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DNA to Disease: Genetics for Non-Biologists
What is a gene? What is DNA? How do these make proteins? What goes wrong and causes disease in the human body? We will look at the genetic code, how this helps protein formation as well as how errors in DNA can lead to disease. This training course is tailored for those who are new to genetics, or who work alongside biologists in different disciplines.
Following this course, you will:
- Understand the concept of DNA and how traits are inherited from one generation to the next
- Understand what genes are and how they code for different proteins
- Understand the role of different proteins in making different cell types
- Understand some of the processes by which genetic disease can occur
Hourly Schedule
- 10:00 - 10:30
- Introductions
- Registration, Orientation, Coffee, Icebreaker and H&S
- 10:30 - 12:30
- DNA: The unit of inheritance
- Studying the journey from DNA code to functional proteins
- 12:30 - 13:00
- Lunch
- 13:00 - 14:45
- Genetic disease
- Non-functional proteins and how disease can be caused by genetic changes
- 14:45 - 15:00
- Tea and coffee break
- 15:00 - 16:00
- Genes, alleles and dominance
- Modification of the mouse genome
- 16:00 - 17:00
- Tour (optional)
- Mary Lyon Centre