| Date |
Topic |
Reading |
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Section 1: Building a Cell |
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| M Aug. 27 |
Intro/syllabus - Universality of Biology [NOTES] |
1 |
| W Aug. 29 |
Intro to organelles & cytoskeleton [NOTES] |
1, pp. 487-500 |
| F Aug. 31 |
Cytoskeleton (cont.); Chemistry of a cell [NOTES] |
1, 2 |
| M Sept. 3 |
No class - Labor Day |
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| W Sept. 5 |
Building blocks & polymers: lipids [NOTES] |
2 |
| F Sept. 7 |
Membrane structure [NOTES] |
2, pp. 365-376 |
| M Sept. 10 |
Polymers: polysaccharides & nucleic acids [NOTES] |
2, pp. 106-115 |
| W Sept. 12 |
Nucleic acids (cont.) |
2, pp. 169-176 |
| F Sept. 14 |
Peptide bond and polypeptides [NOTES] |
4 |
| M Sept. 17 |
Protein structure [NOTES] |
4 |
| W Sept. 19 |
Prions & CWD; Protein folding (cont.) |
4 |
| F Sept. 21 |
Reactions, enzymes and enzyme kinetics [NOTES] |
pp. 83-105 |
| M Sept. 24 |
Exam 1 |
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Section 2: Flow of Energy |
|
| W Sept. 26 |
Energy and equilibrium [NOTES] |
3 |
| F Sept. 28 |
Membrane transport & transporters [NOTES] |
12 |
| M Oct. 1 |
Ion channels & nerve signaling [NOTES] |
12 |
| W Oct. 3 |
Catabolism: glycolysis & fermentation [NOTES] |
3, 13 |
| F Oct. 5 |
Citric acid cycle: energy conversion [NOTES] |
3, 13 |
| M Oct. 8 |
Electron transport & ATP synthesis [NOTES] |
14 |
| W Oct. 10 |
ATP synthesis (cont.) |
14 |
| F Oct. 12 |
No class - Eid Ul-Fitr |
14 |
| M Oct. 15 |
Photosynthetic electron transport [NOTES] |
14 |
| W Oct. 17 |
Photosynthetic carbon fixation (cont.) |
14 |
| F Oct. 19 |
Exam 2 |
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|
Section 3: Flow of Information |
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| M Oct. 22 |
The Central Dogma, chromosomes & DNA structure [NOTES] |
5 |
| W Oct. 24 |
DNA replication [NOTES] |
5, 6 |
| F Oct. 26 |
DNA repair (cont.) |
6, 7 |
| M Oct. 29 |
Transcription [NOTES] |
7, 8 |
| W Oct. 31 |
Promoters, and post-transcriptional processing (cont.) |
7, 8 |
| F Nov. 2 |
The genetic code [NOTES]; Ribosomes, tRNAs, & translation [NOTES] |
7 |
| M Nov. 5 |
Translation (cont.); Protein sorting [NOTES] |
15 |
| W Nov. 7 |
Regulation of gene expression [NOTES] |
8 |
| F Nov. 9 |
Regulation of gene expression (cont.) |
8 |
| M Nov. 12 |
Exam 3 |
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Section 4: Building Multi-cellular Tissues and Organs |
|
| W Nov. 14 |
Cytoskeleton & muscle function [NOTES] |
17 |
| F Nov. 16 |
Extracellular matrix [NOTES] |
21 |
| M Nov. 19 |
Cell-cell junctions [NOTES] |
21 |
| W Nov. 21-F Nov. 23 |
No class - Thanksgiving Recess |
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| M Nov. 26 |
Cell cycle regulation [NOTES] |
18, 19, 20 |
| W Nov. 28 |
Mitosis [NOTES] |
18, 21 |
| F Nov. 30 |
Mitosis & meiosis (cont.) |
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| M Dec. 3 |
Hormones & receptors [NOTES] |
16 |
| W Dec. 5 |
Receptors & second messengers (cont.) |
16 |
| F Dec. 7 |
Disrupted regulation: cancer [NOTES] |
21 |
| Mon. Dec. 10 |
Final Exam 2:45 -4:45 pm (covering the last section only)
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