[bio491-2014][iiser-p]

Schedule of Faculty Modules

Date from Date to Name of faculty Topic Papers Assignments (NEW)
10-Feb-2014 11-Feb-2014 Kundan Sengupta Targetting the cancer genome [1] Barretina et al. (2012) Cancer cell line encyclopedia... Nature 483:603 [2] Garnett (2012) Systematic identification of genomic markers for drug sensitivity in cancer cells. sensitivity of cancer Nature 483:570. [link to PDFs] Based on the paper discussion (on Cancer cell line encyclopedia published in Nature) and the background literature/discussions on copy number variation and genome instability, highlight the major arguments in favor of and against the use of cell lines as a model for cancer therapy.

DEADLINE for submission: 19-Feb-2014

Mode of submission: Email Dr. K. Sengupta kunsen @ iiserpune. etc.

17-Feb-2014 10-Mar-2014 Girish Ratnaparkhi Protein engineering Link to papers and lecture notes As per instructions in class.
11-Mar-2014 11-Mar-2014 Chaitanya Athale TBA
21-Feb-2014 27-Feb-2014 - Mid-semester exam break
18-Mar-2014 25-Mar-2014 Mrinalini Puranik Label-free imaging
01-Apr-2014 08-Apr-2014 Farhat Habib Phylogeny algorithms
18-Apr-2014 18-Apr-2014 - Literature review submission deadline


Last updated: 9-Mar-2014