Intro. to Genomics – Spring 2022

Class time and location
Mon, Wed – 9:30-10:45 (Room: SCI-S-218)
Important dates:
Exam 1: Monday 4/4/2022
Exam 2: Wednesday 11/5/2022
 All Presentations due: Wednesday 1/6/2022-6pm
Final Exam: Monday 13/6/20222 – 8:00-10:00

* Paper tasks
* General organism info
* Following instructions
* Presentation tasks
@ Did exceptional work
Projects:
  1. Carica papaya (Nusrat Jahan): paper, sup. materialpresentation: .***@/
  2. Vitis vinifera (Fatemah Alshaikh): paper, sup. materialpresentation: .*/
  3. Citrullus lanatus (Loulwa Alsalali): papersup. materialpresentation: .*/
  4. Cucumis melo (Shekha Alshemeri): papersup. materialpresentation: .***/
  5. Hevea brasiliensis (Abdullah Alshamali): papersup. materialpresentation: .*/
  6. Dalbergia odorifera (Batoul Shakhi): papersup. materialpresentation: .*/
  7. Durio zibethinus (Amnah Alshammari): papersup. materialpresentation: .*@/
  8. Prunus mume (Lama Alhajeri): papersup. materialpresentation: .*/
  9. Prunus persica (Mlehah Almurtaji): papersup. materialpresentation: .@/
  10. Pyrus bretschneideri (Razan Alsejari): papersup. materialpresentation: .*@/
  11. Rubus occidentalis (Lulwah Alsenan): paper, sup. material, presentation: .*@/
  12. Eriobotrya japonica (Sheimaa Ali): papersup. materialpresentation: .*/
  13. Theobroma cacao (Kawthar Akbar): papersup. materialpresentation: ./
 

Summer 2021 creativity

حسين خزعل (٢٨١)
كويتي يسأل صاحبه المصري: شنو يعني (DNA)
قال له: اختصار ل دي نتيجة اهلك

 هبة الله حسن (٢٨١)
– قالوا: رايحين فين. قلت: hairpin من البيت
– إن شاء الله السنة الجاية نروح NHEJ
– قلت: ماما يصير اكل بيتزا؟ قالت: E coli
– الفيلم صارله ٣ ساعات وهذا للحين mammal
– ال (ATP) على النظر

 علي جابر (٢٨١)

هبة الله حسن (٢٨١)

نورة ناصر (٢٨١)

ريم السويل (٢٨١)


سلمى ضيف (٢٨١)

Intro to Genomics – Fall 2021

Projects:
  1. Clonorchis sinensis (Sarah Zakzak): paperpresentation: SaraZaqzaq_485./
  2. Echinococcus multilocularis (Hanan Alshuraian): paperpresentation: HananAlshuraian_485.*/
  3. Schistosoma haematobium (Ali Ahmad): paperpresentation: AliAhmad_485.*/
  4. Schistosoma japonicum (Dalal Alnisof): paperpresentation: DalalAlnisof_485./
  5. Schistosoma mansoni (Arwa Khalil): paperpresentation: ArwaKhaled_485./
  6. Ancylostoma ceylanicum (Kaled Yacob): paperpresentation: KhaledYacob_485.**/
  7. Ascaris suum (Nora Alsaeed): paperpresentation: NoraAlsaeed_485./
  8. Brugia malayi (Hajar Alhajeri): paperpresentation: HajarAlhajiri_485./
  9. Loa loa (Mahdi Ghaedi): paperpresentation: MehdiGhaedi_485./
  10. Necator americanus (Mutlaq Alobayed): paperpresentation: MotluqAlobuied_485.***/
  11. Trichuris trichiura (Abrar Alsharaf): paperpresentation: AbrarAlsharaf_485./
  12. Eisenia fetida (Ahmad Dashti): paperpresentation: AhmadDashti_485.**/

Research Topics and Seminar I: Fall 2021

* No self-evaluation
* No peer-evaluation
* No response to peer evaluation
* No camera
* Absence
* No presentation
Participants:
  1. Maryam Alshiha – MS./
  2. Afnan Mohamed – AM.*/
  3. Mayar Albdawi – MB./
  4. Safeyah Alqabandi – SQ.*/
  5. Ahmad Alfoudari – AA.*/
  6. Zainab Mohammad – ZM./
  7. Abdulwahab Aldousari – AD./

Seminar Topics: Biotechnology of Animal and plant products.

