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Bio 211A I Bio 340 I Bio 464 I Bio 468/568

C. CLASS SYLLABUS

Lectures will be held in PH1-223 Mondays and Wednesdays, 2.00-3.15 p.m. You are responsible for all announcements, assignments, handouts, etc. even if you are late or absent from class.

Required text; Molecular Cell Biology (3rd Edition, 1995; ISBN# 07-7167-2380-8) by Lodish, Baltimore, Beck, Zipursky, Matsudaira and Darnell.  American Scientific Books.
 
 
Lecture Date Topic Chapter
1 Jan 25 Outline of course syllabus & introduction to cells.  1
2 Jan 27 Biochemical Foundations 2
3 Feb 1 Bioenergetics 2
4 Feb 3 Protein Structure and Function 3
5 Feb 8 Nucleic Acids Structure and Function 4
6 Feb 10 Genetic Code and Protein Synthesis 4
----- Feb 15* Presidents Day (Campus Closed) ---
7 Feb 17 Experimental techniques in cell biology I (Research Paper Abstract Due) 1-8
8 Feb 22 Experimental techniques in cell biology II 1-8
9 Feb 24 Experimental techniques in cell biology III 1-8
10 Mar 1 Mid Term I ---
11 Mar 3 Cell Organization, Organellar Function and Communication 5
12 Mar 8 Molecular Anatomy of Genes and Chromosomes 9
13 Mar 10 Cell Cycle, DNA Replication, Repair and Recombination 10,25
14 Mar 15 Regulation of initiation of Transcription 11
15 Mar 17 Transcriptional Termination, RNA processing and Post Transcriptional Control 12
16 Mar 22 Gene Control in Development 13
17 Mar 24 The Plasma Membrane (Research Paper Draft Due) 14
----- Mar 29* Easter Break ---
----- Mar 31* Easter Break ---
18 April 5 Membrane Transport (Research Paper Critique Due) 15
19 April 7 Synthesis and Sorting of Cellular Proteins 16
20 April 12 Mid Term II ---
21 April 14 Glycolysis and Krebs Cycle 17
22 April 19 Photosynthesis 18
23 April 21 Organelle Biosynthesis 19
24 April 26 Cell Signalling, Receptor and Hormone Interaction 20
25 April 28 Cell Microfilaments 22
26 May 3 Cell Microtubules 23
27 May 5 Cell-Cell and Cell-Extracellular Interactions 24
28 May 10 Cancer 26
29 May 12 Review Session (Final Version of Research Paper Due) ---
30 May 17 FINAL EXAM: PH1-223 12.30-2.30 ---