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Lecture
*BIO 493 students only (Exams) ** BIO 4031 students only (Papers)
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Read
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HW
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1/17
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A brief history of time as a biological variable
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1/19
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Biological clocks, constant conditions, model systems
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1/24
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Entrainment Theory
Phase response curves
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2
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1/26
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Introduction to class experiment (by Ms. Seol Hee Im)
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3
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1/31
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...dawn to dusk and jet lag
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2/2
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A clock for all seasons
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4
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2/7
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Physiology of Circadian Systems:
...in plants: light perception, pacemakers & outputs
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5
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2/9
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...in molluscs: light perception, pacemakers, outputs
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2/14
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...in arthropods: light perception, pacemakers, outputs
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6
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2/16
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...in birds & reptiles: light perception, pacemakers, outputs
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7
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2/21
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*Exam I (Covers material through 2/14) |
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2/23
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...in mammals: light perception pacemakers and outputs
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8
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2/28
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...in mammals: multioscillators and single cell pacemakers
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3/2
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Analyses of periodic data; Enter experiment data in NSLC.
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3/7
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Cellular and Molecular Basis of Circadian Timing:
... in Drosophila and mammals: pacemakers
Experiment data due (Assignment #11) |
9
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3/9
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...in mammals: light perception, pacemakers, and more outputs
(by Dr. Russ Van Gelder) |
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3/14
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Spring Break |
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3/21
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...in Drosophila: light perception & outputs (by Dr. Paul Taghert)
**Experiment outline due
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11
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3/23
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...in fungi & plants: light perception, pacemakers, and more outputs
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3/28
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...in protists: light perception, pacemakers, and more outputs
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3/30
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Evolution of Circadian Clocks
**Experiment manuscript due
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4/4
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Clock uses:
…Adaptive Significance
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4/6
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…Photoperiodism in plants and animals
**Review article outline due
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4/11
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...Sleep: from flies to people (by Dr. Paul Shaw)
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4/13
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…Endocrine rhythms (by Dr. Louis Muglia)
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4/18
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*Exam II (Covers material through 4/6) |
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4/20
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Other Biological clocks:
...Tidal, lunar, circannual rhythms
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4/25
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When clocks break:
...Shift work, arrhythmia, dysrhythmia and depression |
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4/27
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Clock repair:
...Chronotherapy and melatonin madness (Case studies)
**Review article due
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