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Bio200 Cell Structure and Function Quarter 1 Fundamentals of Cell Biology Jenni Punt S308-S309 Office Hours: M 4pm, WF 10:30am |
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Syllabus (more on Blackboard) |
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Topic |
Readings |
Laboratory |
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Fundamental Biological Theories |
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Week 1 Aug 31, Sept 2 |
Evolution http://evolution.berkeley.edu/ http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/mayr/mayr_print.html The tree of life and the three domains http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/alllife/threedomains.html |
Cooper Ch1 (3-8) |
From organism to cell: dissection (optional) |
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Week 2 Sept 7,9 |
DNA and the Central Dogma http://web.mit.edu/esgbio/www/dogma/dogmadir.html http://www.exploratorium.edu/origins/coldspring/printit.html ppt. |
Cooper Ch3 (89-103) Figs 3.4-3.13 |
Historical Experiment: The molecular basis of inheritance |
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Sept 10 Problem Set #1 Due |
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Week 3 Sept 14,16 |
Cell Theory http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/leeuwenhoek.html The theory of endosymbiosis http://evolution.berkeley.edu/ ppt. |
Cooper Ch1 (8-15) Ch10 (399-403, 415-18, 26) Figs 1, 3, 13, 24 |
Historical Experiment, cont. |
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Sept 21 In-class exam |
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Fundamentals of Cell Structure and Function |
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Week 4 Sept 23 |
Topic: Membranes Case study: Cholera
– Why is sugar water a cure? http://www.jci.org/cgi/content/full/113/3/334#B27 http://www.textbookofbacteriology.net/ |
Cooper Ch 12 (483-93) Figs1-13, 22, 30-33 |
Original experiment: Antibiotics and bacterial growth |
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Week 5 Sept 28, 30 |
Topic: Organelles – Endomembrane network Case study: Albinism and the immune system – what is
the connection? http://www.textbookofbacteriology.net/ |
Cooper Ch8 (323-35) Figs 1-10 Ch9 (355-366, 382-389) Figs 1-10, 21-24, 32-36 |
2. The influence of antibiotics on cell growth |
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Week 6 Oct 5,7 |
Topic: Cytoskeleton Case study:
Botox – How does it work? http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/M/Muscles.html |
Cooper Ch11 |
3. Confirmation of hypothesis |
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Oct 6 Problem Set #2 Due |
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Week 7 Oct 19, 21 |
Topic: Cell cycle Case study: Cancer
– what do viruses have to do with it? http://www.nobel.se/medicine/laureates/2001/hartwell-lecture.html http://www.nobel.se/medicine/laureates/1989/varmus-lecture.html |
Cooper Ch 14 (591-615) Figs 1-31 Ch 15 (648-649) |
4. Discussion of data |
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Oct 21, Take-home exam passed
out DUE Oct 29, 5:30pm |
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