Date | Topic | Textbook Reading |
Aug-23 | Intro and Pretest | |
Aug-25 | Review of Critical Concepts | Chapters 1-2 |
Aug-30 | Nucleic Acid Structure - Intro to Biomolecule Visualization | Chapter 3.1-3.2 and 24.1-24.2 |
Sep-1 | Nucleic Acid Function and Sequencing | Chapter 3.3-3.5 and 27.1 |
Sep-6 | Amino Acids and Primary Structure | Chapter 4 |
Sep-8 | 3D Structure of Proteins | 6.1-6.2 |
Sep-13 | Energetics of Folding and Stability | 6.4-6.5 |
Sep-15 | Protein Purification and Sequencing | Chapter 5 |
Sep-20 | Sugars and Polysaccharides | Chapter 8 |
Sep-22 | Fatty Acids and Biological Membranes | Chapter 9 |
Sep-27 | Biomolecules Activity | |
Sep-29 | Exam 1 | |
Oct-4 | Non-Enzymatic Proteins | Chapter 7 |
Oct-6 | Enzymes: classes and chemistry | Chapter 11 |
Oct-11 | Enzyme Mechanism Strategies | |
Oct-13 | Enzyme Kinetics | Chapter 12 |
Oct-18 | Enzyme Kinetics | Chapter 10 |
Oct-20 | Membrane Transport | Chapter 10 |
Oct-25 | Introduction to Biochemical signaling | Chapter 13 |
Oct-27 | Protein Function Activity | |
Nov-1 | Exam 2 | |
Nov-3 | Replication | Chapter 25 |
Nov-8 | Transcription | Chapter 26 |
Nov-10 | The Ribosome and Translation | Chapter 27 |
Nov-15 | Regulation of Gene Expression | Chapter 28 |
Nov-17 | DNA Repair | Chapter 25 |
Nov-22 | Thanksgiving Break - no class | |
Nov-24 | ||
Nov-29 | Exam 3 | |
Dec-1 | Intro to Metabolism - Glycolysis Project | |
Dec-6 | Final Exam 8AM |