Post-Transcriptional Regulatory Mechanisms
Advanced Course MIC 759 - Fall Semester 2008

Coursemasters: Peter Burrows and David Bedwell

General comments: this three-credit course will split time between faculty lectures, student presentations, and in-class discussions.

Class Schedule: 90 minute class meetings will be held from 2:00 PM-3:30 PM on Tuesdays and Thursdays each week in McCauley conference room (BBRB 263).

Grading: Attendance (class and seminar), class participation, quality of student presentations (click here for schedule), grant proposal (10 page) (click here for grant proposal guidelines), and study section participation to review grants (click here for general and specific review guidelines).
Schedule Revised: October 9, 2008
Please note: Effective 9/16/08 class will be held in BBRB 170.

Class #
Date
Discussion Topic Presenter
1
08/21/08 Organizational Meeting [PPT] Bedwell/Burrows
  
     
2
08/26/08 Translational Regulation [PPT] Thompson
  
 
Reviews: Nature Reviews Mol. Cell Biol. 2004
Annu. Rev. Biochem 2004
  Nature 2005
Primary Research Articles:
  Amrani et al., Nature, 2008
Braunstein et al., Mol. Cell 2007
Deng et al., Genes Dev. 2008
Pisarev et al., EMBO J. 2008
Pisarev et al., Cell 2007
Terenin et al., Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol. 2008
 
3
08/28/08 Translational Regulation - Student Presentation [PPT] Alison Dean
  
   Deng et al., Genes Dev. 2008  
    Terenin et al., Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol. 2008  
4
09/02/08 Translational Regulation - Student Presentation [PPT] Marla Hertz
  
  Amrani et al., Nature, 2008  
    Braunstein et al., Mol. Cell 2007  
5
09/04/08 Cytoplasmic mRNA Turnover [PPT] Keeling
   
 
Reviews: Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol. 2004
  Genes Dev. 2007
Nature Reviews Mol. Cell Biol. 2007
Primary Research Articles:
  Brengues et al., Science 2005
Eberle et al., PLoS Biol. 2008
Franks & Lykke-Anderson, Genes Dev. 2007
Sheth and Parker, Science 2003
Singh et al., PLoS Bio. 2008
Yamashita et al., Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol. 2005
 
6
09/09/08 Cytoplasmic mRNA Turnover - Student Presentation [PPT] Charu Shukla
  
  Eberle et al., PLoS Biol. 2008  
    Singh et al., PLoS Bio. 2008  
09/11/08 Cytoplasmic mRNA Turnover - Student Presentation [PPT] Philip Webber
  
  Sheth and Parker, Science 2003  
    Yamashita et al., Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol. 2005  
8
09/16/08 MicroRNAs and Gene Silencing [PPT] Burrows
    
Reviews: Annu. Rev. Cell Dev. Biol. 2007
  Nat. Rev. Genet. 2008
Cell Death Differ. 2007
Primary Research Articles:
  Ma et al., Nature 2007
  Tavazoie et al., Nature 2008
Faghihi et al., Nat. Med. 2008
Grimm et al., Nature 2006
Kong et al., PNAS 2008
Koralov et al., Cell 2008
Reeves et al., Science 2007
Robbins et al., Hum. Gene Ther. 2008
Selbach et al., Nature 2008
Stern-Ginossar et al., Science 2007
Vasudevan et al., Science 2007
Ventura et al., Cell 2008
 
9
09/18/08 MicroRNAs and Gene Silencing - Student Presentation [PPT] Erin White
    Ma et al., Nature 2007  
    Tavazoie et al., Nature 2008  
  
09/18/08 MicroRNAs and Gene Silencing - Student Presentation [PPT] Chen-Chung Lin
    Faghihi et al., Nat. Med. 2008  
    Reeves et al., Science 2007  
10
09/23/08 MicroRNAs and Gene Silencing - Student Presentation [PPT] Chao Li
  
  Kong et al., PNAS 2008  
    Vasudevan et al., Science 2007  
11
09/25/08 Nuclear mRNA Surveillance [PPT] Bedwell
    
Reviews: Cell Review, 2007
  Nature Reviews Mol. Cell Biol., 2006
  Curr. Opin. Cell Biol. Review 2005
  Science 2007
Primary Research Articles:
  Buvoli et al., PLoS One 2007
  LaCava et al., Cell 2005
  Rougemaille et al., EMBO J. 2007
  Saguez et al., Mol. Cell 2008
  Hilleren et al., Mol. Cell 2003
  Vinciguerra et al., EMBO J. 2005
 
