Biological Sciences 4087

Spring 2008

 

Date

Lecture

Topic

Chapter

 

 

 

 

1/15

1

Water

1

1/17

2

Protein composition and structure

2

1/22

3

Exploring proteins

3

1/24

4

Carbohydrates

11

1/29

5

Nucleic acids, DNA replication

4,28

1/31

6

RNA synthesis

29

2/7

7

Protein synthesis

30

2/12

8

Exploring genes

5

 

 

 

 

2/14

 

EXAM I   (lectures 1-8)  12:10-1:10 PM

 

 

 

 

 

2/19

9

Hemoglobin

7

2/21

10

Enzymes:  Basic concepts and kinetics

8

2/26

11

Enzymes:  regulatory strategies

10

2/28

12

Lipids and cell membranes

12

3/4

13

Membrane channels and pumps

13

3/6

14

Signal transduction

14

3/11

15

Introduction to metabolism

15

 

 

 

 

3/13

 

EXAM II  (lectures 9-15) 12:10-1:10 PM

 

 

 

 

 

3/25

16

Glycolysis and gluconeogenesis

16

3/27

17

Citric acid cycle

17

4/1

18

Oxidative phosphorylation

18

4/3

19

Photosynthesis

19,20

4/8

20

Glycogen metabolism

21

4/10

21

Fatty acid metabolism

22

4/15

22

Amino acid catabolism

23

 

 

 

 

4/17

 

EXAM III  (lectures 16-21) 12:10-1:10 PM

 

 

 

 

 

4/22

23

Amino acid and nucleotide biosynthesis

24,25

4/24

24

Cholesterol synthesis

26

4/29

25

Hormonal regulation of metabolism

27

5/1

26

Hormonal regulation of metabolism

27

 

 

 

 

5/10

 

FINAL EXAM   7:30 - 9:30 AM