BIO. 323 INTRODUCTORY MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY 002C
LECTURER: Dr. Lisa Dorn
Fall 2006
OFFICE: HS45, HS47, HS50
PHONE: 3064
E-MAIL: dorn@uwosh.edu.
OFFICE HOURS: 10:20-12:20am Monday & Friday or by appointment.
LECTURE HOURS: 4:10-5:10am MWF in Halsey Science 175.
TEXT (lecture): Alberts, Bray, Hopkin, Johnson, Lewis, Raff, Roberts,Walter (2004) Essential Cell
Biology, 2nd edition, Garland Science, Taylor and Francis Group, New York & London.
ATTENDANCE POLICY: I will not take role in lecture. Attending lecture and good note-taking skills will
increase your ability to do well in class. I will not repeat lectures nor do I publish lecture notes.
Lecture
number
1
2
Day
Wed
Friday
Date
6-Sep
8-Sep
Protein Structure & Function
Protein Structure & Function
Topics
Book
Ch. 4
Ch. 4
3
Monday
11-Sep
Protein Structure & Function
Ch. 4
2
4
Wed
13-Sep
Membrane Structure
Ch. 11
2
5
Friday
15-Sep
Membrane Structure
Ch. 11
2
6
Monday
18-Sep
Membrane Transport
Ch. 12
3
7
Wed
20-Sep
Membrane Transport
Ch. 12
3
8
Friday
22-Sep
Membrane Transport
Ch. 12
3
9
Monday
25-Sep
Membrane Transport
Ch. 12
4
10
Wed
27-Sep
Cell Communication
Ch.16
4
11
Friday
29-Sep
Cell Communication
Ch.16
4
12
Monday
2-Oct
Cell Communication
Ch.16
5
13
Wed
4-Oct
Cell Communication
Ch.16
5
Friday
6-Oct
14
Monday
9-Oct
Intracellular Compartments and Transport;
15
Wed
11-Oct
16
Friday
17
Exam 1
5
Paper #1 Handout
Discuss Handout
Week
1
1
Ch. 15
6
Intracellular Compartments and Transport
Ch. 15
6
13-Oct
Intracellular Compartments and Transport
Ch. 15
6
Monday
16-Oct
Intracellular Compartments and Transport: Paper #1 First Draft Due
Ch. 15
7
18
Wed
18-Oct
Cytoskeleton
Ch. 17
7
19
Friday
20-Oct
Cytoskeleton;
Ch. 17
7
20
Monday
23-Oct
Cytoskeleton
Ch. 17
8
21
Wed
25-Oct
Cytoskeleton
Ch. 17
8
22
Friday
27-Oct
Cytoskeleton;
Ch. 17
8
23
Monday
30-Oct
Cytoskeleton
Ch. 17
9
24
Wed
1-Nov
Energetics
Ch. 14
9
25
Friday
3-Nov
Energetics
Ch. 14
9
26
Monday
6-Nov
DNA structure
Ch. 5
10
27
Wed
8-Nov
DNA structure
Ch. 5
10
Critique First Drafts
Final Draft Paper #1 due
28
Friday
10-Nov
DNA structure
Ch. 5
Monday
13-Nov
29
Wed
15-Nov
DNA replication
30
Friday
17-Nov
DNA replication & repair
31
Monday
20-Nov
Transcription
Wed
22-Nov
Thanksgiving
12
Friday
24-Nov
Thanksgiving
12
32
Monday
27-Nov
Transcription
33
Wed
29-Nov
Translation
34
Friday
1-Dec
35
Monday
36
Exam 2
11
Paper #2 Handout
Discuss Handout
10
Ch. 6
11
Ch. 6
11
Ch. 7
12
Ch. 7
13
Ch. 7
13
Translation
Ch. 7
13
4-Dec
Gene Regulation
Ch. 8
14
Wed
6-Dec
Gene Regulation
Ch. 8
14
37
Friday
8-Dec
Gene Regulation
Ch. 8
14
38
Monday
10-Dec
Gene Regulation
Ch. 8
15
Wed
13-Dec
Friday
15-Dec
Paper #2 First Draft Due
Paper #2 Final Draft Due
Exam 3
15
15
GRADING: Each exam is worth 100 pts, and each paper 50 points for a total of 400 points. 92-100% = A,
89-91 = AB, 82-88 = B, 79-81 = BC, 72-78 = C, 68-71 = CD, 60-67 = D, below 60% = F. Grades will only
be “curved”, if necessary. Cheating in any form (including plagiarism, excessive and/or undocumented
paraphrasing) will NOT be tolerated. Students caught cheating will receive an F in the course and will be
reported to the Dean of Students.
MAKE-UP EXAMS: If you cannot be present for an exam, it is your responsibility to get in touch with me
before the rest of the class writes the exam. Make-up exams will be available only if the student suffers a
life-threatening illness and has a medical excuse to support that claim.
WRITING ASSIGNMENTS:
General Instructions
I will provide you with selected data from the literature that are relevant to theories discussed in class. You
are to treat the data as though they were your own and as though you wanted to present the data to others in
your field as a publishable research paper. Consequently, you must (1) capture the interest of the reader by
developing some background and explaining the significance of the hypothesis tested in your paper; (2),
explain clearly the results so that the reader understands their meaning and draws the same conclusions as
you as the paper is read, and, (3), discuss how your results expand upon knowledge published to date. Each
paper will have:
- Introduction that gives some background information but mostly outlines questions in the field
(that will be addressed by your data) and the significance of the work presented, i.e. what makes the study
important. A rationale statement is often useful.
- Results section that explains the data. What do the data show? (To answer this question, you may
also have to explain a bit about the techniques used and the rationale for doing specific experiments.) Why
were certain controls done?
- Discussion section in which a reasonable new hypothesis for future work is formulated from the
data.
This sounds like a lot of writing, but, in fact, the maximum page length will be no more than two
typewritten, double-spaced pages (font no less than 12 point). The key is to think clearly, write concisely
and say exactly what you mean…no more, no less.
You may discuss the data (and interpretations of the data) among themselves. You can also ask me questions,
preferably in class where all can profit from the questions and answers.