Honors Collegium 70AL: Gene Discovery Laboratory Spring 2008

sponsored by National Science Foundation

Honors Collegium 70AL
Gene Discovery Laboratory
Professor Bob Goldberg
Spring 2008

Final Symposium Schedule


6/5/2008

(Click on the links to download the Powerpoint presentation. For videos of the final presentation, click here.)

Introduction to Project and Methods (45 minutes)

1.   Introduction to Seed Development and Arabidopsis Embryo Development & Arabidopsis as a Model System to Study Plant Genes (15 minutes)
        Presented by Benson, Maria and Kristin

2.   Introduction to the Methods and Approaches Used to Identify and Study Arabidopsis Seed Knock–Out Mutants (15 minutes)
        Presented by Nancy, Harry, Matt and Andreea

3.   Introduction to the Methods and Approaches Used to Determine When/Where a Gene is Active in the Arabidopsis Life Cycle and How to Isolate the Upstream Regulatory Region of a Specific Gene (15 minutes)
        Presented by Krista and Auni

Controls (20 minutes)

1.   Introduction to titan 1: Tubulin-Folding Cofactor D (10 minutes)
        Presented by Ryan York

2.   Introduction to dicer-like: RNA Helicase (10 minutes)
        Presented by Andreea Caratas

Break (5 minutes)

Presentation of Data (10 minutes each)

1.   The GT2-Related Protein and LOB-Domain Containing Protein Families (10 minutes)
        Presented by Bensen Fan

2.   The C3HC4-Type RING Zinc Finger and MYB Transcription Factor Families (10 minutes)
        Presented by Matt Taube

3.   The B-Box Type Zinc Finger and Jasmonate-ZIM Domain Protein Families (10 minutes)
        Presented by Auni Hovanesian

4.   The SET-Domain Containing Protein and MYB Transcription Factor Families (10 minutes)
        Presented by Maria Garcia

5.   The PHD-Type Zine Finer Transcription Factor and B3-Domain Transcription Factor Families (10 minutes)
        Presented by Nancy Gallardo

Break (10 minutes)

6.   The SET-Domain Containing Protein and MYB Families (10 minutes)
        Presented by Kristin Gill

7.   The C2H2 Zinc Finger Transcription Factor Family (10 minutes)
        Presented by Andreea Caratas

8.   The B-Box Type Zinc Finger and Forkhead-Associated/SMAD Domain Transcription Factor Families (10 minutes)
        Presented by Krista Templeton

9.  The Heat Shock Transcription Factor Family (10 minutes)
        Presented by Ryan York

10. The bHLH and B3-Domain Transcription Factor Families (10 minutes)
        Presented by Harry Tannenbaum