Biological Sciences 110a/02 (Stubbs, Singleton): Schedule of Classes, Fall 2004


Lecture numbers (lectures 1-20) are links to lecture outlines. Because of student questions and other concerns, outlines may change, but they will usually be in final form by the next lecture.

Class Date Topics reading
first half lectures (Dr Stubbs)
1 Aug. 25 Introduction
Ch. 1
2 Aug. 27 Atoms; water; molecular interactions Sec. 2.1 - 2.4
3 Aug. 30 Biological macromolecules
first help session August 31; help sessions on most Tuesdays after this 		Sec. 2.4 - 2.5
4 Sep. 1 Proteins: amino acids Sec. 2.5 pp 51 - 55
5 Sep. 3 Proteins: three-dimensional structure Sec. 2.5 pp 55 - 75
6 Sep. 6 Enzymes Sec. 3.2
7 Sep. 8 Membrane lipids pp 48-51, Sec. 4.1, 4.3
8 Sep. 10 Membrane structure and function Sec. 4.2, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6
9 Sep. 13 Membrane transport Sec. 4.7
10 Sep. 15 Organelles
Sec. 1.3, 5.6, 8.1, 8.3, 8.4, 8.6, 8.7
11 Sep. 17 Organelles: protein and lipid transport
extra help session at 4:10 on Friday, Sep. 17 		Sec. 8.1, 8.3, 8.5, 8.8
12 Sep. 20 EXAM I (lectures 1 - 10)
no help session September 21
13 Sep. 22 Organelles: mitochondria and chloroplasts Sec. 5.1, 6.1, 8.9
14 Sep. 24 Introduction to metabolism Sec. 3.3. A few definitions in 3.1, 3.2, 6.0
15 Sep. 27 Glycolysis and glucose metabolism Sec. 3.3
16 Sep. 29 The citric acid cycle Sec. 5.2
17 Oct. 1 Oxidative phosphorylation Sec. 5.2, 5.3, 5.5
18 Oct. 4 Photosynthesis Sec. 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6
19 Oct. 6 The cytoskeleton Sec. 9.1, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, 9.7
20 Oct. 8 Cells in tissues
extra help session at 4.10 on Friday, Oct. 8 		Sec. 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5 (mainly topics and pictures; text has too much detail for most topics)
21 Oct. 11 EXAM II (lectures 11 - 20)
no help session October 12

second half lectures (Dr Singleton)
22 Oct. 13 Genomes and DNA structure pp 75 - 77, 396 - 410
[410-427: suggested but not required]
23 Oct. 15 RNA structure; chromatin structure pp 484 - 487, 498 - 510
Fall Break
24 Oct. 20 Cell cycle and mitosis pp 579 - 607
25 Oct. 22 DNA Replication pp 550 - 569
26 Oct. 25 DNA Replication (continued)
27 Oct. 27 DNA Replication (continued)
28 Oct. 29 Mutagenesis and DNA repair pp 570 - 576
29 Nov. 1 EXAM III (lectures 22 - 28)
30 Nov. 3 Genome organization: molecular structure of the gene
31 Nov. 5 Molecular details of transcription pp 436 - 470
32 Nov. 8 Molecular details of transcription (continued)
33 Nov. 10 Molecular details of transcription (continued)
34 Nov. 12 Molecular details of translation pp 470 - 489
35 Nov. 15 Molecular details of translation (continued)
36 Nov. 17 Molecular details of translation (continued)
37 Nov. 19 Molecular details of translation (continued)
Thanksgiving Break
38 Nov. 29 Regulation of gene expression pp 517 - 538
39 Dec. 1 EXAM III (lectures 30 - 37)
40 Dec. 3 Regulation of gene expression (continued) pp 517 - 538
[538-547: suggested but not required]
41 Dec. 6 Regulation of gene expression (continued)
42 Dec. 8 Regulation of gene expression (continued)


FINAL EXAMINATION: Monday, December 13, 9:00 am
There will be no alternate final examination

Text references refer to Cell and Molecular Biology fourth edition, by Gerald Karp, the textbook in this course. The lectures are not based directly on the text, and will include some extra topics and exclude others.

The subjects and dates given here may not correspond precisely, but hour examinations will be given on the days scheduled, and will cover the material in the lectures as indicated, regardless of the actual content of the lectures, unless an exception is announced in class. Because of the cumulative nature of the material in this course, questions in examinations may require a knowledge of earlier material. The final examination will cover all of the material for the semester, but will include a component based specifically on material covered after the last hour exam.