Date |
Topic |
Reading Assignment |
| M Jan 14 | Introduction to Course; send Dr. C. email; tour
web site; VARK survey |
N/A |
Unit I: Cell Biology |
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| How does your liver add glucose to your blood when scared? | Learning Goals | |
| W Jan 16 | stop at "We are now ready to put the
elements...." |
p 1 - 7 stop after question 7 |
| F Jan 18 | stop at "How the Heart Pounds in
Response to Stress" Jmol of lipid bilayer Jmol of cAMP vs. ATP G protein with GDP (with α, β and γ subunits) |
p 7 - 12 |
| M Jan 21 | no classes for MLK celebration | |
| Why does your heart beat harder when your scared? | Learning Goals | |
| W Jan 23 | stop at "OK, let’s get back
to the myocardial cell." Simplified ion channel (phospholamban Ca channel) Calcium pump in the SR Calcium pump cycle (animated gif) Muscle contraction movie |
p 12 - 18 stop after question 5 |
F Jan 25 |
stop at "How Neurons Signal Muscles
to Contract" Myosin cycle movie Calcium regulation of myosin binding movie Muscle contraction movie Calcium fills SER |
p 18 - 20 |
| How do you get your muscles to move? | Learning Goals | |
| M Jan 28 | stop at "Action potentials are very fast
and the wave of...." |
p 20 - 25 stop after News Item |
| W Jan 30 | stop at "How An Egg Learns It Has Been Fertilized" |
p 25 - 29 |
| How does an egg know when it's fertilized? | Learning Goals | |
| F Feb 1 | stop at "Other Cellular Communication Systems" Pronuclei fusing M = male pronucleus and F = female pronucleus |
p 29 - 35 start with the second page 29 |
| Additional Research Questions and Methods | ||
| M Feb 4 | stop at end of page Gel electrophoresis (figures only) Gel electrophoresis (animation) Calculating molecular weights How big are proteins? Antibody structure Immunofluorescence Western blot method |
p 35 - 38 |
| W Feb 6 | Buffer Day To Catch Up and Clarify Watch for vesicle movement and exocytosis in this familiar movie. |
no new reading |
| F Feb 8 | First Take Home Exam Due Monday Feb. 11 | |
| M Feb 11 | Turn in Take Home Exam + First In Class Exam | Due at 12:30 pm |
Date |
Topic |
Reading Assignment |
Unit II: Genetics and Molecular
Biology |
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| 3 Genetic Diseases - Background Information | Learning Goals | |
| W Feb 13 | stop at "What can we tell about the genetic inheritance...." dsDNA in Jmol ATP structure in Jmol DNA polymerase adding a base Morphed Movie of Mitosis (3.5 MB) Real Movie of plant mitosis (7.6 MB) Real Movie of animal mitosis (2.7 MB) Real Movie of yeast mitosis (5 MB) |
p 39 - 42 stop after first question #3, top of column |
| Classical Genetics | Learning Goals | |
| F Feb 15 | stop at "We need to stop and look at how
wild-type...." Karyotyping (interactive site) |
p 42 - 46 stop after question |
| M Feb 18 | stop at " When we talk about mutations, it is
a common...." DNA replication (front view) DNA replication (back left view) DNA replication (back right view) DNA replication (view from above) Chromosome packing (7 MB movie) from www.wehi.edu.au/education/wehi-tv/dna/index.html |
p 46 - 50 stop after picture of gel |
| Mitosis, Meiosis & Cell Cycle Closed Book Quiz - due 4 pm Friday Feb 22 | ||
| Molecular Genetics | Learning Goals | |
| W Feb 20 | stop at "While we do not understand the cell or...." Genetic Code Transcription (5 MB file) SRY Jmol structure Translation (11 MB file) Compare two tRNAs (Jmol) |
p 50 - 55 stop after question #2 |
| F Feb 22 | stop at "Investigators working on specific diseases
usually...." Hemoglobin tetramer (Jmol) |
p 55 - 60 stop after News Item |
| Molecular Traits of 3 Diseases | Learning Goals | |
| M Feb 25 | stop at "In recent years, DNA fingerprinting
has become...." |
p 60 - 66 stop after question #10 |
| W Feb 27 | Review Session in Class Second
Take Home Exam Due Friday Feb. 29 Look for translation in this familiar movie. Narrated version of cell animation at YouTube Structure of ddATP in Jmol DNA sequencing (dideoxy method) DNA sequencing (cycle sequencing method) |
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| F Feb 29 | Turn in Take
