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Introduction to Genomics Spring 2026

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Spring 2026
Class time and location
STTH – 10:00-10:50 (SCI-S C2 Room 120)

Textbook, readings, and lecturing style:
 Introduction to Genomics 2nd edition, by Arthur M. Lesk.
The lectures will be given using powerpoint slides (see below). It is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to print the material, come to the lectures, and take notes. You will be tested on the material I give in class and the book.
Attendance:
I will not give points for attending my lectures. You are a RESPONSIBLE student and you want to learn. Missing lectures will significantly affect your performance and grade. I do not intend to give lectures during my office hours or photocopy my lecture notes for you!
Academic dishonesty:
DO NOT CHEAT. You are smart and you can get the grade you want. Academic dishonesty will not be tolerated.
Tests and grading:
You will be given THREE independent tests each of which covers specific chapters. Each test is worth 30%. Your LOWEST test grade will be DROPPED and your final grade will be the sum of the two highest scores in addition to the final. The FINAL is worth 40% and will cover the entire course material with greater emphasis on the material that you have not been tested on. The tests will be a combination of short questions and essay questions. 
Important dates:
Exam1: Sunday 1/3/2026 (Lectures 1-)
Exam2: Sunday 5/4/2026 (Lectures )
Exam3: Sunday 3/5/2026 (Lectures )
Final Exam:  Monday 11/5/2026 (ALL Lectures) – 9:00-11:00
Enrolled students:
  1. BELQEES ALMUTAIRI.****/*
  2. ABRAR ALHAJRI.******/*
  3. HAWRAA HAMDAN.*/
  4. GENAN ALQATTAN./
  5. REEMIAH ALHULAILI./*
  6. SARAH BONAJMAH./
  7. RAHAF ALAJMI./*
  8. ASMAA ALSHAIJY.*/*
  9. SHAHAD ALOTAIBI.*/
  10. ESMAHAN JAHAN.*/
  11. NOUF ALRASHIDI.*/*
  12. AFRAH ALSHAMMARI.***/
  13. KHADIJAH DABAL./
  14. RAGHAD ALRUQI.*/
  15. HAYAT ALHARBI./
  16. SARA ALADWANI./
  17. BOSHRA ALRIFAI./
Lecture 1: General Introduction
Lecture 1.5: Academic Communication
Lecture 2: History and Review (I)
Lecture 3: History and Review (II)
Video: Thomas Morgan & Fruit flies – Thanks to Reemiah Alhulaili
Lecture 4: The genome: the word and beyond
Lecture 5: Exploring the genome: workable pieces
Lecture 5.1: 485_lec5.1_DNAExtraction
Lecture 5.2: 485_lec5.2_DNAQualityQuantity
Lecture 6: DNA sequencing: the thing to the information
Sequencing methods videos:
– Maxam and Gilbert Sequencing (Thanks Althuraya Alaskar)
– Sanger Sequencing, V2
– Pyrosequencing, V2
– Illumina Sequencing, V2
– SOLiD Sequencing
– Ion Torrent Sequencing, V2 
– Oxford Nanopore Sequencing, V2
– PacBio Sequencing, V2
Lecture 7: The sequence: Reading the reads
Sequencing strategies videos:
– Hierarchical Sequencing
– Whole-Genome Shotgun Sequencing (WGS)
– The race to the human genome
– Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH) (Thanks Althuraya Alaskar)
Lecture 8: Stitching the sequences: Genome assembly
– Sequence Alignment (Abdulatif Alfulaij + Hafsa Aziz)
Lecture 9: The meaning: Genome annotation
Lecture 10: Meaningful parts: coding regions
Lecture 11: Functional annotation
RNAi (Abdulatif Alfulaij, Malak Alrasabiya)
CRISPR-Cas9 (Abdulatif Alfulaij), CRISPR-Cas9 (Malak Alrasabiya)
Lecture 12 : Non-coding genomic elements
Lecture 13 : Genetic transfer
Lecture 14: Polymorphisms
Lecture 15: Population Genetics

Writing and Communication Skills – 501 (Fall 2025)

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Course Overview

Course Description:
This course is offered by CGS to students enrolled in various graduate programs. This course aims to instruct and train students in scientific writing and presentations. Topics that will be covered include different types of scientific publications, scientific presentations (manuscripts, oral and poster presentations), research proposal preparation and writing, thesis writing including experimental design and data analysis, citations ad references, and ethical issues including plagiarism.

