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Week
of Lecture Topic
(Chapters)
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Sep
9 |
B- Introduction,
Course mechanics -repeated on Sep 13
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Sep
13 |
A- Introduction,
Course mechanics -repeated from Sep 9
B- A
model system. - Antibiotic resistance (18,27) |
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Sep
20 |
A-The
Lego of Life - Intro to Biochemistry (2,3,4,5)
B-Pass
the primordial soup - Origins of life (26) |
|
Sep
27 |
A-“Somes
- ‘Somes and More ‘Somes - Tour of the Cell (7)
B- Passing
G0 - Cell Cycling and Mitosis (12) |
|
Oct
4 |
A-Farewell
Sir Francis - DNA Structure and Replication (16)
B-The
Whole Truth? - Genome Projects (20) |
|
Oct
11 |
A-
Mon/Tue
Lectures
cancelled for Thanksgiving holiday
B-Introns
Come Out! - Gene Structure (16,17) |
|
Oct
18 |
A-Cancer
and The Code - Gene Expression (17,19)
B-Fixed
Before it Broke - Repair and Mutation (17) |
| Oct
25 |
A-Genes
in a Junkyard - Genome Structure (17,19)
B-
Ali G versus Delta G - Energy,
thermodynamics (6) |
| Nov
01 |
A-The
gate keepers - Membranes and transporters (8)
B-
The Need for Speed - Biological catalysis (6) |
| Nov
08 |
A-Gasoline
versus glucose - Biological fuel (9)
B-
Take a deep breath - Oxidative phosphorylation (9) |
| Nov
15 |
A-Colour
and Einstein - Physics and chemistry of light absorption (10)
B-Harnessing
the sun - Photosynthetic electron transport (10) |
| Nov
22 |
A-I
need a fix - Photosynthetic carbon reduction (10)
B-Passing
Gas - Gas exchange in animals and plants (36,42) |
| Nov
29 |
A-A
radical idea - Oxygen and the origin of eukaryotes (28)
B-Fertilizer
to explosives - Nitrogen metabolism (37) |
| Dec
06 |
A-Supersize
me - Problems faced by multicellular organisms (42,44)
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