Pathways Project: Annotation Videos
This series of videos is intended to help GEP students annotate a Pathways Project gene from start to finish.
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Why Study the F Element?
This video provides a 50-minute talk on our motivation and progress for the F Element “expansion” Project. The talk briefly introduces the
- C-value paradox (2 slides);
- the need to silence repeats (3 slides);
- basic chromatin structure (3 slides);
- heterochromatin and the F Element (6 slides);
- mapping the F Element in D. melanogaster for repeats and heterochromatin structure (10 slides);
- examining the Transcription Start Site, looking for regulatory motifs (6 slides);
- describing the “F Element expansion” project and our initial findings (8 slides).
The slide set used in the video is provided as a PowerPoint (automatic download) and a PDF Handout using the buttons below.
Gene Annotation of Genomic DNA
Dr. James Bedard with students Amber Harlan and Joshua Machone presented a walkthrough on their annotation projects for a lunchtime talk series at Adams State College.
FlyBase for Undergrads
Dr. Hui-Min Chung (University of West Florida) and her students have developed an instructional video aimed at introducing undergraduate students to the research tools available at FlyBase.