Home Exam + Second In Class Exam |
Due at 12:30 pm |
| Date | Topic |
Reading Assignment |
| M Mar 3 | Spring Break |
Use Sunscreen |
| W Mar 5 | Spring Break |
Sleep |
| F Mar 6 | Spring Break |
Use Sunscreen |
| Cloning Disease Genes | Learning Goals | |
| M Mar 10 | stop at "The search for the CF gene had been...." |
p 66 - 74 stop after question #7 |
| W Mar 12 | stop at "The DNA encoding the wild-type allele
at the...." |
p 74 - 77 stop after question #6 |
| F Mar 14 | stop at "If our initial hypothesis
is not...." Flagella Images Evolution of Flagella (bacterial) (Ken Miller at YouTube) |
p 77 - 80 stop after web reading |
| M Mar 17 | stop at "Huntington’s – A
Dominant Neurodegenerative Disease...." Liposomes ER vs. PM labeling Safety Concerns of Gene Therapy (Jesse Gelsinger) Gene Therapy Stopped |
p 80 - 83 |
| W Mar 19 | stop at "Sex-linked genetic disorders...." Hunting for Huntington's Disease HD Pedigree Bayes' Rule for Genetic Testing Eugenics History James Watson - controversial figure |
p 83 - 86 |
| Sex-linked Genetic Disorders | Learning Goals | |
| F Mar 21 | stop at end of page | p 87 - 88 |
| M Mar 24 | Easter Break |
| Date |
Topic
|
Reading Assignment |
| W Mar 26 | Mini-Exam: Take Home Exam Due Monday Friday Mar 28 | |
| F Mar 28 | Turn in Take Home Exam + Mini-Exam In Class | Due at 12:30 pm |
| Unit III: Biochemistry | ||
| Why Poisoned Pot? | Learning Goals | |
| M Mar 31 | stop at "Chlorophyll harvests light energy by passing...." Chlorophyll structure |
p 89 - 95 stop after question #3 |
| W Apr 2 | stop at "Synthesizing
Food: The Calvin-Benson Cycle" Jmol Structures of Photosynthesis |
p 95 - 99 |
| F Apr 4 | stop at "Question #2: Why is Cyanide Poisonous?" | p 99 - 103 |
Why is cyanide poison of choice? |
Learning Goals | |
| M Apr 7 | stop at "Look over all the
steps in glycolysis and the...." |
p 103 - 107 stop after question #4 |
| W Apr 9 | stop at "ATP synthesis in photosynthesis and oxidative...." Glycolysis |
p 107 - 112 |
| F Apr 11 | Buffer Day | |
| Why update your vaccines? Why eat tofu? |
Learning Goals | |
| M Apr 14 | Tofu Pups Rhizobium nodules Clostridium affects neurotransmitter release stop at "Two Research Questions...." How much energy does this require...? Narrated version of cell animation at YouTube Third Exam: Take Home Exam Due Wed Apr. 16 |
p 112 - 117 |
| W Apr 16 | Turn in Take Home Exam + Third In-Class Exam | Due at 12:30 pm |
Date |
Topic |
Reading Assignment |
Unit IV: Biology In The News |
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| Cancer Biology | Learning Goals | |
| F Apr 18 | stop at "What do we know now about cell division
that...." MRIs of Tumors Cancer Statistics Does smoking cause cancer? |
p 119 - 123 stop after question #8 |
| M Apr 21 | stop at "In order to illustrate some of the normal...." Infection rates in American teenage girls |
p 123 - 127 stop after question #6 |
| W Apr 23 | Karyotyping Large Tumor (93 lbs) Gigantic tumor removed (video) CancerQuest Animations (Emory) Gigantic tumor removed Inside Cancer Animations (CSHL) stop at "AIDS & HIV" |
p 127 - 132 |
HIV/AIDS Biology |
Learning Goals | |
| F Apr 25 |
stop at "Treatments for HIV and AIDS" HIV/AIDS Optional (from Immunology course) |
p 132 - 140 stop after News Items |
| M Apr 28 |
stop at "Diagnosis of HIV+ Individuals"
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p 140 - 148 |
| W Apr 30 |
stop at "Genetic Engineering" Bayes' Rule for Genetic Testing Reliability of HIV Test Results Western blot method TMA Method (developed by Davidson Alumnus Larry Mimms) |
p 148 - 152 |
| Genetic Engineering | Learning Goals | |
| F May 2 | stop at end of page |
p 152 - 156 |
Final Exam is Pseudo-Cumulative |
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| M May 5 | Fellowship Talk and
Course Evaluations Amy Reid Bio Major Wins Watson in 2007 |
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| W May 7 | Final In Class Exam
+ Take
Home Exam Narrated version of cell animation at YouTube |
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Final Exam - Due by Noon May
12 |
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