HA selected examples:

Your presentation should include:
  1. Title, student name, course, presentation date-slide.
  2. Paper front page and abstract-slide.
  3. General info about the organism-slide(s).
  4. General info about the problem/goal of the study-slide(s).
  5. General description about the methods used-silde(s).
  6. Result (each figure or table in a separate slide).
  7. Discussion slide about the usefulness of the study.
  8. A final slide about your ideas/suggestions/ethical issues for implementing such studies in Kuwait.
To Do:
  1.  Search for a biotechnology research paper that is related to the seminar topic and send a pdf to your instructor for approval.
  2. Make a powerpoint file named (YourName_501).
  3. Send a copy of your presentation a day before your actual presentation.
  4. Non-presenters should read the paper and prepare to engage in discussion.
  5. If it is possible, we will repeat the process with a second publication.
Useful files:
  1. Powerpoint presentation template ().
  2. Self evaluation template ().
  3. Peer evaluation template ().
  4. Response of peer evaluation template ().
Topics:
Seminar 1 – 26/10/21: Course planning, scientific publications, finding good ones
– HA

Seminar 2 – 02/11/21: How to read a scientific paper? – HA

Seminar 3 – 09/11/21: Making a good presentation – HA

Seminar 4 – 16/11/21: Development of a system for efficient callus production, somatic embryogenesis and gene editing using CRISPR/Cas9 in Safron (Crocus sativus L.) – MS (Plant production), Presentation: MaryamAlshiha_501

Seminar 5 – 23/11/21: Generation of microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii expressing shrimp antiviral dsRNA without supplementation of antibiotics – AM (Animal production), Presentation: AfnanKhaled_510

Seminar 6 – 30/11/21: Engineering canker-resistant plants through CRISPR/Cas9-targeted editing of the susceptibility gene CsLOB1promoter in citrus – MB (Plant production), Presentation: MayarAlbadawi_510

Seminar 7 – 07/12/21: Production of artificial synthetic spidroin gene 4S-transgenic cloned sheep embryos using somatic cell nuclear transfer – SQ (Animal production), Presentation:

Seminar 8 – 14/12/21: Targeted delivery of nanomaterials with chemical cargoes in plants enabled by a biorecognition motif – AA (Plant production), Presentation:

Seminar 9 – 21/12/21: The application of bioflocs technology to protect brine shrimp (Artemia franciscana) from pathogenic Vibrio harveyi – ZM (Animal production), Presentation:

Seminar 10 – 28/12/21: Production of bioplastic from potato peel waste and investigation of its biodegradability – AD (Plant production), Presentation:

Seminar 11 – 04/01/22: In vitro characterization of goat skeletal muscle satellite cells – MS, MB (Animal production)

Seminar 12 – 11/01/22: Coffea arabica L. Resistant to Coffee Berry Borer (Hypothenemus hampei) Mediated by Expression of the Bacillus thuringiensis Cry10Aa Protein – MA, SQ, ZM (Plant production)

Seminar 13 – 18/01/22: Mass spider silk production through targeted gene replacement in Bombyx mori – AA, AD (Animal production)

 

Very nice student email – Amnah Almousawi

السلام عليكم دكتور
يعطيك العافية
و اسفه على الازعاج مقدماً
بس امس كنت اسوي هذا الفيديو و تذكرت انه أنت الي زرعت فينا هذا الشي من بداية دخولي التخصص فحبيت أشارك اياه
كنت دايماً تقول لنا عكسوا شخصياتها و اسقاطاتكم على العلم الي تدرسونه
و من أول يوم درست فيه الـDNA replication و انا احس انه هذا الشعر يعكس هذي الظاهره بشكل كبير و كأن إحدى أشرطة الـDNA تعاتب الأخرى لأنها تركتها و ارتبطت بشريط جديد
يا أخي أين عَهدُ ذاك الإخاءِ …. أين ما كان بيننا من صفاءِ
أين مصداقُ شاهدٍ كان يحكي …. أنك المخلصُ الصحيحُ الإخاءِ
تركتْني ولم أكن سَيِّئَ الظن …. نِ أسيءُ الظنونَ بالأصدقاءِ
يا أخي هَبْكَ لم تهبْ ليَ من سَع …. يك حظاً كسائر الأخلاءِ
أَفَلا كان منك ردٌّ جميلٌ …. فيه للنّفس راحةٌ من عَناءِ
شكرا جزيلا
آمنة الموسوي