12
09/30/08 Nuclear mRNA Surveillance - Student Presentation [PPT] Dan Wang
  
  Rougemaille et al., EMBO J. 2007  
    Saguez et al., Mol. Cell 2008  
13
10/02/08 Nuclear mRNA Surveillance - Student Presentation [PPT] Charu Shukla
    Hilleren et al., Mol. Cell 2003  
    Buvoli et al., PLoS One 2007  
  
  Nuclear mRNA Surveillance - Student Presentation [PPT] Chang-Hyun Kim
    LaCava et al., Cell 2005  
    Vinciguerra et al., EMBO J. 2005  
14
10/07/08 Translational Recoding [PPT] Bedwell
    
Reviews: Mol. Cell, 2004
  Curr. Pharmacogenomics, 2005
  Optional Reference: Cell, 2002
Primary Research Articles:
  Kerem et al., Lancet 2008
  Herr et al., EMBO J. 2000
  Small-Howard et al., Mol. Cell. Biol. 2006
  Manktelow et al., 2005
  Barton-Davis et al., J. Clin. Invest., 1999
  Welch et al., Nature 2007
 
15
10/09/08 Translational Recoding - Student Presentation [PPT] Dan Wang
    Barton-Davis et al., J. Clin. Invest., 1999  
    Welch et al., Nature 2007  
16
10/14/08 Translational Recoding - Student Presentation [PPT] Marla Hertz
  
  Manktelow et al., 2005  
    Herr et al., EMBO J. 2000  
17
10/16/08 No Class  
       
18
10/21/08 Post-Translational Modifications [PPT] Justement
   
Overall Reviews: Hunter, Mol. Cell 2007
  Seet et al., Nature Reviews Mol. Cell Biol. 2006
Regulation of p53
  Review: Brooks & Gu, Mol. Cell 2006
Primary Research Articles:
  Yang et al., Nat. Cell Biol. 2006
Okamoto et al., Mol. Cell. Biol. 2005
Lu et al., Cancer Cell 2007
Activation of NF-kB
  Reviews: Gao & Karin, Mol. Cell 2005
Sebban et al., TRENDS Cell Biol. 2006
Primary Research Articles:
  Ea et al., Mol. Cell 2006
  Wertz et al., Nature 2004
  Lee et al., Science 2005
 
19
10/23/08 Post-Translational Modifications - Student Presentation [PPT] Chao Li
    Yang et al., Nat. Cell Biol. 2006  
   10/23/08 Post-Translation Modifications - Student Presentation [PPT] Chen-Chung Lin
   
  Lee et al., Science 2005  
20
10/28/08 Post-Translational Modifications - Student Presentation [PPT] Philip Webber
    Okamoto et al., Mol. Cell. Biol. 2005  
   
10/28/08 Post-Translational Modifications - Student Presentation [PPT] Xiaoyuan Zhu
    Wertz et al., Nature 2004  
       
21
10/30/08 The Unfolded Protein Response [PPT] Hendershot
  
  
Reviews: Cell, 2001
  Seminars in Cell & Dev. Biol., 2007
  Nature Rev. Mol. Cell Biol. 2007
  SVNY322, 2006
Primary Research Articles:
  Yoshida et al., JCB 2006
  Hetz et al., Science 2006
  Obeng et al., Blood 2008
  Netherton et al., J Virol. 2004
  Brunsing et al., J. Biol. Chem. 2008
  Skalet et al., J. Biol. Chem. 2005
  Bernales et al., PLoS 2006
  Li et al., Cell Death & Diff. 2008
  Bischof et al., PLoS 2008
  Okuda-Shimizu & Hendershot, Mol. Cell 2007
  Hollien et al., Science 2006
 
22
11/04/08 Unfolded Protein Response - Student Presentation Erin White
    Bischof et al., PLoS 2008  
  11/04/08 Unfolded Protein Response - Student Presentation [PPT] Chang-Hyun Kim
    Okuda-Shimizu & Hendershot, Mol. Cell 2007  
23
11/06/08 Unfolded Protein Response - Student Presentation [PPT] Xiaoyuan Zhu
    Li et al., Cell Death & Diff. 2008  
  11/06/08 Unfolded Protein Response - Student Presentation [PPT] Alison Dean
    Hollien et al., Science 2006  
25
11/18/08 Grants Due  
   
26
11/25/08 Study Section Bedwell/Burrows
     
      
 
     
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