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National Institutes of Natural Sciences

National Institute for Basic Biology

PhD Program

Syllabus

Molecular and Cellular Biology 1

This lecture will not be offered in 2024.
The following is the information on the lecture offered in 2023.

Molecular and Cellular Biology 1
1st Half
1 credit
49 Genetics Program
MAESHIMA KAZUHIRO
Four-grade evaluation
Level : Level 2
Competence : Academic expertise
 
■Outline
Basic features of molecular and cellular biology will be lectured and discussed. These include genome, regulation of transcription and translation, protein structure and function, post-translational modification, structure and dynamics of chromosome.
 
■Learning objectives
1. Elucidation of biological phenomena at a molecular level
2. Understanding methods to analyze at a molecular level
 
■Grading policy
The grades will be A, B, C, and D, which are determined by the quality of the paper, which must be submitted to the lecturer by the provided deadline. The subject(s) of the paper must be one of the four important aspects that are presented in the above Course Objectives.
 
■Lecture Plan
April 28, 2023- June 16, 2023 13:30-15:10 on Fridays
 
2023
April 28 Kazuhiro Maeshima, DNA and Structure of Chromosome
May 12 Yasuto Murayama, Partition of Chromosomes
May 19 Masato Kanemaki, Replication, Recombination and Repair of Chromosome
May 26 Koichi Kawakami, Transposable Element
June 2 Yuta Shimamoto, Structure and Function of Protein
June 9 Jun-ichi Nakayama, Regulation of Transcription
June 16 Nobuyuki Shiina, Regulation of Translation
 
■Location
For Genetics Program students: Oral and Zoom: Lecture Room (B202) or Seminar Room (B301), 2nd or 3rd floor of Library in the National Institute of Genetics / For Basic Biology Program students: Zoom online
 
■Language
English
 
■Textbooks and references
Molecular Biology of the Cell (7th eds), B. Alberts et al., W. W. Norton & Company. Lewin’s Genes XII, JE. Krebs et al., Jones&Bartlett Learning
 
■Notes for students of other programs
It is given as an oral lecture, which will be provided in English.