Creative work/ideas 2020/2021

طلال العنزي (٢٨١)
خلك مثل ال (methionine) ما يبدأ شي إلا فيه
(DNA helicase) حاله حال الشريجة. تفرق الريال عن مرته

Heifa Hussain Muhumed (281)

“Quud aan loo joogin loomaquryakurto” 

Rarely do non-Somali speakers, understand the above folkish saying, “quud” stands for food (e.g., food ingredients, قوت) and “quryo” for firewood (حطب), meaning in the absence of ingredients in this case “quud”, don’t sit the fire for coking “quryo”.
 
In my opinion there is no better example than the lac operon in bacteria, where the metabolic enzyme for lactose are not transcripted in absence of lactose. In Somali, this quote is a metaphor for realizing reality and not get carried away with false dreams, for example a person can’t go to war if he doesn’t have the required skills or a person can’t travel by a plane without a passport unless you are the queen of England.
Basically, without the necessary requirement don’t engage in work you can’t do, it’s a bit on the dark side,  nonetheless only when you understand yourself and known your ability and skills then you can truly improve.   

Amna Alrashed (281)

ريم محمد (٢٨١)
methionine دوره كقائد مثل قول الشاعر: 
وإن صخراً لتأتم الهدى به 
كأنه علم في رأسه نار

Noor Khanafer (281)
They say keep moving forward and never look back.
They say your mistakes can’t be fixed.
But why don’t they say: (1) you need to UAA, UAG, or UGA, (2) go 3’ -> 5’ in your life read your mistakes correct them, and (3) then take the 5’ -> 3’ road again?

Fatimah Alshaikh (281)

Hala Alenzi (281)
  • لا راحت كورونا mRNA .
  • سلاماً على من مرّ على ت mRNA فحلّاهُ.
  • التطعيم UGA ولا ما UGA ؟
  • يوم اقبّلت tRNA لها انا وشوقي والنسيم.

Lolwa Alkharji (281)
من CpG لبق 🙂

Heba Danoun (281)
يا طلاب وانتو داخلين الاختبار خليكم نفس الDNA polymerase ، بعد كل سؤال اتأكدوا انه جوابكم صح واعملو proofreading لأجوبتكم ، واذا طلعتو من الاختبار واتكشفتو انه عندكم غلط ، تذكروا انه غلطكم اهون من الmutation in DNA.

This is my sketch and analogy between the abortive initiation of RNA pol ll and cars:
“بعملية ال Transcription in Eukaryotes.
ال RNA pol ll بيشبه السيارة اللي كنا نلعب فيها و لازم نرجعلها لورا بالأول عشان تنطلق لقدام ، وايدينا اللي كانت ترجع السيارة لورا هي البروتينات اللي ماسكة الRNA pol ll .
وكل ما RNA pol ll يطلع لقدام ويرجع بيكوّن RNA قصير غير مكتمل النمو ، وهاد الاشي هو ال abortive initiation.
بعدين منفلت ايدينا عن السيارة نفس لما ال RNA pol ll يفك ارتباطه عن بعض البروتينات اللي ماسكة فيه وبينطلق عشان يكون النا mRNA .”

Hajar Ali (281)
عمليه ال (transcription) نفس الكروشيه الايد اهي ال (transcription bubble) والسناره اهي ال (core enzyme) والشريط اللي ناتج اهو ال (RNA) 
 
جوا الدار قردة وبرا الدار وردة
جوا ال (DNA) (gene)، وبرا ال (DNA) (phenotype)
 

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