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Welcome to the Intensive Biochemistry Course.

 

Date

Day

Case Assignments

Topics, Readings in POB, and Quiz and Exam dates

 

Aug 20

M

 

Introduction to the course

Chapter 1

 

 Aug 22

W

 

Water and Weak Interactions

Chapter 2

 

 Aug 24

F

 

 

Thermodynamics of Living Systems

Chapter 1, pp 21-28, Chapter 13

 

Aug 27

M

 

 Biomolecules: Carbohydrates and Nucleotides (ATP, NAD+ and FAD)

Chapter 7, Chapter 8, pp. 273-279, 300-302

(PRACTICE BUT IT COUNTS) QUIZ 1

 

 Aug 29

W

 

 Biomolecules: Lipids and Intro to Membranes

Chapter 10

 

 

 Aug 31

F

 Case 1 begins

Water, Bioenergetics, Biomolecules:

Wrap up so far

 

 

Sep 3

M

 

 

LABOR DAY NO CLASS

 

 

Sep 5

W

 

Proteins I: Amino Acids

Chapter 3 pp. 75-85

QUIZ 2

 

 

Sep 7

F

 

 

Proteins II: Protein Structure and Functions

Chapter 3, pp. 85-89, Chapter 4

 

Sep 10

M

 

 

Proteins III: Purification and Characterization

Chapter 3, pp. 89-115

Chapter 4, pp. 136-139, 147-156

 

 

Sep 12

W

 

Proteins III Continued

 

 

Sep 14

F

 Case 1 ends

Protein Function I: Antibodies

Chapter 5, pp. 174-182, (just SKIM 175-177)

 

 

Sep 17

M

Exam case this week

Protein Function II: Structural/Motion Proteins:

Collagen and Muscle Proteins

Chapter 4, pp. 125-132, Chapter 5, pp. 182-186

 

Sep 19

W

 

EXAM 1

 

Sep 21

F

 

Protein Function III:

Myoglobin, Hemoglobin and Allosterism

Chapter 5, pp. 157-174

 

Sep 24 

M

 Case 2

 

Mb, Hb continued

 

 

Sep 26

W

 

Protein Function IV: Enzymes

Chapter 6, pp. 190-202

 

 

Sep 28

F

 

Kinetics I: Michaelis-Menten Kinetics

Chapter 6, pp. 202-209

 

Oct 1

M

 

Kinetics II: Inhibitors

Chapter 6, pp. 209-213

 

Oct 3

W

 

Kinetics III: Multisubstrate Kinetics

Chapter 6, pp. 207-208, 218-219

 

Oct 5

F

 Case 2 ends

Kinetics

QUIZ 3

 

Oct 8

M

Exam case this week

Enzyme regulation

Chapter 6, pp. 225-237

 

Oct 10

W

 

EXAM 2

 

Oct 11-12

Th-F

 

Fall Break

 

Oct 15

M

 

Protein Function V: Membranes and Transport

Chapter 11

 

Oct 17 

W

 Case 3

Membranes and Transport, cont.

 

Oct 19

F

 

Signal Transduction

Chapter 12, pp. 421-445

 

 

Structure & Dynamics: Part 2- Dynamics

Oct 22

M

 

Nucleic Acids

Chapter 8

QUIZ 4

 

Oct 24

W

 

Genes & Chromosomes

Chapter 24

 

Oct 26

F

 

Genes & Chromosomes, (cont.)

 

 Oct 29

M

 

 DNA Metabolism I: Replication

Chapter 25, pp. 948-966

 

Oct 31

W

 Case 3 ends

DNA Metabolism II: Repair

Chapter 25, pp. 966-978

 

Nov 2

F

 

RNA Metabolism I

Chapter 26, pp. 995-1007

QUIZ 5

 

Nov 5

M

 Exam case this week

RNA Metabolism II

Chapter 26, pp. 1007-1021

 

Nov 7

W

 

RNA metabolism III

Chapter 26, pp. 1021-1033

 

Nov 9

F

 

EXAM 3

 

Nov 12

M

Case 4

 

Protein metabolism I: The genetic Code

Chapter 27, pp. 1034-1044

 

Nov 14

W

 

Protein metabolism II: Translation

Chapter 27, pp. 1044-1067

 

Nov 16

F

 

 

Protein metabolism III: Targeting, etc.

Chapter 27, pp. 1068-1080

QUIZ 6

 

Nov 19 

M

 

Regulation of gene expression I: The basics

Chapter 28, pp. 1081-1092, 1102-1104

 

Nov 21

W

 

Regulation of gene expression II: Prokaryotic Examples

Chapter 28, pp. 1085-1086, 1092-1101

QUIZ 7 (take home)

 

Nov 22-23

Th-F

 

THANKSGIVING BREAK

 

 

Nov 26

M

Case 4 ends

Exam case this week

Recombinant DNA technology I: The basics

Chapter 9, pp. 306-325

 

Nov 28

W

 

Recombinant DNA technology II: Applications

Chapter 9, pp. 325-342

 

Nov 30

F

 

EXAM 4

 

Dec 3

M

 

Case Studies: Pulling it all together

 

Dec 5

W

 

Continued…

 

Dec 7

F

 

Continued…

 

Dec 12

W

 

FINAL EXAM 7:30-9:30 AM