Biology Year One Handbook 2015/16
Disclaimer
The timetable below was correct at the time of going to ‘press’. However, you must check your email and Blackboard
regularly, as occasionally changes may have to be made.
Structure of Year One
1. Year One consists of four academic courses
• Biological Chemistry and Microbiology
• Cell Biology and Genetics
• Biology of Organisms
• Ecology and Evolution
2. Year One is taught and examined in two parts
• BCM and OB are taught in weeks 1 to 12, examined in week 15 (February).
• EE and CBG are taught in weeks 16 to 28, examined in weeks 29/30 (June).
3. Year One provides time for structured private study
• There are c. 40 lectures per course to allow time for private study.
4. Each course has small-group tutorials with academic staff
• All tutorials have clear objectives and teaching materials. They are designed to support the lectured
material, and improve your analytical skills.
• Most tutorials are problem-oriented, with problems collated by course conveners and made available in
advance of the tutorial.
• Specific tutorials teach essay-writing skills, criticism of research papers, presentation skills, etc.
• The Library will provide support in information literacy through lectures and hands-on sessions.
5. Every practical is designed to serve a distinct purpose
• Some practicals are formatively assessed (i.e. do not contribute to your coursework grade) and some
practicals are summatively assessed (i.e. for coursework grade credit).
• Statistical skills and the use of R are taught in two blocks of workshops in weeks 4 and 17, and assessed by a
test in spring term in week 21 that contributes to your EE coursework grade.
• Formative practicals in pipetting, microscopy, etc., are timetabled, with lectures to support them.
• Students will maintain a lab-book, and this will be commented upon by personal tutors.
• Field-trips to Silwood are scheduled in autumn and summer terms.
6. Personal tutorials and some lectures are scheduled to develop general skills
• Personal tutorials are scheduled, with rooms, times, and objectives for each.
• Topics will include:
o Critical review of lecture notes and lab-book early in autumn term
o Revision and exams
o Time management
o Second year options, planning CVs and careers
• Additional sessions run by the Senior Tutor and First Year Convenor will cover mental-health, resilience,
revision, and general induction to College and the Department.
Biological Sciences Degrees – Department of Life Sciences – Imperial College London 1
Learning objectives for Year One
#
1
2
3
Objective
Can navigate Blackboard and other
basic ICT infrastructure
Knows department's expectations
and procedures for coursework,
mitigating circumstances, etc.
Works safely in lab
4
Is able to take usable and thorough
lecture notes (or equivalent)
5
Uses databases and RefWorks to
identify sources of information and
cites sources in the approved
Harvard style
Writes confidently and competently
in well-structured scientific English,
and in their own words
Can perform statistical tests including
linear regression, t, and χ2 tests, and
ANOVA (including use of R)
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Is able to select and use appropriate
pipettes
Is capable of rearranging equations,
including those involving logarithms,
and can perform basic lab arithmetic
Can use a compound microscope and
make clear drawings
Is able to critically evaluate scientific
literature
Is able to critically analyse methods
and results of an experiment
Formative development
Computing induction in week 1
[Formative only]
Biology introduction in week 1
Personal tuition
Coursework submissions
Safety induction in week 1
Lab-coats/safety specs in practicals
Sterile technique practicals
Second personal tutorial: review of
lecture notes (or equivalent),
formative tests on Blackboard
Key skills lectures from Library
Formative OB essay in autumn term
Use of TurnItIn to detect plagiarism
[Formative only]
Key skills lectures from Library
Feedback in academic and personal
tutorials
Statistics workshops, with follow-up
practicals
All practicals to include statistics
where appropriate
Quantitative skills lecture
Protein estimation practical
Maths for Biologists document (on
Blackboard) – self-directed study
Quantitative skills lecture
Protein estimation, bacterial growth
and pH/buffer practicals
OB microscopy lecture
Autumn term practicals
Spring term academic tutorials
Exams
EE and CBG essays
Formatively assessed practicals
Assessed practicals, especially…
BCM ion exchange practical write-up
CBG bacterial growth practical test
[Formative only, but underlying all
material]
EE conservation tutorial presentation
CBG bacterial growth practical
presentation
BCM enzymology practical write-up
(Excel)
Can explain meaning and limitations
of the 'scientific method'
Can give clear oral account of work or
ideas in presentations
OB lecture
Personal tutorials
Autumn term tutorials
EE seminar
15
Can use word-processing and spreadsheet applications
16
Be capable of working independently
and in groups
Essays
BCM protein estimation practical
write-up (Excel)
Spring term tutorials
Lab-partner (with rotation)
17
18
Can design experiments
Reads around the lecture material
Tutorials
Research for essays
19
Knows and has practiced the types of
question set in exams
Online formative tests → MCQs
Tutorials → Data interpretation
Coursework essays → Essays
14
Summative assessment
Exams
EE and CBG essays
CBG bacterial growth practical, and
other practicals as required
[Formative only]
BCM enzymology practicals
OB microscopy write-up
EE and CBG essays
Organisation of…
EE algal growth experiment
CBG bacterial growth experiment
CBG bacterial growth practical
CBG online assessment
Exams
Exams
Biological Sciences Degrees – Department of Life Sciences – Imperial College London 2
Biological Chemistry and Microbiology (BCM)
Convenor
• Dr Steve Cook (s.cook@imperial.ac.uk)
Course aims
• To ground an understanding of living systems in terms of their underlying physics and chemistry.
• To appreciate the diversity of metabolic processes, their regulation, and their importance.
• To explore how mathematics can be used to model biochemical systems.
• To confidently use lab equipment, prepare and dilute solutions, and quantitatively analyse data.
Course syllabus
• Chemistry of biomolecules: atomic and molecular structure, bonding, acids and bases, reactions, nucleophiles
and electrophiles, oxidation/reduction reactions, functional groups.
• Monomers & polymers and the biochemical techniques used to analyse them: amino acids and proteins,
carbohydrates, nucleotides and nucleic acids; spectroscopy, electrophoresis, chromatography.
• Thermodynamics and enzymology: energy, entropy, free energy, Gibbs and Nernst equations; Arrhenius
reaction kinetics, catalysis, Michaelis-Menten model, enzyme inhibition and regulation.
• Central metabolism and its regulation: respiration, glycolysis, Krebs cycle, PPP, β-oxidation, excretion.
• Membranes and their role in metabolism: lipids, structure, transport across membranes, chemiosmosis,
oxidative phosphorylation.
• Bacteriology: cell structure, sporulation, growth, metabolic diversity, metabolic diversity, phototrophy,
chemolithotrophy, heterotrophy.
Learning outcomes
• Perform lab calculations involving moles, masses, concentrations, relative masses, densities, volumes,
molarities, dilutions, pH, etc., both by hand, and using Excel.
• Recall and apply the Michaelis-Menten, Gibbs, Nernst, and Arrhenius equations, and recall their limitations and
assumptions.
• Accurately select and use pipettes, spectrophotometers, microscopes, pH probes, and simple chromatography
equipment.
• Analyse the structure of macromolecules in terms of the interactions of their constituent monomers, and
analyse the properties of those monomers in terms of their functional groups, bonding and atoms.
• Interpret simple chromatograms, electropherograms and spectra.
• Propose suitable combinations of techniques for purification and analysis of macromolecules.
• Know the overall structure of the 'core' metabolic pathways, and how they interact.
• Distinguish between metabolic flux and homeostatic regulation, and explain how and why enzymes are
regulated in metabolic pathways.
• Explain what is meant by the term 'entropy', and appreciate its fundamental importance in science.
• Explain how model refinement in science occurs, e.g. in terms of models of membrane structure.
• Propose how a given molecule would cross a membrane, and relate this to the underlying thermodynamics and
chemistry.
• Explain quantitatively how respiration generates ATP through substrate level phosphorylation and through
chemiosmosis; perform simple proton-motive force calculations.
• Recall the structure of Gram positive and Gram negative bacterial cells.
• Quantitatively analyse bacterial growth; calculate doubling-times from exponential phase data.
• Relate bacterial nutritional modes such as phototrophy, chemo-organotrophy and chemolithotrophy to their
underlying redox thermodynamics.
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Teaching methods
• 45 lectures.
• 6 practicals.
• 4 tutorials.
Assessment
• 25% coursework. One formative item (Excel based protein estimation practical write-up). Three summative
items: Excel-based enzymology practical write-up (33%); online test on quantitative aspects of biochemistry
lectures and associated practicals (33%); conventional ion-exchange practical write-up (34%).
• 75% exam, taken in week 15 (February): 40 MCQs (40%), 1 data interpretation question (20%), 1 essay from
choice of 5 (40%).
Reading list
• Voet, D. & Voet, J. G. (2011) Biochemistry. 4th edition. New York, John Wiley and Sons, Inc. [A similar book,
Berg/Stryer, is available in an older edition through NCBI http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK21154/]
• Fisher, J. & Arnold, J. R. P. (2013) Chemistry for biologists. BIOS Instant Notes, 3rd edition. Abingdon, Taylor and
Francis. [Useful for students without A-level chemistry].
• Aitken, M., Broadhurst, B. & Hladky, S. (2009) Mathematics for Biological Sciences. New York, Garland Science.
[Useful for students without A-level maths].
Biological Sciences Degrees – Department of Life Sciences – Imperial College London 4
Cell Biology and Genetics (CBG)
Convener
• Dr Steve Cook (s.cook@imperial.ac.uk)
Course aims
• To understand how genetic information is expressed as phenotype, and how this is regulated.
• To know the components from which eukaryotic cells are constructed and how proteins are targeted to them.
• To understand how cells communicate with their environment and with each other.
• To understand how viruses and the vertebrate immune system behave and interact.
• To confidently use microscopes, sterile technique, and quantitatively analyse data.
• To work as a team to design experiments to investigate simple hypotheses.
Course syllabus
• Cells and their molecular biology: prokaryotes, eukaryotes, endosymbiosis, Three Domains hypothesis,
structure of eukaryotic genomes; replication, transcription, RNA processing, and translation and regulation of
these processes (lac, trp, etc.)
• Cell structure and communication: import into the nucleus, secretory pathway, protein targeting and its study;
ion channels, cell junctions, enzyme- and G-protein linked receptors, adhesion to the ECM; cell cycle, cyclins
and CDKs, cancer, and stem-cells.
• Genetics: Mendelian principles, linkage, epistasis, units of heredity vs. DNA sequences, sex determination,
bacterial genetics (transformation, transduction, conjugation), mapping.
• Infection and immunity: animal, plant and bacterial viruses, innate and adaptive immunity.
Learning outcomes
• Apply understanding of chemistry and of biochemical techniques from the BCM course to the behaviour and
analysis of DNA, RNA and protein in the cell.
• Recall how DNA is replicated, how DNA is transcribed to RNA, and how mRNA is translated to protein; and
explain the mathematical and evolutionary underpinnings of these three processes.
• Relate the contents of the human and bacterial (Escherichia coli) genomes to their evolutionary origins.
• Know the main compartments of the eukaryotic cell, and explain how proteins are targeted to them; be able to
apply this to novel situations where targeting sequences have been manipulated.
• Explain how cells communicate chemically and electrically; be able to apply this to novel situations in which
communication pathways have been manipulated.
• Analyse cancer in terms of mutations in cell cycle regulation and cell communication/adhesion loci.
• Apply Mendelian principles to genetic data; propose explanations (linkage, epistasis, etc.) to account for them,
and test them quantitatively.
• Recall the general principles of viral infection, and relate this to viral structure and genome replication.
• Recall the general principles of immunology, and explain how pathogens and immune systems interact.
• Design a safe, logistically sensible and statistically valid experiment on the growth of bacterial cells in culture,
and execute, analyse and present that experiment in a seminar.
Biological Sciences Degrees – Department of Life Sciences – Imperial College London 5
Teaching methods
• 38 lectures.
• 5 practicals (one is a part of a fortnight-long experimental-design and execution exercise).
• 4 tutorials.
Assessment
• 25% coursework. Several formative items (peer-assessed practical work). Three summative items: essay (33%);
online conceptual test with MCQs (33%); presentation, peer assessment, and online Team Based Learning
tests on bacterial growth practical (34%).
• 75% exam, taken in week 30 (June): 40 MCQs (40%), 1 data interpretation question (20%), 1 essay from choice
of 5 (40%).
Reading list
• Alberts, B., Johnson, A., Lewis, J., Raff, M., Roberts, K. & Walter, P. (2015) Molecular biology of the cell. 6th
edition. New York, Garland Science. [An older edition is available through NCBI
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK21054].
• Griffiths, A. J. F., Wessler, S. R., Lewontin, R. C., Gelbart, W. M., Suzuki, D. T. & Miller, J. H. (2015) Introduction
to genetic analysis. 11th edition. New York, W. H. Freeman. . [An older edition is available through NCBI
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK21766; this book is very useful for its worked problem sets, which
are an excellent way to test your understanding].
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Biology of Organisms (OB)
Convener
• Dr Martin Brazeau (m.brazeau@imperial.ac.uk)
Course aims
• To gain an overall understanding of the tree of life, especially in regards to animals, plants and fungi.
• To understand how the complexity of eukaryotic life has changed both in terms of timescales and evolutionary
novelty.
• To gain a more detailed knowledge of the relationships and evolution of certain groups of organisms and how
these groups have changed over time.
• To understand how the evolution of photosynthesis has profoundly shaped the diversity of life.
• To understand how phylogenetics is central to our analysis of the relationships between organisms.
Course syllabus
• The tree of life.
• Phylogenetic theory and practice.
• Overview of primate variation and evolution.
• Evolution of hominins and the origin of modern humans.
• Vertebrate evolution and diversity.
• Invertebrate evolution, especially insects and arthropods.
• Developmental evolution of animals.
• The reactions of photosynthesis.
• Algae, ferns, conifers and flowering plants.
• Fungal diversity and symbiosis.
Learning outcomes
• Be able to interpret a phylogenetic tree and distinguish monophyletic, paraphyletic and polyphyletic groups.
• Be able to construct a phylogenetic tree from a morphological or DNA character state matrix, using the
principle of parsimony.
• Know the problems, such as homoplasy, that can lead to the construction of inaccurate phylogenies.
• Know how modern humans originated and explain the subsequent variation and adaptation of different
individuals or populations since that time.
• Know how fossils inform our understanding of modern groups.
• Explain the key features behind the development of the animal body plan and how this has helped in our
understanding of modern groups.
• Know the major features of vertebrates, insects, plants and fungi.
• Explain the principles behind plant physiology.
• Recall the light and dark reactions of photosynthesis; compare and contrast the former with oxidative
phosphorylation; explain the problem caused by RuBisCO's lack of specificity quantitatively, and explain how
this is solved under different ecological conditions (C4, CAM, etc.)
• Perform basic dissection and produce high quality microscope drawings.
Biological Sciences Degrees – Department of Life Sciences – Imperial College London 7
Teaching methods
• 40 lectures.
• 5 practicals.
• 4 tutorials.
Assessment
• 25% coursework. Several formative items (essay, peer assessment of practicals). Three summative items:
microscopy practical images (33%); plant bioinformatics and phylogenies practical write-up (33%); plant lightstress practical write-up (34%).
• 75% exam, taken in week 15 (February): 40 MCQs (40%), 1 data interpretation question (20%), 1 essay from
choice of 5 (40%).
Reading list
• Wolpert, L. (1992) The unnatural nature of science. Harvard, University Press. [Later editions are also available]
• Dawkins, R. (2004) The ancestor's tale. Boston, Houghton Mifflin.
• Evert, R. F. & Eichhorn, S. E. (2013) Raven biology of plants, 8th edition. New York, Freeman & Co.
• Lecointre, G. & Le Guyader, H. (2006). The Tree of Life: A phylogenetic classification. London, Belknap Press.
• Moore, D., Robson, G. D. & Trinci, A. P. J. (2011) 21st Century guidebook to fungi. Cambridge, Cambridge
University Press.
Biological Sciences Degrees – Department of Life Sciences – Imperial College London 8
Ecology and Evolution (EE)
Convener
• Dr Jason Hodgson (j.hodgson@imperial.ac.uk)
Course aims
• To understand the processes by which the diversity of life on earth has arisen and is maintained.
• To recognize the different processes underpinning evolutionary change, including genetic mutation, drift, and
natural selection.
• To explore how the planet’s biological diversity is organized by ecological processes into ecosystems,
communities, and populations, and to appreciate the interactions that bind and define these.
• To understand the roles of observation, experimentation, and theory in building our knowledge base about the
natural world.
Course syllabus
• Natural selection and its different forms, including purifying, balancing, and directional selection.
• How natural selection fits among a suite of evolutionary processes driving phenotypic change.
• Genome evolution and evolutionary analysis.
• Speciation and diversification.
• Coevolution.
• The evolution of sex, and sexual selection.
• Describing and categorizing the natural world.
• Climate and the biosphere.
• Ecological interactions and the niche.
• Ecological theory and the mathematics of ecological interactions and population dynamics.
• Ecological science and environmental challenges.
• Biodiversity and conservation biology.
• Species-area relationships, adaptive radiations, and diversity gradients through space and time.
Learning outcomes
• Recall the general principle of evolution, and explain how mutation, natural selection, and drift lead to
phenotypic change through time.
• Explain how and why phenotypic change leads to speciation.
• Calculate allele frequencies under Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.
• Formulate and test a hypothesis about some aspect of the organization of the natural world, based on
observed patterns.
• Recall and apply equations for population growth under no constraints and under constraints of limiting
resources, competition, and predation.
• Calculate slopes for species-area relationships, and apply those relationships toward predicting the
consequences of habitat loss.
• Explain the Equilibrium Theory of Island Biogeography, and how island diversity is further affected by isolation
and habitat complexity.
• Explain how global climate change could impact on each of the above.
• Classify a species according to the IUCN Red List criteria as endangered, vulnerable, etc., based on data on that
species' range, population size, etc.
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Teaching methods
• 40 lectures.
• 2 practicals (one is a week-long sampling exercise) plus 2 field course trips to Silwood.
• 3 tutorials.
• 2 one-day fields trips to Silwood (October, May)
Assessment
• 25% coursework. Four summative items: essay (25%); IUCN species plan presentation (25%); evolution of salt
tolerance practical write-up (25%); online test on statistics taught throughout all four first-year courses (25%).
• 75% exam, taken in week 30 (June): 40 MCQs (40%), 1 data interpretation question (20%), 1 essay from choice
of 5 (40%).
Reading list
• Cain, M. L., Bowman, W. D. & Hacker, S. D. (2014) Ecology. 3rd edition. Sunderland, Massachusetts, Sinauer.
• Dawkins, R. (2006) The selfish gene. 30th Anniversary edition. Oxford, Oxford University Press.
• Coyne, J. A. (2010) Why evolution is true. Oxford, Oxford University Press.
• Zimmer C., & Emlen D. J. (2012) Evolution: making sense of life. Greenwood Village, Colorado USA, Roberts and
Company Publishers.
Biological Sciences Degrees – Department of Life Sciences – Imperial College London 10
Statistics (STATS)
Convener
• Dr Samraat Pawar (s.pawar@imperial.ac.uk)
Course aims
• Understand the underlying principles of statistics.
• Use the statistical programming language R.
• Select appropriate tests for particular kinds of data, and interpret their results critically.
Course syllabus
• Describing data as continuous, discrete, numerical, count, categorical, etc.
• Manipulating data, producing graphics, and performing statistical tests in R.
• The t, F, and χ2 tests, analysis of variance (ANOVA), and linear regression.
• Experimental design: designing experiments around statistics (rather than the other way round!)
Learning outcomes
• Format data for import into R; import that data, and manipulate numbers, vectors and data frames using R.
• Classify data as continuous, discrete, numerical, count, categorical, etc, and then select suitable tests for
different combinations of those kinds of data.
• Be able to perform t, F, and χ2 tests, analysis of variance (ANOVA), and linear regression on suitable data sets
in R.
• Know the limitations of these tests, and be able to test whether data meet their assumptions.
• Interpret the results of these tests (P values) critically, in the light of the tests' limitations.
• Design an experiment that will produce data that should be analysable using the tests above.
Teaching methods
• 6 workshops.
Assessment
• Online test on statistics contributes 25% to EE coursework.
• Skills in R cannot be directly tested in an exam; however, data interpretation, and simple statistics (mean,
standard deviation, linear regression) on exam calculators may be assessed in any exam.
Reading list
• Beckerman, A. P. & Petchey, O. L. (2012) Getting started with R: an introduction for biologists. Oxford, Oxford
University Press. [Good, short, general introduction]
• Crawley, R. (2013) The R book. 2nd edition. Chichester, Wiley. [excellent but enormous reference book, scripts
and data available from http://www.bio.ic.ac.uk/research/mjcraw/therbook/index.htm]
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Autumn 2015
Lecture 1 (0900, Read
Lecture 2 (1100, Read
Afternoon session
Afternoon session
lecture theatre in
Sherfield)
lecture theatre in
Sherfield)
(1300-1600 Tue
1400-1700 Mon/Thu/Fri)
(1300-1600 Tue
1400-1700 Mon/Thu/Fri)
Mon 5 Oct
1030 Biology intro (HDW, SRC,
MC, SNC, AD)
1150 College intro [Great Hall]
Tue 6 Oct
Freshers' fair
Freshers' fair
Wed 7 Oct
Computing intro (MS)
Safety briefing (SH)
Thu 8 Oct
First-year course structure ,
intro to lab-books (SRC)
ob.01 The Tree-of-Life (MDB)
ob.03 The scientific method
(MDB) Set OB essay titles
1000 Imperial expectations
(AD, PS, SRC)
ob.05 Vertebrate origins
(MDB)
ob.07 Tetrapods: amphibians
and the conquest of land
(MDB)
ob.09 Mammals (MDB)
ob.04 Evolution in deep time:
rocks, clocks and fossils (MDB)
[Group A]
1
Fri 9 Oct
2
Mon 12 Oct
Tue 13 Oct
Wed 14 Oct
Thu 15 Oct
Fri 16 Oct
3
Mon 19 Oct
Tue 20 Oct
Wed 21 Oct
Thu 22 Oct
PAL session: 1400-1300
[121, Barber]]
Fri 23 Oct
ob.11 Origin of the bilateria
(AML)
Commemoration day
[Group B]
1400-1700 Intro to RCSU,
BioSoc & DepReps. Meet
"mums & dads"
Freshers' fair
1400-1700 Intro to RCSU,
BioSoc & DepReps. Meet
"mums & dads"
1630 Intro for Language for
Science students [315
Sherfield]
Study skills (SNC)
pt.01 Meet personal tutors
ob.02 Phylogenetics (MDB)
Library visit (EK)
[G27→Library]
Library visit (EK)
[G27→Library]
pt.01
ob.t01 Thinking about trees
[Seminar rooms]
Pick up labcoats [Barber,
RCS1] (DF)
ob.10 Origin of the metazoa
(AML)
ob.12 Body plans (AML)
ob.p01 Mammal skulls (MDB
/SRC) [Barber, RCS1]
Commemoration day
Commemoration day
ob.13 Primates (JH)
ob.14 Hominins (JH)
ob.15 Humans (JH)
ob.16 Cnidaria & porifera (RG)
ob.17 Platyhelminthes &
nematodes (RG)
Complete English test on
Blackboard
Complete English test on
Blackboard
ob.t01
ob.06 Jaws, teeth and fins: the
proliferation of fish (MDB)
ob.08 Amniotes (MDB)
Silwood trip. Depart from
South Ken at 0900 (RG, SRC)
Plagiarism (EK)
Submission deadline Submission deadline
(1300) [Group A]
(1300) [Group B]
Pick up labcoats [Barber,
RCS1] (DF)
ob.p01
Commemoration day
Return to South Ken at 1800.
Bring your own lunch
1500-1700 Literature
searching and RefWorks
hands-on session (EK)
[310/311 SEC]
ob.t02 Constructing
phylogenies [Seminar rooms]
ob.t02
1500-1700 Literature
searching and RefWorks
hands-on session (EK)
[310/311 SEC]
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4
Afternoon session
Afternoon session
lecture theatre in
Sherfield)
(1300-1600 Tue
1400-1700 Mon/Thu/Fri)
(1300-1600 Tue
1400-1700 Mon/Thu/Fri)
[Group A]
[Group B]
ob.18 Annelids & molluscs
(RG)
ob.19 Arthropods 1 (RG)
Tue 27 Oct
ob.20 Arthropods 2 (RG)
Wed 28 Oct
stats.01 Fundamentals of
statistics, intro to R (SP) [G27:
Group A, 0900]
stats.02 Describing data, t and
F tests (SP) [G27: Group A,
0900]
stats.03 Linear regression (SP)
[G27: Group A, 0900]
Essay writing skills (BH)
ob.21 Parasitic protists:
malaria, sleeping sickness (TN)
stats.01 Fundamentals of
statistics, intro to R (SP) [G27:
Group B, 1030]
stats.02 Describing data, t and
F tests (SP) [G27: Group B,
1030]
stats.03 Linear regression (SP)
[G27: Group B, 1030]
Quantitative skills and Excel
(SRC)
Fri 30 Oct
Mon 2 Nov
Tue 3 Nov
bcm.01 Atoms, nuclei, moles,
radioactivity, orbitals (SRC)
Wed 4 Nov
bcm.03 Bonds,
electronegativity, Lewis
structures, formal charge
(SRC)
bcm.05 Reactions,
nucleophiles, electrophiles,
curly arrows (SRC)
Thu 5 Nov
PAL session: 12001400 [119, 560]
Fri 6 Nov
6
Lecture 2 (1100, Read
lecture theatre in
Sherfield)
Mon 26 Oct
Thu 29 Oct
5
Lecture 1 (0900, Read
Mon 9 Nov
bcm.07 Redox, oxidation
state, OILRIG, redox cofactors
(SRC)
bcm.09 Amino acids (SNC)
bcm.08 Functional groups,
overview of organic
nomenclature (SRC)
bcm.10 Protein structure
(SNC)
bcm.12 Polysaccharides (SNC)
Tue 10 Nov
bcm.11 Monosaccharides
(SNC)
Wed 11 Nov
bcm.13 Nucleotides (SNC)
bcm.14 Nucleic acids (SNC)
bcm.15 Spectroscopy,
fluorescence (SNC)
bcm.16 Electrophoresis (SNC)
bcm.17 Chromatography
(SNC)
1100-1300 Revision, exam
essay practice (SRC)
Thu 12 Nov
PAL session: 12001400 [122, 560]
Fri 13 Nov
ob.p02 Male and female squid
dissections (SRC) [Barber,
RCS1]
ob.p02
pt.02 Meet personal tutors,
review lab-book and lecture
notes [Seminar rooms]
pt.02
bcm.p01 Protein estimation
Gilsons & specs, lab-book
review (SRC) [Barber, RCS1]
bcm.02 Orbitals, electrons,
periodicity, waves and
particles (SRC)
bcm.04 Molecules, VSEPR,
MOs, hybridisation, resonance
(SRC)
bcm.06 Acids and bases, pH,
buffers (SRC)
Submission deadline Submission deadline
(1300) [Group A]
(1300) [Group B]
bcm.p01
bcm.p02 pH and buffers (SRC)
[Barber, RCS1]
Submit protein estimation
practical to Blackboard only
(Excel) for formative
assessment
bcm.p02
Submit protein estimation
practical
bcm.t01
bcm.t01 Purification of
enzymes, lab arithmetic
[Seminar rooms]
bcm.p03 Enzyme assay (SRC)
[Barber, RCS1]
Submit OB essay, 1500 words
maximum, in both hard-copy
to EO and to Blackboard
(referencing) for formative
assessment
Submit OB essay
bcm.p03
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Lecture 1 (0900, Read
Lecture 2 (1100, Read
Afternoon session
Afternoon session
lecture theatre in
Sherfield)
lecture theatre in
Sherfield)
(1300-1600 Tue
1400-1700 Mon/Thu/Fri)
(1300-1600 Tue
1400-1700 Mon/Thu/Fri)
[Group A]
7
Mon 16 Nov
Tue 17 Nov
Wed 18 Nov
Thu 19 Nov
Fri 20 Nov
8
Mon 23 Nov
Tue 24 Nov
Wed 25 Nov
Thu 26 Nov
PAL session: 12001400 [120, 122]
Fri 27 Nov
9
Mon 30 Nov
Tue 1 Dec
Wed 2 Dec
bcm.18 Energy and entropy,
limits of explanation (SRC)
bcm.20 Free energy, ATP,
Gibbs and Nernst (SRC)
bcm.19 Thermodynamics:
you'll never win (SRC)
bcm.21 Reaction kinetics (SRC)
bcm.22 Catalysis, enzymes,
AChE (SRC)
bcm.24 Enzyme inhibitors,
medical slant (SRC)
bcm.23 Michaelis Menten,
analysing assumptions (SRC)
bcm.25 What happens to your
breakfast? Respiration, NADH,
zymogen regulation (SRC)
bcm.27 Krebs, competitive
feedback inhibition, what
happens to protein? (SRC)
bcm.29 Pentose phosphate,
plasticity of PPP (SRC)
bcm.26 Glycolysis, allosteric
and kinase regulation what
happens to sugar? (SRC)
bcm.28 Krebs as an evolved
amphibolic cycle, beta
oxidation, what happens to
fat? (SRC)
bcm.30 Excretion and its
ecological implications, uric
acid and purine metabolism
(SRC)
bcm.32 Lipids, specialisation
of membranes, archaeal
membranes (SRC)
bcm.34 Chemiosmotic
systems (SRC)
Submission deadline Submission deadline
(1300) [Group A]
(1300) [Group B]
[Group B]
bcm.t02
bcm.t02 Is the looking glass
milk good to drink? [Seminar
rooms]
bcm.p04 Enzyme inhibition
(SRC) [Barber, RCS1]
bcm.p04
bcm.p05 Ion exchange
chromatography (SRC)
[Barber, RCS1]
bcm.31 History of membranes
(SRC)
Submit enzymology write-up
to Blackboard only (Excel
formulae) for summative
assessment
bcm.p05
Submit enzymology write-up
bcm.33 Transport across
membranes (SRC)
bcm.35 Oxidative
phosphorylation (SRC)
bcm.t03
ob.22 Plant-like protists, the
algae - seaweeds aren't plants.
(SRC)
bcm.q01 Online summative
test (SRC) [G27: Group A,
0900-1000]
ob.23 Evolution of eukaryotic
photosynthesis, origins, losses
and retooling of plastids (SRC)
bcm.q01 Online summative
test (SRC) [G27: Group B &
extra-time, 1030-1230]
bcm.t03 Integration of
metabolism [Seminar rooms]
ob.24 Green algae and mosses
(MB)
ob.26 Flowering plants (MB)
ob.25 Ferns and conifers (MB)
ob.t03 Discussion of OB essays
Thu 3 Dec
ob.28 Life as a tree: water
potential, vascular elements
(CT)
ob.27 Principles of
microscopy, plagiarism (SRC)
ob.29 Life under a tree:
photoperception and
phytochrome (CT)
Fri 4 Dec
ob.30 Plants under stress (CT)
ob.31 Plants under attack(CT)
ob.t03
ob.p03 Angiosperm
bioinformatics and
phylogenies (MB) [Barber,
RCS1]
Submit BCM online test
(quantitative skills) to
Blackboard for summative
assessment
Submit BCM online test
Submit IEC write-up to
Blackboard only (analysis of
methods) for summative
assessment
ob.p03
Submit IEC write-up
Biological Sciences Degrees – Department of Life Sciences – Imperial College London 14
Autumn 2015
10
Lecture 2 (1100, Read
Afternoon session
Afternoon session
lecture theatre in
Sherfield)
lecture theatre in
Sherfield)
(1300-1600 Tue
1400-1700 Mon/Thu/Fri)
(1300-1600 Tue
1400-1700 Mon/Thu/Fri)
[Group A]
[Group B]
Mon 7 Dec
ob.32 Fungal overview (MB)
ob.33 Ascomycete lichens and
pathogens (MB)
Tue 8 Dec
ob.34 Glomeromycota,
mycorrhizal symbioses (MB)
ob.36 Fungus-like organisms
(MB)
Plagiarism wash-up (BH)
ob.35 Basidiomycetes and
recycling (MB)
Coursework feedback sessions
by appointment (SNC, SC)
bcm.36 Introduction to the
prokaryotic world, Archaea
are not bacteria (HDW)
bcm.38 Prokaryotic cell
structure 2, envelopes and
appendages, antibiotics
(HDW)
bcm.40 Physiology of bacterial
growth, growth of cell and
populations and how we
measure it (HDW)
bcm.42 Bacterial metabolic
diversity 2, chemolithotrophy,
life in extreme
environments(HDW)
bcm.44 Prokaryotic diversity
1, making order out of
diversity, Pseudomonas the
generalist (HDW)
Coursework feedback sessions
by appointment (SNC, SC)
bcm.37 Prokaryotic cell
structure 1, the cell interior
(HDW)
bcm.39 Making a bacterial
cell, bacterial nutrition, the
framework of growth
metabolism (HDW)
bcm.41 Bacterial metabolic
diversity 1, heterotrophic
metabolism, the role of
oxygen (HDW)
bcm.43 Bacterial metabolic
diversity 3, phototrophs, the
ultimate in metabolic
flexibility (HDW)
bcm.45 Prokaryotic diversity
2, differentiation and
development, bacterial
sporulation (HDW)
Wed 9 Dec
Thu 10 Dec
PAL session: 12001400 [120, 122]
Fri 11 Dec
11
Lecture 1 (0900, Read
Mon 14 Dec
Tue 15 Dec
Wed 16 Dec
Thu 17 Dec
Fri 18 Dec
Mental health and resilience
(SNC, ICHC, SCS)
ob.p04 Microscopy (SRC)
[Barber, RCS1]
Submission deadline Submission deadline
(1300) [Group A]
(1300) [Group B]
Submit microscopy write-up in
hard-copy at end of lab for
summative assessment
ob.p04
Submit microscopy write-up
ob.p05 Light stress (CT)
[Barber, RCS1]
Submit bioinformatics writeup, in both hard-copy to EO
and to Blackboard for
summative assessment
ob.p05
Submit bioinformatics writeup
bcm.p06 Gram staining (PS)
[Barber, RCS1]
bcm.p06
bcm.t04
bcm.t04 Succinate
dehydrogenase [Seminar
rooms]
Submit light stress write-up, in
both hard-copy to EO and to
Blackboard for summative
assessment
Submit light stress write-up
Biological Sciences Degrees – Department of Life Sciences – Imperial College London 15
Spring 2016
Lecture 1 (0900, Read
Lecture 2 (1100, Read
Afternoon session
Afternoon session
lecture theatre in
Sherfield)
lecture theatre in
Sherfield)
(1300-1600 Tue
1400-1700 Mon/Thu/Fri)
(1300-1600 Tue
1400-1700 Mon/Thu/Fri)
[Group A]
12
Mon 11 Jan
Tue 12 Jan
ob.37 Light reactions of
photosynthesis, comparison
with oxphos and
chemolithotrophy (SRC)
ob.39 Photorespiration,
importance of historical
contingency in evolution of
biochemical pathways (SRC)
ob.38 Dark reactions of
photosynthesis, Calvin &
Benson’s work: how are
pathways elucidated? (SRC)
ob.40 C4 metabolism and
CAM (SRC)
Submission deadline Submission deadline
(1300) [Group A]
(1300) [Group B]
[Group B]
ob.t04
ob.t04 Plants and phylogenies
tutorial [Seminar rooms]
Wed 13 Jan
Thu 14 Jan
pt.03 Pre-exam tutorial
Fri 15 Jan
13
pt.03 Pre-exam tutorial
Mon 18 Jan
Tue 19 Jan
Wed 20 Jan
Thu 21 Jan
PAL session: 12001400 [121]
Fri 22 Jan
14
Mon 25 Jan
Tue 26 Jan
Wed 27 Jan
Thu 28 Jan
Fri 29 Jan
15
Mon 1 Feb
Tue 2 Feb
BCM exam [460/560, 10001300]
Wed 3 Feb
Thu 4 Feb
OB exam [460/560, 10001300]
Fri 5 Feb
Biological Sciences Degrees – Department of Life Sciences – Imperial College London 16
Spring 2016
16
Lecture 1 (0900, Read
Lecture 2 (1100, Read
Afternoon session
Afternoon session
lecture theatre in
Sherfield)
lecture theatre in
Sherfield)
(1300-1600 Tue
1400-1700 Mon/Thu/Fri)
(1300-1600 Tue
1400-1700 Mon/Thu/Fri)
[Group A]
[Group B]
Mon 8 Feb
cbg.01 Prokaryotes and
eukaryotes (SRC)
cbg.02 Genomes (SRC)
Tue 9 Feb
cbg.03 DNA replication (SRC)
cbg.04 Transcription (SRC)
cbg.05 Regulation of
transcription, lac, trp (SRC)
cbg.06 RNA processing (SRC)
Wed 10 Feb
Thu 11 Feb
PAL session: 12001400 [121, RCS1 labs]
Fri 12 Feb
17
Mon 15 Feb
cbg.p01
cbg.07 Translation (SRC)
cbg.09 Cell cycle (SRC)
cbg.08 Mutation and repair
(SRC)
cbg.10 Cell signalling (SRC)
cbg.p02
cbg.t01
cbg.t01 Molecular biology
(critical reading) [Seminar
rooms]
stats.04 ANOVA (SP) [G27:
Group A, 0900]
stats.05 Experimental design
(SP) [G27: Group A, 0900]
stats.06 Count data, χ2 tests
(SP) [G27: Group A, 0900]
ee.01 Intro to evolution and
evolutionary thinking (TB)
stats.04 ANOVA (SP) [G27:
Group B, 1030]
stats.05 Experimental design
(SP) [G27: Group B, 1030]
stats.06 Count data, χ2 tests
(SP) [G27: Group B, 1030]
ee.02 Genetics and neutral
evolution (JH)
Tue 23 Feb
ee.03 Genetic variation (JH)
ee.04 Natural selection (JH)
Wed 24 Feb
cbg.q01 Online summative
test (SRC) [G27: Group A,
0900-1000]
ee.05 Phenotype and genome
evolution (JH)
cbg.q01 Online summative
test (SRC) [G27: Group B &
extra-time, 1030-1230]
ee.06 Sexual selection (JH)
ee.p01 [continued] (1300)
Subculture #1
ee.07 Social evolution (JH)
ee.08 Evolution in action (JH)
ee.p01 [continued] (1300)
Subculture #2
Thu 18 Feb
Fri 19 Feb
18
cbg.p01 Sterile technique
(SRC) , lab-book review
[Barber, RCS1]
cbg.p02 Bacterial
transformation and
inducibility of operons (SRC)
[Barber, RCS1]
Tue 16 Feb
Wed 17 Feb
Mon 22 Feb
Thu 25 Feb
PAL session: 12001300 [121, 122]
Fri 26 Feb
Submission deadline Submission deadline
(1300) [Group A]
(1300) [Group B]
ee.p01 (1400)
Evolution of halotolerance
practical (TB) [Barber, RCS1]:
This practical is long-term and
will require sampling and
subculturing over the
following weeks
ee.p01 (1530)
Evolution of halotolerance
practical (TB) [Barber, RCS1]:
This practical is long-term and
will require sampling and
subculturing over the
following weeks
Submit CBG online assessment
(concepts) to Blackboard for
summative assessment
Submit CBG online assessment
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Spring 2016
19
Mon 29 Feb
Tue 1 Mar
Lecture 1 (0900, Read
Lecture 2 (1100, Read
Afternoon session
Afternoon session
lecture theatre in
Sherfield)
lecture theatre in
Sherfield)
(1300-1600 Tue
1400-1700 Mon/Thu/Fri)
(1300-1600 Tue
1400-1700 Mon/Thu/Fri)
[Group A]
[Group B]
ee.09 Molecular ecology and
evolution (TB)
ee.11 Speciation (TB)
Wed 2 Mar
Thu 3 Mar
PAL session: 12001400 [120, 122]
Fri 4 Mar
20
21
Mon 7 Mar
ee.13 Evolution of sex (TB)
ee.p01 [continued] (1000)
Sample #4
ee.15 EE seminar (human
evolution) #1 (TB)
ee.p01 [continued] (1000)
Sample #6
ee.17 Intro to ecology (JL)
ee.10 Genome evolution(TB)
ee.12 Coevolution (TB)
ee.p01 [continued] (1000)
Sample #2
ee.14 What is life (TB)
ee.p01 [continued] (1600)
Sample #3
ee.p01 [continued] (1600)
Sample #5
ee.16 EE seminar (human
evolution) #2 (TB)
ee.p01 [continued] (1400)
Data analysis (TB) [G27]
ee.18 Climate on a rotating
Earth (JL)
ee.20 Biomes (JL)
Tue 8 Mar
ee.19 Succession, plants and
soils (JL)
Wed 9 Mar
Thu 10 Mar
stats.q01 Online summative
test (SP) [G27: Group A, 09001000]
ee.21 The niche (JL)
stats.q01 Online summative
test (SP) [G27: Group B &
extra time, 1030-1230]
ee.22 Carbon (JL)
Fri 11 Mar
ee.23 Nitrogen (JL)
ee.24 Climate change (JL)
Mon 14 Mar
ee.25 Intro to population
biology (???)
ee.26 Density dependence,
regulation and management
(???)
Tue 15 Mar
ee.27 Intra-specific
competition (???)
ee.29 Predation 1 (???)
ee.28 Inter-specific
competition (???)
ee.30 Predation 2 (???)
ee.31 Metapopulations (???)
ee.32 Population
management and harvesting
(???)
ee.34 State of biodiversity (TB)
Wed 16 Mar
Thu 17 Mar
PAL session: 12001400 [121, 122]
Fri 18 Mar
ee.33 Intro to biodiversity and
conservation biology (TB)
ee.p01 [continued] (1400)
Subculture #3
ee.p01 [continued] (1300)
Set up growth assay, sample
#1 (TB) [Barber, RCS1]
Submission deadline Submission deadline
(1300) [Group A]
(1300) [Group B]
Submit CBG essay
ee.p01 [continued] (1430)
Set up growth assay, sample
#1 (TB) [Barber, RCS1]
Submit CBG essay, 1500 words
maximum, in both hard-copy
to EO and to Blackboard
(referencing) for summative
assessment
ee.p01 [continued] (1530)
Data analysis (TB) [G27]
ee.t01
ee.t01 Evolutionary biology
[Seminar rooms] Students to
select essay topic
ee.t02
Submit STATS online
assessment (R) to
Blackboard…
…for summative assessment
(contributes to EE c/w grade)
Submit evolution experiment
write-up in both hard-copy to
EO and to Blackboard
(statistics) for summative
assessment
Submit evolution experiment
write-up
ee.t02 Experimental design in
ecology [Seminar rooms]
ee.p02
ee.p02 IUCN Red List criteria.
Students work in small groups
to apply the criteria to
collated information on a set
of species. (TB) [Barber, RCS1]
Submit EE essay
Submit EE essay, 1500 words
maximum in both hard-copy
to EO and to Blackboard for
summative assessment
Biological Sciences Degrees – Department of Life Sciences – Imperial College London 18
Spring 2016
Lecture 1 (0900, Read
Lecture 2 (1100, Read
Afternoon session
Afternoon session
lecture theatre in
Sherfield)
lecture theatre in
Sherfield)
(1300-1600 Tue
1400-1700 Mon/Thu/Fri)
(1300-1600 Tue
1400-1700 Mon/Thu/Fri)
pt.04 Personal tuition, discuss
BCM and OB exams [Seminar
rooms]
ee.t03 Conservation status
presentations. Students work
in pairs through the week to
prepare 10-minute
presentations on the
conservation status of a
species of their choice
[Seminar rooms]
ee.t03
[Group A]
22
Submission deadline Submission deadline
(1300) [Group A]
(1300) [Group B]
[Group B]
Mon 21 Mar
ee.35 Drivers of biodiversity
decline (TB)
ee.36 Conservation strategies
and practice (TB)
IUCN presentation
Tue 22 Mar
ee.37 Simple biodiversity
models (TB)
ee.38 Adaptive radiation (TB)
Wed 23 Mar
Thu 24 Mar
ee.39 Diversity gradients and
hotspots (TB)
College closed
ee.40 Diversity through time
(TB)
College closed
College closed
College closed
Fri 25 Mar
Bank holiday
Bank holiday
Bank holiday
Bank holiday
pt.04
IUCN presentation in tutorial
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Summer 2016
23
Mon 25 Apr
Tue 26 Apr
Wed 27 Apr
Lecture 1 (0900,
Read lecture theatre in
Sherfield)
cbg.11 Mendelian genetics
(MC)
cbg.13 Meiosis and linkage
(MC)
cbg.15 Chromosome
aberrations, ploidy (MC)
Thu 28 Apr
Afternoon session
Afternoon session
lecture theatre in
Sherfield)
(1300-1600 Tue
1400-1700 Mon/Thu/Fri)
(1300-1600 Tue
1400-1700 Mon/Thu/Fri)
[Group A]
[Group B]
cbg.12 Extensions toMendelian genetics (MC)
cbg.14 Mapping(MC)
cbg.18 Bacterial genetics conjugation (AF)
Bank holiday
Wed 4 May
Careers guidance (SNC)
1100-1300 Y2 option adverts
Thu 5 May
Silwood trip. Depart from
South Ken at 0900 (RG)
Coursework feedback
sessions by appointment
(SNC, SC)
cbg.20 Viral diversity (MT)
Mon 2 May
Submission deadline
(1300) [Group A]
Submission deadline
(1300) [Group B]
Complete TBL in afternoon
session (teamwork)
Complete TBL
Submit requirements for
bacterial growth practical to
Blackboard by 1300
Submit requirements
cbg.p03 Drosophila salivary
glands (MC) [Barber, RCS1]
cbg.p03
cbg.16 Sex determination (MC)
cbg.17 Bacterial genetics transformation (AF)
cbg.19 Bacterial genetics transduction (AF)
Bank holiday
Fri 29 Apr
24
Lecture 2 (1100, Read
cbg.t02
cbg.t02 Genetics problem sets
[Seminar rooms]
Bank holiday
Bank holiday
Tue 3 May
Fri 6 May
25
26
Mon 9 May
Return at 2000. Bring your own
lunch, but dinner provided
Coursework feedback sessions
by appointment (SNC, SC)
cbg.21 Viral replication (MT)
Tue 10 May
cbg.22 Virus/cell interactions
(MT)
cbg.23 Animal viruses (MT)
Wed 11 May
cbg.24 Bacteriophage (MT)
Thu 12 May
[Discuss bacterial growth
plans]
cbg.25 Immune system (HB)
Fri 13 May
cbg.27 T&B cells (HB)
cbg.28 Effector mechanisms
(HB)
cbg.29 Communicating
junctions (MBAD)
cbg.31 Membrane
electrogenesis 1 (MBAD)
cbg.33 Cell architecture (DB)
cbg.30 Noncommunicating
junctions (MBAD)
cbg.32 Membrane
electrogenesis 2 (MBAD)
cbg.34 Protein sorting and the
nucleus (DB)
cbg.36 Vesicular traffic (DB)
cbg.p04 Cell cycle practical
(SRC) [Barber, RCS1]
cbg.38 Extracellular matrix (DB)
cbg.t04 Immunology/virology
tutorial [Seminar rooms]
Mon 16 May
Tue 17 May
Wed 18 May
Thu 19 May
Fri 20 May
cbg.35 Endomembranes and
the secretory pathway (DB)
cbg.37 Cytoskeleton (DB)
cbg.26 Types of immunity (HB)
cbg.t03 Design bacterial
growth experiments: team
based learning session (SRC,
PS) [G27+G29]
cbg.t03 Both groups do this
on the same day
[Discuss bacterial growth
plans]
[Discuss bacterial growth
plans]
cbg.p04
cbg.t04
Biological Sciences Degrees – Department of Life Sciences – Imperial College London 20
Summer 2016
27
Lecture 1 (0900,
Read lecture theatre in
Sherfield)
Lecture 2 (1100, Read
Afternoon session
Afternoon session
lecture theatre in
Sherfield)
(1300-1600 Tue
1400-1700 Mon/Thu/Fri)
(1300-1600 Tue
1400-1700 Mon/Thu/Fri)
[Group A]
[Group B]
Mon 23 May
Submission deadline
(1300) [Group A]
Submission deadline
(1300) [Group B]
pt.05 Personal tuition, Y2
options [Seminar rooms]
Tue 24 May
pt.05 Personal tuition, Y2
options [Seminar rooms]
Wed 25 May
Thu 26 May
Fri 27 May
28
Mon 30 May
cbg.p05 Bacterial growth
curves [Barber, RCS1+G27,
Group B, 0900-1500; Read
1500-1700] (PS/SRC)
cbg.p05 [Barber, RCS1+G27,
Group A, 0900-1500; Read
1500-1700] (PS/SRC)
Bank holiday
Give presentations for
summative assessment;
combined with cbg.t03 TBL
grade for overall grade
Presentations
Bank holiday
Bank holiday
Bank holiday
Tue 31 May
Wed 1 Jun
Thu 2 Jun
Fri 3 Jun
29
Mon 6 Jun
Tue 7 Jun
EE exam [460/560, 10001300]
Wed 8 Jun
Thu 9 Jun
Fri 10 Jun
30
Mon 13 Jun
CBG exam [460/560, 10001300]
Tue 14 Jun
Wed 15 Jun
Thu 16 Jun
Fri 17 Jun
31
Mon 20 Jun
Tue 21 Jun
Wed 22 Jun
Thu 23 Jun
Fri 24 Jun
Biological Sciences Degrees – Department of Life Sciences – Imperial College London 21
Key to teaching staff
• AD: Prof Anne Dell
• AF: Prof Alain Filloux
• AML: Prof Armand Leroi
• BH: Brett Harmony
• CT: Dr Colin Turnbull
• DB: Dr Doryen Bubeck
• DF: David Featherbe
• EK: Elizabeth Killeen
• HB: Dr Hugh Brady
• HDW: Dr Huw Williams
• JH: Dr Jason Hodgson
• JL: Prof Jon Lloyd
• MB: Dr Martin Bidartondo
• MBAD: Prof Mustafa Djamgoz
• MDB: Dr Martin Brazeau
• MC: Dr Magda Charalambous
• MS: Moira Sarsfield
• MT: Dr Mike Tristem
• PS: Prof Pietro Spanu
• RG: Dr Richard Gill
• SH: Stefan Hoyle
• SNC: Dr Steve Connolly
• SP: Dr Samraat Pawar
• SRC: Dr Steve Cook
• TB: Prof Tim Barraclough
• TN: Dr Tony Nolan
• ???: Dr Toby Confirmed
Biological Sciences Degrees – