Class meets every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 9:30 am - 10:20 am
in Chambers, Room 1006
Unit One: Cell Biology |
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| Day | Topic | Reading Assignment |
| M, Jan 14 | Course Introduction
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Link: Complete the VARK Survey Links: Syllabus and Assignment Help Guide Link: Can you name any cell parts and processes in this animation? |
| W, Jan 16 | Unit I: Cellular Communication The Liver Produces Glucose In Response To Stress |
Study Guide: 1 - 7 (stop at "We are now ready to put...") Links: 3-D structures - Carbohydrates, protein alpha helix and beta strand, lipid bilayer, cAMP vs. ATP, G protein w/ GTP, G protein w/ GDP |
| F, Jan 18 | The Liver Produces Glucose In Response To Stress continued *Clicker Quiz 1* (moved to Wed.) |
Study Guide: 7 - 12 (stop at "How the Heart Pounds...") |
| M, Jan 21 | MLK HOLIDAY (no class) | none |
| W, Jan 23 | How The Heart Pounds In Response To Stress *Clicker Quiz 1* |
Study Guide: 12 - 18 (stop at "OK. let's get back to the myocardial cell.") Links: Ca2+ ion channel, Ca pump in the SR, Ca pump cycle |
| F, Jan 25 | No class (conference out of town) |
none |
| M, Jan 28 | How The Heart Pounds In Response To Stress continued |
Study Guide: 18 - 20 (stop at "How Neurons Signal...") Link: myosin cycle, Ca2+ regulation of myosin binding, muscle contraction |
| W, Jan 30 | How Neurons Signal Muscles to Contract | Study Guide: 20 - 25 (stop at "Action potentials are very fast...") Link: Fun visual metaphor for action potential Link: Nerve terminus in color |
| F, Feb 1 | How Neurons Signal Muscles to Contract continued *Clicker Quiz 2* |
Study Guide: 25 - 29 (stop at "How an Egg Learns...") Link: Can you identify vesicle movement and exocytosis in this animation? |
| M, Feb 4 | How An Egg Learns It Has Been Fertilized | Study Guide: 29 (the second p. 29) - 35 (stop at "Other Cellular Communication...") Link: pronuclei fusing |
| W, Feb 6 | Other Cellular Communication Systems *Clicker Quiz 3* |
Study Guide: 35 - 38 Links: Gel electrophoresis figures and animation, calculating molecular weights, proteins in perspective, antibody structure, immunofluorescence, Western blot method |
| F, Feb 8 | EXAM 1: take home portion Due Monday Feb 11 in class |
Prepare questions for in-class review session |
| M, Feb 11 | EXAM 1: in class portion | none |
Unit Two: Genetics |
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| Day | Topic | Reading Assignment |
| W, Feb 13 | Unit II: Genetics Intro. to three genetic diseases |
Study Guide: 39 - 42 (stop at "What can we tell...") Links: 3-D structures - dsDNA, ATP, DNA polymerase in action Links: Movies - plant mitosis, animal mitosis, yeast (fungi) mitosis |
| F, Feb 15 | Unit II: Genetics Classical genetics *Clicker Quiz 4* |
Study Guide: 42 - 46 (stop at "We need to stop and look...") Links: karyotyping activity |
| M, Feb 18 | Unit II: Genetics Classical genetics, continued |
Study Guide: 46 - 50 (stop at "When we talk about mutations...") Links: DNA replication animations - front view, back left view, back right view, overhead view Link: chromosome packing animation |
| W, Feb 20 | Unit II: Genetics Molecular genetics |
Study Guide: 50 - 55 (stop at "While we do not understand...") Links: genetic code, transcription animation, SRY 3-D structure, translation movie Link: Can you identify translation in this animation? |
| F, Feb 22 | Unit II: Genetics Molecular genetics, continued *Clicker Quiz 5* |
Study Guide: 55 - 60 (stop at "Investigators working on specific diseases...") Link: hemoglobin tetramer |
| M, Feb 25 | Unit II: Genetics Molecular traits of three genetic diseases |
Study Guide: 60 - 66 (stop at "In recent years, DNA fingerprinting...") |
| W, Feb 27 | EXAM 2: take home portion Due Friday, Feb 29 in class |
Prepare questions for in-class review session |
| F, Feb 29 | EXAM 2: in class portion | none |
| M, Mar 3 | SPRING BREAK (no class) | none |
| W, Mar 5 | SPRING BREAK (no class) | none |
| F, Mar 7 | SPRING BREAK (no class) | none |
| M, Mar 10 | Unit II: Genetics Cloning disease genes |
Study Guide: 66 - 74 (stop at "The search for the CF gene had been...") Link: Linkage with RFLP markers and CF alleles |
| W, Mar 12 | Unit II: Genetics Cloning disease genes, continued |
Study Guide: 74 - 77 (stop at "The DNA encoding the wild-type allele at the...") Links: ddATP structure, dideoxy DNA sequencing, cycle sequencing, reverse transcriptase (stop when dsDNA is completed), Genome Browser exploration for CFTR |
| F, Mar 14 | Unit II: Genetics Cloning disease genes, continued *Clicker Quiz 6* |
Study Guide: 77 - 80 (stop at "If our initial hypothesis is not...") |
| M, Mar 17 | Unit II: Genetics Molecular traits of three genetic diseases |
Study Guide: 80 - 83 (stop at "Huntingdon's - A Dominant Neurodegenerative Disease") |
| W, Mar 19 | Huntingdon's - A Dominant Neurodegenerative Disease | Study Guide: 83 - 86 Links: Hunting for Huntingdon's Disease, HD pedigree |
| F, Mar 21 | Sex-linked Genetic Disorders *Clicker Quiz 7 (survey)* |
Study Guide: 87 - 88 |
| M, Mar 24 | EASTER BREAK (no class) | none |
| W, Mar 26 | MINI-EXAM: take home portion Due Friday, Mar 28 in class |
Prepare questions for in-class review session |
| F, Mar 28 | MINI-EXAM: in class portion | none |
Unit Three: Bioenergetics |
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| Day | Topic | Reading Assignment |
| M, Mar 31 | Unit III: Bioenergetics Question #1: The US Government vs. Mexican Marijuana Farmers |
Study Guide: 89 - 95 (stop at "Chlorophyll harvests light energy by passing...") Link: Chlorophyll structure |
| W, Apr 2 | Harvesting Energy & Generating O2 | Study Guide: 95 - 99 (stop at "Synthesizing Food: The Calvin Cycle") Link: 3-D structures of photosynthesis |
| F, Apr 4 | Synthesizing Food: The Calvin Cycle *Clicker Quiz 8* |
Study Guide: 99 - 103 (stop at "Question #2: Why is Cyanide Poisonous?") |
| M, Apr 7 | Question #2: Why is Cyanide Poisonous? | Study Guide: 103 - 107 (stop at "Look over the steps in glycolysis...") |
| W, Apr 9 | Question #2: Why is Cyanide Poisonous? continued |
Study Guide: 107 - 109 (stop at "ATP synthesis in photosynthesis and oxidative...") Link: Glycolysis |
| F, Apr 11 | Question #2: Why is Cyanide Poisonous? continued *Clicker Quiz 9* |
Study Guide: 109 - 112 (stop at "Question #3: Why Update...") Link: cyanide structure |
| M, Apr 14 | Question #3: Why Update Your Vaccinations After a Flood? Question #4: Why Is Tofu A Good Source Of Protein? EXAM 3: take home portion |
Study Guide: 112 - 117 (stop at "Two Research Questions...") Links: Tofu Pups, Rhizobium nodules, Clostridium affects neurotransmitter release |
| W, Apr 16 | EXAM 3: in class portion | none |
Unit Four: Current Topics: Cancer, HIV/AIDS, & Genetic Engineering |
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| Day | Topic | Reading Assignment |
| F, Apr 18 | Cancer *Clicker Quiz 10 (pre-survey)* |
Study Guide: 119 - 123 (stop at "What do we know now about cell division that...) Links: MRI's of tumors, cancer statistics, does smoking cause cancer? |
| M, Apr 21 | Cancer continued |
Study Guide: 123 - 127 (stop at "In order to illustrate some of the normal...") Links: Animations - Cancer Quest, Inside Cancer |
| W, Apr 23 | Cancer |
Study Guide: 127 - 132 (stop at "AIDS & HIV") Links: ras protein (color figure), practice case studies |
| F, Apr 25 | AIDS & HIV *Clicker Quiz 11* |
Study Guide: 132 - 140 (stop at "Treatments for HIV and AIDS") Links: WBC phagocytosis, B cell antibody production, antibody structure, HIV life cycle and treatments, Inspi(RED): HIV Positive Davidson student dance by Alana Ford |
| M, Apr 28 | AIDS & HIV Treatments for HIV and AIDS |
Study Guide: 140 - 148 (stop at "Diagnosis of HIV+ Individuals") Link: HIV treatment and Drug Resistance Link: The narrated version of this animation explains how a white blood cell targets a site of infection. |
| W, Apr 30 | AIDS & HIV Diagnosis of HIV+ Individuals |
Study Guide: 148 - 152 (stop at "Genetic Engineering") Links: Baye's Rule for genetic testing, reliability of HIV test results, Western blot method, HIV debate |
| F, May 2 | Genetic Engineering *Clicker Quiz 12 (post-survey)* |
Study Guide: 152 - 156 Links: Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer in sheep, nonidentical clones?, biopharmaceuticals |
| M, May 5 | Review Course evaluations |
Prepare questions for in-class review session |
| W, May 7 | FINAL EXAM: in class portion FINAL EXAM: take home portion End of classes for Spring 2008 |
none |
| M, May 12 | Turn in take home exam before 12 noon |
Have a great Summer! |
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