The first session of this class (i.e., January 10) will occur via Zoom.   If you do not already have the Zoom link for the class, please email Jeff Thorne (thorne@ncsu.edu).

 The second session will consist of a Zoom meeting plus submitting a survey through moodle to acquaint you with the moodle website for this course. Grades will be posted on moodle and you will throughout the semester be expected to submit some assignments through moodle.

Following the first week of the semester (i.e., starting Jan. 19), plans are to have in-person sessions for the remainder of the semester, but these plans will be revised if the pandemic situation warrants revision.

Assignments related to a lecture topic will be posted on the individual course website of whichever lecturer covers the material.   The two instructors will maintain those individual websites throughout the course.   Also, there is one moodle website for the course and at times you will be asked to submit assignmnets via the Moodle website. For your convenience, some assignments may be indicated on the moodle calender.

 

Evolutionary Medicine 2022 Schedule

 

Jan. 10       Introduction (JT + MNF, Synchronous Zoom Lecture) 

Jan. 12       Basic evolutionary principles (MNF + JT, Synchronous Zoom lecture and survey due) 

                   

Jan. 17       Martin Luther King Holiday (no class)  

Jan. 19       Basic evolutionary principles continued (MNF) 

                   

Jan. 24       Natural selection/genetic drift in the maintenance of disease (MNF) 

Jan. 26       Mechanisms continued.   What is an adaptation? (MNF)

                   

Jan. 31       Adaptation and evolutionary medicine (MNF) 

Feb. 2       Senescence, breast cancer, and adaptation (MNF) 

                   

Feb. 7      Midterm I  

Feb. 9      Phylogenetics (JT)

                   

Feb. 14        HIV   (JT)

Feb. 16        Epidemiology and evolution, Influenza  (JT)

                  

Feb. 21      Population genetics (JT)

Feb. 23     COVID-19 (JT)  

                   

Feb. 28      Advanced COVID-19 (Lenora Kepler, guest lecture)

March 2      Organization of human genetic variation (JT)

               

March 7      Midterm II  

March 9      Considerations of adaptation on the macro level: parasitism, and mutualism (MNF)   

                

March 14       No class - Spring Break

March 16       No class - Spring Break  

                 

March 21 Genetic pest management, Cancer (JT)

March 23   Cancer continued. (JT) 

                 

March 28    Cancer and evolution (Dr. Jason Somarelli)

March 30    Mismatches revisited and other considerations (MNF)                   

April 4     Guest Lecture by Dr. William Parker

April 6     Human evolution and the future (JT)

                   

April 11        Student presentations

April 13        Midterm III

                   

April 18       Student presentations

Apr. 20       Student presentations

                   

Apr. 25       Student presentations

                   

May 4       Take-home final due at 6PM