This document provides an overview of an introduction to genomics course. The professor introduces himself and provides information about the course structure, including aims, lectures, textbook, exams, grading, and a student project. For the project, each student will be assigned a model organism and tasked with collecting genomic data from papers on that organism and two related organisms over the course of the semester, which they will present at the end. The professor outlines his expectations, availability for questions, and lecturing and testing styles.

1. Lecture 1:
General Introduction
Course 485
Introduction to Genomics

2. AIMS
• You and I.
• What is the class all about?
• Class webpage and lectures.
• Textbook and readings.
• Attendance.
• Lecturing style.
• Exams and questions’ style.
• Grade distribution.
• Project details.

3. Who am I?
• My name is Hasan Alhaddad.
• Ph.D. in Genetics from UC
Davis.
• Studied insects and cats and
does population and evolutionary
genetics for fun.
• I love science and I like to share
this love with everybody
especially you.

4. Where you find me?
• My office is in
1KH room # 45.
• My lab is in 2KH
room # 103.
• I mostly stay in
the lab!

5. When you find me?
• My office hours: TBA.
• My email is:
• hassan.alhaddad@ku.edu.kw
• hhalhaddad@gmail.com
• If you cannot make it to office hours, email me
and we can arrange an alternative time.

6. Who are you?
State your name

7. Class Material and Announcements
hagenetics.org

8. Class Material and Announcements
hagenetics.org

9. Assigned Textbook
• Buying and reading
the book is your
responsibility.
• Please DON’T ask
me if you need the
book.

10. Resources
I studied genomics at UC Davis and learned a
lot from professors there. I will be adopting
ideas and materials they provided for their
lectures and shared via open sources, personal
websites, and by direct contact.

11. Dr. Ian Korf
http://korflab.ucdavis.edu/

12. Dr. Keith Bradnam
http://www.acgt.me/
http://korflab.ucdavis.edu/Bios/bio_keithb.html
Twitter:@kbadnam

13. Lecturing Style
• You will be RESPONSIBLE for the chapters’
readings.
• I may use material that is not included in the
book. Make sure you follow me in the class and
check webpage frequently.
• My powerpoint slides will be uploaded to class
webpage (check table). It is YOUR JOB to print
them and take notes during my lecture.
• There are no stupid questions. So ask me and
do not get lost.

14. Attendance
I DON’T take attendance. You are a responsible
student and you want to learn. No points only for
showing up!

15. Testing style
• My exams are composed of multiple choice,
matching, and short answer questions.
• Questions vary in difficulty.
• Exams dates are fixed (see syllabus).
• I WILL NOT change the dates of the exams.
• If study and read the questions carefully, you
can get a full mark.

16. Grade distribution
Exam 1 20%
60%
Exam 2 20%
Data collection 10%
Presentation 10%
Final Exam 40%
Total 100%
Cumulative Final !

17. Your Project

18. Model Organisms

19. Danio rerio (zebrafish)
Mus musculus (mouse)
Arabidopsis thaliana (plant)
Zea mays (corn)
Bacteriophage (virus)
Escherichia coli (intestines’ bacterium)
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
(budding yeast)
Caenorhabditis elegans
(worm)
Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly)
Your Project
Homo sapiens (You and I)
• You will be (randomly) assigned a model
organism.
• You will get the genome paper of your model
organism and all supplementary material.

20. Your Project
• Links to the model organisms genome papers
can be found on the class webpage.
• You will select 2 additional genome papers of
organisms that are closely related to your
model organism.
• One of the genome papers must be published
after 2010.

21. Your Project
• The three papers will be the base of your
project.
• During the course, I will be asking for items that
you need to extract from the papers (for
example: # genes, %GC et.)
• The data for each organism will be collected
from you periodically (worth 10% of your
grade).

22. Your Project
• You need to keep track of the data your
collected.
• If you fail to submit data when I ask for it, you
will lose points.
• Your objective is to compare between the
three genomes of your related organisms in
parameters defined later.

23. Your Project
• You will be presenting your findings in oral
presentation at the end of the semester (worth
10% of your grade).
• DO NOT PANIC.
• I will guide you to make your presentation a fun
15 min experience.
• The data of all organisms will be jointly
presented by me or my research students.

24. About the course
I will use the chronology of findings in genetics
and molecular biology as the base of a brief
review of concepts needed for the course.

25. Expectations
• You know me, my office location, my contacts and
that my job is to teach and help you.
• You understand your rights and responsibilities.
• You understand my lecturing style, your project,
and my grading system.
• You know it is going to be a fun learning
experience.

26. Disclaimer
Figures, photos, and graphs in my lectures are
collected using google searches. I do not claim to have
personally produced the material (except for some). I
do cite only articles or books used. I thank all owners of
the visual aid that I use and apologize for not citing
each individual item. If anybody finds the inclusion of
their material in my lectures a violation of their copy
rights, please contact me via email.
hhalhaddad@gmail.com