Class Schedule
Biology 41C: Cell Chemistry & Cell Biology
Section 2 (Wednesday Lab) Fall 2005
| Date | Topic | Reading (Ch in TWOTC) |
Extras | Suggested problems |
| Aug 31 | Introduction | 1, 4 | ||
| Section I: Cell Chemistry | ||||
| Sept 2 | Chemical bonds, water, functional groups, amino acids | 2, 3 | Web Links | 2-5 |
| Sept 5 | Proteins | 3 | Ppt slides* | 3-2, 3-3, 3-4, 3-6 |
| Sept 7 | Sugars, polysaccharides | 3 | Ppt slides* | 3-9, 3-10, 3-12 |
| Sept 9 | Bioenergetics, driving forces, ΔG | 5 | 5-6, 5-7, 5-8, 5-9 | |
| Sept 12 | Quiz 1 Enzymes: mechanisms of action, nomenclature, saturation |
6 | Quiz 1 key* | 62, 6-4 |
| Sept 14 | Enzymes: kinetics, inhibition | 6 | 6-6, 6-7, 6-9, 6-10 |
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| Sept 16 | Membrane composition and structure, lipids | 3:66-70, 7 | Ppt slides* | 7-2, 7-5, 7-9, 7-10 |
| Sept 19 | Quiz 2 Membrane transport: mechanisms, driving forces |
8 | Quiz 2 key* Ppt slides* |
8-3, 8-8, |
| Sept 21 | Membrane potentials | 8 | 8-9, 8-13 | |
| Sept 23 | Ion channels, action potentials | 13:363-380 | Ppt slides* | 13-2, 13-3, 13-4 13-7, 13-8, 13-9 |
| Sept 26 | EXAM 1 | Exam 1 key* | ||
| Section II: Intermediary Metabolism & Energy Transduction | ||||
| Sept 28 | Metabolism overview | 9, 10, 11 | Ppt slides* Bioenergetics handout* |
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| Sept 30 | Glycolysis | 9 | Interactive glycolysis pathway Glycolysis handout* |
9-2, 9-5, 9-8 |
| Oct 3 | Quiz 3 Fermentation |
9 | 9-4, 9-7, 9-11, 9-12 |
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| Oct 5 | Mitochondrial structure, TCA Cycle | 10 | Ppt slides* TCA cycle handout* |
10-1, 10-4, 10-5 |
| Oct 7 | Oxidation-reduction biochemistry (redox), oxidative phosphorylation | 10 | Ppt slides* | 10-6, 10-7, 10-11, 10-12 |
| Oct 9, 10 | Regulation, intersecting pathways | 10 | Ppt slides* | 9-12, 9-13, 10-8 |
| Oct 12 | EXAM 2 | Exam 2 key* | ||
| Oct 14 | Chloroplasts & chlorophyll | 11 | Ppt slides* | 11-9 |
| Oct 17 | Fall break — NO CLASS | |||
| Oct 19 | Light reactions of photosynthesis | 11 | Ppt slides* | 11-5,11-7 |
| Oct 21 | “Dark” reactions of photosynthesis | 11 | Ppt slides* | 11-6 |
| Oct 24 | Quiz 4 Calvin cycle regulation |
11 | Quiz 4 key* Ppt slides* |
11-3, 11-10 |
| Oct 26 | Photorespiration, C4 & CAM photosynthesis | 11 | Ppt slides* Photosynthesis links |
11-1, 11-2, 11-11 |
| Section III: Cell Biology | ||||
| Oct 28 | ER – protein synthesis and targeting: signal hypothesis | 22:702-708 | Ppt slides* | 22-8, 22-9 |
| Oct 31 | EXAM 3 | Exam 1 key* | ||
| Nov 2 | Post-translational protein targeting: mitochondria & chloroplasts | 22:708-711 | Ppt slides* | 22-10 |
| Nov 4 | Golgi and secretion | 12 | Ppt slides* | 12-2 |
| Nov 7 | Quiz 5 Glycosylation and protein targeting |
12 | Quiz 5 key* Ppt slides* |
12-3, 12-9 |
| Nov 9 | Exocytosis, endocytosis | 12 | Ppt slides* | 12-4, 12-6 |
| Nov 11 | Lysosomes; membrane trafficking | 12 | Ppt slides* | 12-10 |
| Nov 14 | Quiz 6 Intro to cellular motility |
15, 16 | Quiz 6 key* Ppt slides* |
16-1 |
| Nov 16 | Microtubules: Flagella and cilia | 16 | Ppt slides* | 15-2, 15-3,15-4 |
| Nov 18 | Microfilament based motility: muscle contraction | 19 | Ppt slides* | 15-6, 16-3, 16-4, 16-5, 16-6, 16-7, 16-9 |
| Nov 21 | EXAM 4 | |||
| Nov 23 | Mitosis & Cytokinesis | 18:314-318, 19 | Ppt slides* | 19-1, 19-2, 19-7b, 19-10 |
| Nov 25 | Thanksgiving Break — NO CLASS | |||
| Nov 28 | Cell cycle: regulation | 19 | Ppt slides* | 19-12, 19-13 |
| Nov 30 | Signal transduction: G-protein receptors | 14 | Ppt slides* | 23-9, 14-1, 14-2 |
| Dec 2 | Signal transduction: Ca2+, protein kinase A | 14 | Ppt slides* | 14-4, 19-14, 24-5 |
| Dec 5 | Quiz 7 Signal transduction potpourri |
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| Dec 7 | Course overview, course evaluation | |||
| Dec 12 | FINAL EXAM 9: 00 AM (Monday) | |||
| *PowerPoint slides and keys are in the "Bio41C-Hamlett" folder in the Classes volume on Fargo. | ||||
Page last updated 2 December 2005 by Nancy Hamlett.