Biology 101:
Introduction to
Biology I
Molecules to Cells
Fall 2009
| date |
lecturer |
topic |
reading |
M Aug 31 |
MC |
1. What’s life? The cell and its components |
Ch. 1 |
W Sept 2 |
MC |
2. Water |
Ch. 3 |
F Sept 4 |
MC |
3. Macromolecules I |
Ch. 5 |
W Sept 9 |
MC |
4. Macromolecules II |
Ch. 5 |
F Sept 11 |
MC |
5. Activity 1: prion paper Quiz #1 available 5 pm Fri, 9/11 - 8 am Mon, 9/14 |
posted on Blackboard |
M Sept 14 |
MC |
6. Cell membranes |
Ch. 7 |
W Sept 16 |
MC |
7. Moving things around cells |
Ch. 6 |
F Sept 18 |
MC |
8. Intro to metabolism - enzymes |
Ch. 8 |
M Sept 21 |
MC |
9. Activity 2: building metabolic pathways |
|
W Sept 23 |
MC |
EXAM 1 (lectures 1-9) |
|
F Sept 25 |
MC | 10. Cellular respiration I |
Ch. 9 |
M Sept 28 |
MC |
11. Cellular respiration II |
Ch. 9 |
W Sept 30 |
MC |
12. Activity 3: respiration activity |
|
F Oct 2 |
MC |
13. Cell communication I |
Ch. 11 |
M Oct 5 |
MC |
14. Cell communication II |
Ch. 11 |
W Oct 7 |
MC |
15. Activity 4: cell communication and diseases Quiz #2 available 5 pm Wed, 10/7 - 8 am Fri, 10/9 |
|
F Oct 9 |
MC |
16. Information transfer - mitosis |
Ch. 12 |
Oct 12 - 16 |
FALL BREAK |
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M Oct 19 |
MC |
17. Information transfer - meiosis |
Ch. 13 |
W Oct 21 |
MC | 18. Cell cycle and cancer |
Ch. 12 |
F Oct 23 |
EXAM II (lectures 10-18) |
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M Oct 26 |
TD |
19. Discussion: evidence for heritability |
Ch. 14 |
W Oct 28 |
TD |
20. Dominant vs. recessive: does dose matter? |
Ch. 14 |
F Oct 30 |
TD |
21. Activity 5: Pedigree analysis and probability |
Ch. 14 |
M Nov 2 |
TD |
22. Activity 6: Independent assortment |
Ch. 14 |
W Nov 4 |
TD |
23. Sex chromosomes and linkage Quiz #3 available 5 pm Wed, 11/4 - 8 am Fri, 11/6 |
Ch. 15 |
F Nov 6 |
TD |
24. Chromosome structure affects gene expression |
Ch. 15, 18 |
M Nov 9 |
TD |
25. Problem solving: epistasis |
Ch. 14 |
W Nov 11 |
TD |
26. Genetics of populations |
Ch. 23 |
F Nov 13 |
TD | 27. Activity 7: Genetics of populations II |
Ch. 23 |
M Nov 16 |
EXAM III (classes 19-27) |
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W Nov 18 |
TD |
28. DNA is the genetic material; DNA structure and replication |
Ch. 16 |
F Nov 20 |
TD | 29. DNA repliation |
Ch. 16 |
M Nov 23 |
TD |
30. Activity 8: Forensic DNA analysis |
|
W Nov 25 |
TD |
31. Discussion: genetic analysis of metabolic pathways |
Ch. 17 |
F Nov 27 |
THANKSGIVING |
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M Nov 30 |
TD |
32. Transcription |
Ch. 17 |
W Dec 2 |
TD |
33. Gene regulation: operons Quiz #4 available 5 pm Wed, 12/2 - 8 am Fri, 12/4 |
Ch. 18 |
F Dec 4 |
TD |
34. Translation |
Ch. 17 |
M Dec 7 |
TD |
35. Consequences of mutations |
Ch. 17 |
W Dec 9 |
TD |
36. Activity 9: Analyzing genomes |
|
finals week |
EXAM IV (classes 27-35); scheduled 1 hour exam |