BIOLOGY 101:
INTRODUCTION TO
BIOLOGY I
Molecules to Cells
Fall 2008
| date |
lecturer |
topic |
reading |
W Sept 3 |
MC |
1. What’s life? The cell and its components |
Ch. 1 |
F Sept 5 |
MC |
2. Water |
Ch. 3 |
M Sept 8 |
MC |
3. Macromolecules I |
Ch. 5 |
W Sept 10 |
MC |
4. Macromolecules II |
Ch. 5 |
F Sept 12 |
MC |
5. Activity 1: prion paper Quiz #1 available 5 pm Fri, 9/12 - 8 am Mon, 9/15 |
posted |
M Sept 15 |
MC |
6. Cell membranes |
Ch. 7 |
W Sept 17 |
MC |
7. Moving things around cells |
Ch. 6 |
F Sept 19 |
MC |
8. Intro to metabolism - enzymes |
Ch. 8 |
M Sept 22 |
MC |
9. Activity 2: building metabolic pathways |
|
W Sept 24 |
MC |
EXAM 1 (lectures 1-9) |
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F Sept 26 |
10. Cellular respiration |
Ch. 9 | |
M Sept 29 |
MC |
11. Activity 3: respiration activity |
|
W Oct 1 |
MC |
12. Cell communication I |
Ch. 11 |
F Oct 3 |
MC |
13. Cell communication II |
Ch. 11 |
M Oct 6 |
MC |
14. Activity 4: cell communication and diseases Quiz #2 available 5 pm Mon, 10/6 - 8 am Wed, 10/8 |
Ch. 11 |
M Oct 8 |
MC |
15. Information transfer - mitosis |
Ch. 12 |
W Oct 10 |
MC |
16. Information transfer - meiosis |
Ch. 13 |
Oct 13 - 17 |
FALL BREAK |
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M Oct 20 |
MC |
17. Cell cycle and cancer |
Ch. 12 |
W Oct 22 |
EXAM II (lectures 10-17) |
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F Oct 24 |
TD |
18. Transmission genetics and probability |
Ch. 14 |
M Oct 27 |
TD |
19. Independent assortment |
Ch. 14 |
W Oct 29 |
TD |
20. Sex chromosomes and dosage compensation |
Ch. 15 |
F Oct 31 |
TD |
21. Activity 5: Dragon genetics Quiz #3 available 5 pm Fri, 10/31 - 8 am Mon, 11/3 |
|
M Nov 3 |
TD |
22. Linkage |
Ch. 15 |
W Nov 5 |
TD |
23. Activity 6: Pedigrees |
Ch. 14 |
F Nov 7 |
TD |
24. Quantitative genetics |
|
M Nov 10 |
TD |
25. Population genetics: Hardy-Weinberg |
Ch. 23 |
W Nov 12 |
TD |
26. Activity 7: Population genetics simulations |
Ch. 23 |
F Nov 14 |
EXAM III (classes 19-27) |
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M Nov 17 |
TD |
27. DNA is the genetic material |
Ch. 16 |
W Nov 19 |
TD |
28. DNA structure and replication |
Ch. 16 |
F Nov 21 |
TD | 29. Activity 8: TBA |
|
M Nov 24 |
TD |
30. Transcription |
Ch. 16/20 |
W Nov 26 |
TD |
NO CLASS |
|
F Nov 28 |
TD |
THANKSGIVING |
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M Dec 1 |
TD |
31. Translation |
Ch. 15/17 |
W Dec 3 |
TD |
32. Mutation Quiz #4 available 5 pm Wed, 12/3 - 8 am Fri, 12/5 |
Ch. 17 |
F Dec 5 |
TD |
33. Activity 9: Analyzing genomes, bioinformatics |
|
M Dec 8 |
TD |
34. Gene regulation: operons |
Ch. 18 (part) |
W Dec 10 |
TD |
35. Gene regulation: eukaryotic genomes |
Ch. 19 |
finals week |
EXAM IV (classes 27-35); scheduled 1 hour exam |