Week                             Date                         Lecture Topic                                                  Reading List

   1                                 Nov. 6                      Overview and introduction

   2                                 Nov. 8                      Regulation of phase variation in bacteria                       1

   2                                 Nov. 13                    DNA methylation in eukaryotes                                   2

   3                                 Nov. 15                    DNA methylation and gene silencing                            3

   3                                 Nov. 20                    Transposable elements                                                 4

   4                                 Nov. 22                    Transposable elements and gene silencing                     5

   4                                 Nov. 22                  Thanksgiving holiday, no class

   5                                 Nov. 27                    Epigenetics in yeast                                                      6

   5                                 Nov. 29                    Gene silencing in yest                                                   6

   6                                 Dec. 4                       Epigenetics in drosophila                                             7

   6                                 Dec. 6                      Gene silencing in drosophila                                         8

   7                                 Dec. 11                     Final Exam