WKU Genome Discovery and Exploration Program    

The NGRI course focuses on freshman and spans the entire freshman year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How does the program work?

• In the GDEP program you will sign up for a two-semester discovery science course designed to give you an authentic research experience.
• The course is designed for new undergraduates. 
• The class is limited to 20 students so apply today. 
• It draws on themes and techniques from biology, microbiology, molecular biology, genomics and bioinformatics.

 

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Fall Term

• Students Isolate and purify bacteriophage from the environment and characterize them using a variety of laboratory techniques including electron microscopy and DNA analysis.

Winter Break

• Each class chooses one purified DNA sample to send to the Joint Genome Institute for sequencing.

Spring Term

• Students download the genome sequence and use bioinformatics tools to identify genes and regulatory sequences (= genome annotation)