions to the global challenges in biomedicine, agriculture, and the environment. This course provides an insight into the applications of modern omics technologies to many problems in life sciences. In this course, students will gain knowledge and expertise in current and emerging omics applications and explore omics in the biomedical, environmental, and agricultural fields. Students trained in these fields can pursue their carriers in different biotechnology fields including biomedicine, pharmaceuticals, agriculture and/or environment sectors.
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AGSC 6110 - Gene Structure and Function |
This is a graduate level course about genes, how the information they contain is transmitted and expressed in the form of a phenotype in living organisms. Students will study nucleic acid structure and the mechanics of replication, repair, transcription, and translation in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. A central goal is understanding gene regulation at all levels, and the structure-function relationships of nucleic acids and proteins. Special attention will be given to applications in organisms of agricultural importance.
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