Lecture and Examination Schedule
 
 
Date Topic Text Readings
1/30 1.  Introductions; Life vs. Entropy; A Tour of the Cell Chapters 1 & 4
2/1 2.  Macromolecules; Structure and Functions of Proteins Chapters 2 & 3
2/6 3.  Bioenergetics; Enzymes Chapters 5 & 6
2/8 4.  Enzymes and Enzyme Kinetics Chapters 5 & 6
2/13 5.  Glycolysis and Fermentation Chapter 13
2/15 6.  Aerobic Respiration and Oxidative Phosphorylation Chapter 14
2/20 7.  Cellular Metabolism; Photosynthesis Chapter 14 & 15
2/22 8.  Photosynthesis Chapter 15
2/27   Examination I (Lectures 1 - 8)  
3/1 9.  Membranes: Composition and Structure Chapter 7
3/6 10.  Membranes: Physical Properties and Permeability Chapter 7
3/8 11.  Solute Transport Across Membranes Chapter 8
3/13 12.  Electrochemical Equilibrium and Membrane Potential  Chapter 9
3/15 13.  Electrical Excitability and Action Potentials (See 12 & 14) Chapter 9
3/17 - 3/25    Spring Break Golf Digest
3/27 14.  Action Potentials, Synaptic Transmission, and Receptors Chapters 9 & 10
3/29 15.  Signal Molecules, Receptors, and Signal Transduction Chapter 10
4/3 16.  Signal Transduction and Intracellular Messengers Chapter 10
4/5   Examination II (Lectures 1 - 16)  
4/10 17. Catch up lecture (I know we'll be behind!)  
4/12 18.  Cytoskeleton I: Microtubules Chapter 22
4/17 19.  Cytoskeleton II: Microfilaments & Interaction of Actin-Myosin Chapters 22 & 23
4/19 20.  Muscle Contraction & Regulation of Muscle Tension
Part I
Part II
Chapter 23
4/24 21.  Extracellular Matrix, Cell Adhesions, & Cell Junctions Chapter 11
4/26 22.  Information Flow in Cells and Translation Chapter 16
5/1 23.  Protein Sorting: Co- and Post-Translational Protein Import Chapter 20
5/3 24.  Membrane Trafficking: Targeting, Secretion, & Endocytosis Chapters 12 & 20
5/8 Examination III (Lectures 1 - 24)  
5/10 25.  Cell Cycle, Cell Division, and Cancer Chapter 17
5/15 26.  Cancer & Fond Farewells Chapter 17
5/22 FINAL EXAMINATION, 1:30 - 3:30 PM IN BPS 1240  

 


 
 
 
 
 
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