Course Credits: 3 (3-0-3): 36-40 hours

Learning Objectives:

  1. Conduct literature research skills using approved search engines and websites to identify recent published advances related to the research project of interest.
  2. Identify different types and components of scientific publications.
  3. Develop experimental designs for a research project.
  4. Prepare the research proposal for funding application from CGS.
  5. Prepare the research proposal for funding application Kuwait University research sector.
  6. Prepare reference list in accordance to APA regulation and the citations used.  Introduction and training on online software tools.
  7. Gain tools and skills for oral and poster presentations.
  8. Identify the elements needed to prepare for thesis writing and approach.
Text-book:
Scientific Presentation Skills: How to Design Effective Research Posters and Deliver Powerful Academic Presentations (Peer Recognized) Paperback, 2022. Martins Zaumanis.
Time and place: Wednesday 3:00-5:50 PM – (Sci-S) Room C2-115
General instructions:
  • Attendance is Mandatory. Only official medical excuses or urgent circumstances will be accepted.
  • Bring your laptops (personal computers) with you for all the lectures.
  • Submit all assignments via email. Make sure that you write (501 student) in the email subject.
  • Late submissions (1-2 days late) will be marked down and those later than two days will be rejected.
  • Make sure that you don’t copy texts into your submitted assignments. This will be considered plagiarism and the submission will be rejected.
  • Always name the your files as (20250923_Assignement#_Name).
Office Hours: By appointment! Office on DBS 4th floor # 101
Email: hassan.alhadddad@ku.edu.kw
Grade Distribution:
  • Attendance and Course Activity (10%)
  • Assignments (40%)
  • Seminar (25%)
  • Final Research Proposal (25%)
Students:
  • ASEEL EL-FARRA./
  • BESHAYER ALSHAMMARI./
  • DALIA ELSAID MOUSSA./
  • ARWA KHALIL./
  • AISHAH ALGHARIBAH.***/
  • MARIAM CHEHADEH.**/
  • LULWAH ALHABEEB.**/
  • FOUZ ALSAEED.*/
  • MALAK MAHMOOD.*/
  • DENAH ALKANDERI.*/
  • HUMOUD ALADWANI.*/
  • MESHAL ALKANDARI./
  • MUSAED ALSHAMROUKH.*******/

Schedule (3 hours meetings):

Meeting 1: (23/9/2025)
Topics:
Assignment: Download the papers from MS Teams and briefly skim them
Meeting 2: (30/9/2025)
Topics:
  • Primary research vs. review articles (Lecture 4)
    • Components
    • Structures
    • The good, the bad, and the ugly
  • Techniques in literature search (Lecture 5)
    • Search engines
    • Keywords, titles, and abstracts
Assignment 1:
  • Select a topic of your proposed thesis.
  • Identify at least five keywords related to the topic to be used for the search.
  • Conduct a search using at least four of the suggested search engines.
  • Save a copy of the original search output.
  • Filter the list by using more selective search queries (e.g., year of publication, location, language, specific references).
  • Compile a list of 10 references that you would select for your research project.
  • Design a flowchart showing your search and final output of the selected references (similar to the example given).
  • Your submission should include:
    • The keywords used in a list format.
    • Raw output of the different search engines (screenshots).
    • Refined output (screenshots).
    • Filter criteria used.
    • The search summary flowchart.
    • Must be submitted as one pdf or word file (sent by email).
    • Grade will be marked out of 5 points.
    • Submission deadline Tuesday 7/10/2025 – 2:59 pm.
Meeting 3: (7/10/2025)
Topics:
  • Analytics and metrics: journal, article, and author (Lecture 6)
  • Figures & Tables: Figure Illustration Software
Assignment 2:
  • Select publications in your research area (2 research articles and 1 review article).
  • I suggest that you select the articles that you will be using for your presentations and poster.
  • Provide the journal metrics using Scimago Journal and Country Rank.
  • Provide the article metrics using the journal website, google scholar, or ResearchGate.
  • Provide the corresponding author’s metrics using one of the following (google scholar, ORCID, ResearchGate, PubMed).
  • Your submission should include:
    • The pdf copy of the selected publications.
    • Analytics & metrics of each journal, publication, and suggested authors.
    • Must be submitted as one pdf or word file (sent by email).
    • Grade will be marked out of 5 points.
    • Submission deadline Tuesday 14/10/2025 – 2:59 pm.
Meeting 4: (14/10/2025)
Topics:
  • Oral Presentations: Spoken words with aid (Lecture7)
  • Tutorial on presentation design and practice.
Assignment 3:
  • Pick a review article from the your list of selected articles.
  • Prepare a 12-minute Power Point Presentation.
  • Start with a presentation of the selected article and its major components (title, journal, authors, abstract, keywords, journal impact factor, and etc.)
  • State and present the main objective of the review paper.
  • Present the contents of the review paper in an oral presentation aided with pictures and other material from the paper, your synthesis, or the internet.
  • Submit your presentation as a pdf (sent by email).
  • Submission deadline Tuesday 28/10/2025 – 2:59 pm.
  • Deliver your presentation on your assigned date.
Meeting 5: (21/10/2025)
Topics:
  • Tutorial on presentation design and practice (Continue)
Assignment 4:
  • Pick a research article from the your list of selected articles (not the one that you will use for poster presentation).
  • Prepare a 12-minute Power Point Presentation.
  • Start with a presentation of the selected article and its major components (title, journal, authors, abstract, keywords, journal impact factor, and etc.)
  • Present the research paper as if it was your own research.
  • Start your presentation with few introductory slides.
  • Explain the main objective of the research paper.
  • Briefly present the methods and results using figures and tables from the paper.
  • You can generate other diagrams to help you simplify and present the methods and results or select material from the internet.
  • Submit your presentation as a pdf (sent by email).
  • Submission deadline Tuesday 9/12/2025 – 2:59 pm.
  • Deliver your presentation on your assigned date.
Meeting 6: (28/10/2025)
Topics:
  • Student Seminar Presentations I (Review Article)
  • Presenters: Aseel, Arwa, Malak, Denah, Dalia
Meeting 7: (4/11/2025)
Topics:
  • Student Seminar Presentations I (Review Article)
  • Presenters: Beshayer, Meshal, Aisha, Mariam, Fouz, Lulwah
Meeting 8: (11/11/2025)
Topics:
  • Poster Presentation: Elements and philosophy (Lecture8).
  • Tutorial on poster design.
Assignment 5:
  • Pick a research article from the your list of selected articles.
  • Make sure that your article is different from the one that you will present in a seminar.
  • Note: make sure to add the names of the original authors and their affiliations and then under it stated designed by YOUR NAME.
  • Design a poster of your article based on KU-RS requirements of size and content.
  • Design the poster using powerpoint presentation and save a pdf copy.
  • Submitted as a pdf (sent by email).
  • Your poster will be graded out of 10 points.
  • Submission deadline Tuesday 25/11/2025 – 2:59 pm.
Meeting 9: (18/11/2025)
Topics:
  • Citations and References, Software Applications
  • Tutorial on using EndNote
Assignment 6:
  • Select 15 publications and 2 online resources in your research area.
  • Create a citation library that include:
    • Review papers
    • Primary research articles
    • Other publication types: books, thesis, and etc.
  • Using the references you selected, write an overview of the research idea and topic (500-700 words) using the references from the library.
  • Make sure that almost every sentence that you write has a reference.
  • Use Endnote reference manager to insert the citations as you write.
  • Prepare three versions of the document that you produced each with one of the following citation format:
    • APA Alphabetical.
    • APA Numerical.
    • The format of the journal (Science).
  • Notice the differences that happens to the text and list of references.
  • Create a pdf copy of the overview and list of references for each version.
  • Combine the three versions in a single pdf file.
  • Your assignment will be marked out of 15 points.
  • Submission deadline Tuesday 25/11/2025 – 2:59 pm.
Meeting 10: (25/11/2025)
Topics:
  • Elements and Approach for Research Proposal
  • Hypothesis, objectives, and Experimental Design
  • Discussion following consultation with supervisor
  • CGS Research Proposal Application Forms
  • KU-RS Research Proposal Application Forms & Letter of Intent
Assignment 7:
  • Prepare complete research proposal on a word document including all the required fields by CGS for students (Abstract, Introduction, Hypothesis & Objectives, Approach & Methods, Significance/Importance, Preliminary Results & Discussion, Budget and Time-plan, References).
  • Your proposal will be marked out of 15 points.
  • Write the letter of intent (Opening paragraph, Statement of purpose, Project activity, Expected outcomes, Closing paragraph).
  • Your letter of intents will be marked out of 10 points.
  • Combine your proposal and your letter of intent in a single pdf file.
  • Submission deadline Monday 22/12/2025 – 6:00 pm.
Meeting 11: (2/12/2025)
Topics:
  • Elements and Approach for thesis Writing
  • What is plagiarism and how to avoid it!
Assignment 8:
  • Run a plagiarism check for your writing for Assignment 6 using TWO free online software programs.
  • Plagiarism check resources: Scribbr, Quetext, Grammarly, Unicheck, Check-plagiarism, Plagiarism Detector, Pre Post SEO, Search Engine Reports, Small SEO Tools, DupliChecker, Plagiarismchecker.co, Writer.
  • Combine your original writing and the two reports in a single pdf file.
  • Your assignment will be marked out of 5 points.
  • Submission deadline Tuesday 9/12/2025 – 2:59 pm.
Meeting 12: (9/12/2025)
Topics:
  • Student Seminar Presentations II (Research Article)
  • Presenters: Beshayer, Meshal, Aisha, Mariam, Fouz, Lulwah
Meeting 13: (16/12/2025)
Topics:
  • Student Seminar Presentations II (Research Article)
  • Presenters: Aseel, Arwa, Malak, Denah, Dalia

Introduction to Genomics Fall 2025

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Class time and location
Mon, Wed – 9:30-10:45 (Room: 1st floor, SCI-S-123)
Important dates:
Attendance and activity (5%)
Exam 1: Monday 6/10/2025 (15%)
Exam 2: Monday 27/10/2025 (15%)
Exam 3: Wednesday 19/11/2025 (15%)
Exam 4: Wednesday 10/12/2025 (15%)
Four exams and each is worth (15%). The lowest will be dropped. Therefore, the best three exams will count to your final grades (45%)
Report due: Saturday 20/12/2025 (10%) – send pdf by university email.
Presentation due: 15,17,22/12/2025 (10%)
Final exam: Monday 5/1/2026 12-2 (40%)

Download the following file and use it as your report (File). Your report should be typed using Microsoft Word and updated every week. You should send a copy of your file EVERY Saturday before 6pm. The report should include (to the best of your ability) the following with respect to your organism:

  1. Your paper’s title, journal, and year published.
  2. The objective(s) of your paper.
  3. The common and scientific name of your organism. Try to include the meaning of the scientific name.
  4. The number of species under the genus of your organism.
  5. The taxonomy of your organism.
  6. A high-quality photo of your organism.
  7. The life cycle of your organism.
  8. The geographic distribution of your organism.
  9. Unique (if any) physical, physiological, or biochemical characteristics your organism.
  10. The biological sample used to sequence the genome.
  11. The number of chromosomes (2n) of your organism.
  12. A clipart picture (if available) of your organism. Visit (https://www.phylopic.org/) to obtain one.
  13. The sequencing strategy.
  14. The sequencing method(s).
  15. The number of sequence reads.
  16. The total amount of sequence (in Mb or GB) obtained.
  17. The size of the genome (in Mb or Gb).
  18. The sequence coverage (depth).
  19. The number of contigs.
  20. The number of scaffolds.
  21. The average contig length.
  22. The average scaffold length.
  23. The N50 contig size.
  24. The N50 scaffold size.
  25. The size of the largest contig.
  26. The size of the largest scaffold.
  27. The GC content of  your organism’s genome.
  28. The number of predicted genes. 
  29. The % of the genome that is represented by genes.
  30. The number of protein-coding genes. 
  31. The number of rRNA genes.
  32. The number of tRNA genes.
 Projects:
  1. SHAYMAA ALKANDARI (Locusta migratoria, paper)./
  2. BELQEES ALMUTAIRI (Cydia pomonella, paper)./
  3. ABRAR ALHAJRI (Bombyx mori, paper).*******/
  4. JOURI ALMUTAIRI (Danaus plexippus, paper).****/
  5. AHMAD ALADEL (Rhodnius prolixus, paper).***/
  6. MANAYER ALKHATEM (Acyrthosiphon pisum, paper).***/
  7. REEMIAH ALHULAILI (Pogonomyrmex barbatus, paper).***/
  8. FARAH ALHBIARH (Anopheles gambiae, paper).*****/
  9. SHAIMAA ALAJMI (Aldrichina grahami, paper)./
  10. NADIAH ALOTAIBI (Photinus pyralis, paper)./
  11. BASHAIR ALHAJRI (Trypoxylus dichotomus, paper).*/
  12. ALTHURAYA ALASKAR (Apis mellifera, paper)./
  13. ALYAA ALAJMI (Tribolium castaneum, paper).**/
  14. AMEL AL-SHAYEA (Sarcophaga bullata, paper).***/
  15. BATOUL JAMAL (Tenodera sinensis, paper)./
  16. MUNEERAH ALDAITHAN (Gryllus bimaculatus, paper)./
  17. MANAL AWALEH (Drosophila melanogaster, paper).*/
  18. HAYA ALHINDI (Heliconius melpomene, paper).*/
  19. Nourah Alrashidi (Solenopsis invicta, paper).*/
Lecture 1: General Introduction
Lecture 1.5: Academic Communication
Lecture 2: History and Review (I)
Lecture 3: History and Review (II)
Video: Thomas Morgan & Fruit flies – Thanks to Reemiah Alhulaili
Lecture 4: The genome: the word and beyond
Lecture 5: Exploring the genome: workable pieces
Lecture 5.1: 485_lec5.1_DNAExtraction
Lecture 5.2: 485_lec5.2_DNAQualityQuantity
Lecture 6: DNA sequencing: the thing to the information
Sequencing methods videos:
– Maxam and Gilbert Sequencing (Thanks Althuraya Alaskar)
– Sanger Sequencing, V2
– Pyrosequencing, V2
– Illumina Sequencing, V2
– SOLiD Sequencing
– Ion Torrent Sequencing, V2 
– Oxford Nanopore Sequencing, V2
– PacBio Sequencing, V2
Lecture 7: The sequence: Reading the reads
Sequencing strategies videos:
– Hierarchical Sequencing
– Whole-Genome Shotgun Sequencing (WGS)
– The race to the human genome
– Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH) (Thanks Althuraya Alaskar)
Lecture 8: Stitching the sequences: Genome assembly
– Sequence Alignment (Abdulatif Alfulaij + Hafsa Aziz)
Lecture 9: The meaning: Genome annotation
Lecture 10: Meaningful parts: coding regions
Lecture 11: Functional annotation
RNAi (Abdulatif Alfulaij, Malak Alrasabiya)
CRISPR-Cas9 (Abdulatif Alfulaij), CRISPR-Cas9 (Malak Alrasabiya)
Lecture 12 : Non-coding genomic elements
Lecture 13 : Genetic transfer
Lecture 14: Polymorphisms
Lecture 15: Population Genetics
To Do:
  • Learn the different forms of communication in science.
  • Learn the different forms of printed scientific communication and their levels of scientific details.
  • Learn the process of publishing scientific papers.
  • Learn the difference between scientific journals and news journals.
  • Make a folder on your desktop named “485 material” to save the files related to the course.
  • What is the common name of your organism? Send your instructor the common name of your organism.
  • Do you know what your organism looks like? Download a high quality photo of your organism.
  • Visit the wikipedia page of your organism. Send a link of the page to your instructor.
  • Learn to do a mindful search for genome papers using keywords and search engines.
  • How do I know that a scientific journal is a good journal?
  • Can you search for the genome sequence paper of your organism?
  • Did you find the same article that your instructor assigned to you?
  • Download the pdf of your article into your folder.
  • Print your article and keep it with you everyday.
  • Download the supplementary files of your paper into your folder.
  • DO NOT print your supplementary material.
  • Identify (1) the journal that your paper was published in, (2) the publisher, (3) year published, (4) authors, (5) volume, (6) issue, (7) doi.
  • How many individuals authored your paper?
  • Circle the name of the first author.
  • Circle the name of the last author.
  • Was your paper authored by a consortium?
  • Why genome papers are authored by many authors? 
  • How many words are used in the title?
  • Circle the following words in the title if present: genome, sequence, organism name.
  • What is the common name of your organism?
  • Is the common name of your organism present in the title?
  • What is the scientific name of your organism?
  • Is the scientific name of your organism present in the title?
  • When titles include scientific names and when titles include a common name?
  •  Does the title of your paper reveal the objective of the study?
  • Read the abstract and locate the objective sentence.
  • Does the abstract of your paper contain an introductory sentence?
  • Can you locate the methods sentence(s) in the abstract of your paper?
  • Can you locate the results sentence(s) in the abstract of your paper?
  • Does the abstract of your paper highlight the significance of the study?
  • Can you identify the major components of you scientific paper (Abstract, Intro, M&M, Results, Discussion, and Refs)?
  • In the introduction of your paper, locate the summary paragraph of the study and the detailed objectives (if present).
  • Can you from the introduction of your assigned paper find general information of the organism under investigation?
  • Make a list of the general information regarding your organism that you extracted from the introduction?
  • Are there any information regarding the number of chromosomes and genome architecture of your organism in the introduction?
  • What is the source of DNA used to sequence your organism?
  • What is the sequencing method(s) used in your assigned paper?
  • Make sure that you understand all sequencing methods and specifically the methods in your paper.
  • Send links of YouTube videos of the sequencing methods (your choice) to your instructor.
  • Identify the sequencing strategy used in your paper
  • Send links of YouTube videos of the sequencing strategies to your instructor
  • Identify wether the sequencing single-end or paired-end sequencing was performed in you paper.
  • What is the sequence coverage or sequence depth in your paper
  • What is the total number of reads of your genome?
  • What is the number of contigs in your genome assembly?
  • What is the number of scaffolds in your genome assembly?
  • What is the N50 contig of your genome assembly?
  • What is the N50 scaffold of your genome assembly?
  • What is the size of the largest contig?
  • What is the size of the largest scaffold?
  • Send a draft of your powerpoint presentation to your instructor.
  • What is the number of predicted genes in your organism’s genome? 
  • What is the number of operons in your organism’s genome? (if reported and applicable). 
  • What is the GC content of  your organism’s genome? 
  • What is the average gene size in your organism’s genome? (mention minimum and maximum).
  • What % of your organism’s genome is represented by genes?
  • What is the average number of exons per gene  in your organism’s genome?
  • What is the average number of introns per gene  in your organism’s genome?
  • What is the gene density in your organism’s genome?
  • How many rRNA genes are present in your organism’s genome?
  • How many tRNA genes are present in your organism’s genome?
  • What % of your organism’s genome is represented by repeat elements?
  • What % of your organism’s genome is represented by simple repeats?
  • What % of your organism’s genome is represented by tandem repeat elements?
  • What % of your organism’s genome is represented by psuedo-genes?
  • What % of your organism’s genome is represented by transposable elements?
  • What % of your organism’s genome is represented by LINE elements?
  • What % of your organism’s genome is represented by SINE elements?
  • Send your final summary of data collection Excel file (Fall2020_genomic_data_YourName).
Data collection (YourName_485_data)
Presentation template (PresentationTemplate_485)

Suggested reading material

My Genomics teaching style: Laying a string NOT filling a vessel.
“What is a genome?” by Aaron David Goldman1 and Laura F. Landweber
Evolution of DNA Sequencing by Jonathan Eisen
Figures, photos, and graphs in my lectures are collected using google searches.  I do not claim to have personally produced the material (except for some). I do cite only articles or books used. I thank all owners of the visual aid that I use and apologize for not citing each individual item.  If anybody finds the inclusion of their material in my lectures a violation of their copy rights, please contact me via email.

hhalhaddad@gmail.com

Fall 2023 – Molecular Evolution (410)

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Class time and location
Sun, Tue, Thur – 12:00-12:50 (Room: SCI-S Room 123)
Textbook, readings, and lecturing style
Fundamentals of Molecular Evolution 2nd edition, by Dan Graur and Wen-Hsiung Li. You do not have to buy the book. I will be handing parts of the book when needed. The lectures will be given using board. It is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to come to the lectures and take notes. You will be tested on the material I give in class and the handouts I provide.
Attendance
I will not give points for attending my lectures. You are a RESPONSIBLE student and you want to learn. Missing lectures will significantly affect your performance and grade. I do not intend to give lectures during my office hours or photocopy my lecture notes for you!
Academic dishonesty
DO NOT CHEAT. You are smart and you can get the grade you want. Academic dishonesty will not be tolerated.
Tests and grading:
Exam1: 20%
Exam2: 20%
Exam3: 20%
(Drop lowest exam grade)
Project work: 10%
Project presentation: 10%
Final exam: 40%
Important dates:
Exam 1: Sunday 15/10/2023 (Lectures: 2-8)
Exam 2: Sunday 12/11/2023 (Lectures: 9-14)
Exam 3: Thursday 14/12/2023 (Lectures: 15-20)
Project Presentation: 17, 19, 21, 24/12/2023
Final Exam: Tuesday 2/1/2024 – 8:00-10:00
(X) Not performing tasks on time
Enrolled students:
  1. Reem Alsayegh – Project animal: Penguin (Paper)./
  2. Nour Alramadhan – Project animal: Seahorse (Paper)./
  3. Kafiah Alenezi – Project animal: Peafowl (Paper).X/
  4. Alla Alharbi – Project animal: Red Panda (Paper)./
  5. Hassen Esseyid – Project animal: Finches (Paper)./
  6. Fatemah Sadeq – Project animal: Dog (Paper)./
  7. Saad Almutairi – Project animal: Bear (Paper)./
  8. Rana Chami – Project animal: Cow (Paper)./
  9. Albandari Alshammeri – Project animal: Butterfly (Paper)./
  10. Lin Ataya – Project animal: Cat (Paper)./
  11. Mariam Chehade – Project animal: Zebra fish (Paper)./
  12. Jenna Almutawa – Project animal: Horse (Paper).X/
  13. Shaha Alfarhan – Project animal: Snake (Paper1, Paper2)./
Lec1: 410_lec1_General_introduction
Lec2: 410_lec2_GeneticsTraditions
Lec3: 410_lec3_NatureOfAlleles
Lec4: 410_lec4_PrinciplesOfGeology
Lec5: 410_lec5_FossilsInWithin
Lec6: 410_lec6_Homologies
Lec7: 410_lec7_DirectObservations
Lec8: 410_lec8_TheoryForEvolution
Lec9: 410_lec9_PopulationGenetics
Lec10: 410_lec10_TheBasicModel
Lec11: 410_lec11_FindingTheAllele1
Lec12: 410_lec12_FindingTheAllele2
Lec13: 410_lec13_FindingTheAllele3
Lec14: 410_lec14_FindingTheAllele4
Lec15: Sequence alignment 
Lec16: Alleles and allele frequencies
Lec17: Genotypes and genotype frequencies
Lec18: Testing HW equilibrium
Lec19: Haplotypes and haplotype frequencies
Lec20: 410_lec20_Phylogeny
Tasks:
  1. Make a folder on your desktop or in your flash-drive named “410 Material”.
  2. Choose an animal species or an animal group that you like.
  3. What is the class and order of your favourite animal?
  4. Why did you choose this animal?
  5. How many species does your class, order, and family have?
  6. Open a powerpoint and save it as (YOUR NAME_410).
  7. What is the subfamily of your selected animal species and how many species belong to that sub-family?
  8. What is the genus of your selected animal species and how many species belong to that genus?
  9. Visit NCBI and using the Taxonomy database, search for your taxonomic group.
  10.  

Ode to DNA

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Below is the creative work of my student Mariam Chehadeh, who took my Molecular Genetics course Spring 2023. A very surprising creative work.

My DNA, you inspire me to write!
I adore the way you conserve and express.
Invading my mind day and night.
Always dreaming about your work in progress.

Let me compare you to a unique bouquet.
You are very selfish, precious, and rare.
Your truthful breeze flaps the blueprint dancers of May.
And springtime has the singular spare.

How can I see you? I will count the ways.
Because you are highly intricate and complicated.
Oh, how your helical structure swirls my days!
Though my need for you is anticipated.

Now I must deal with a heavy heart.
Remember my warm words while we are apart.

Intro. to Genomics – Spring 2024

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Class time and location
Mon, Wed – 9:30-10:45 (Room: 1st floor, SCI-S-194)
 Projects:
  1. Reem Alsayegh (Tuatara, Paper).*/
  2. Saad Almutairi (Asian vine snake, Paper)./
  3. Omar Rashdan (Green anole lizard, Paper).*/
  4. Fatmah Alsahly (Australian dragon lizard, Paper).*/
  5. Dana Altaher (King cobra, Paper)./
  6. Narjes Aleissa (Habu, Paper).*/
  7. Nutaila Almahfudhi (Tiger Rattlesnake, Paper)./
  8. Belqees Almutairi (Anguid lizard, Paper).*/
  9. Duaa Shaher (Leopard gecko, Paper)./
  10. Sara Alwohaib (Guatemalan Beaded Lizard, Paper).*/
  11. Amna Alrashid (Burmese python, Paper)./
  12. (Organism: Common Lizard, Paper)./

Crick’s Dogma

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Once again Amna Alrashid shares with us a very nice portrait of Francis Crick with a touch related his idea of the central dogma of molecular biology. Very nice!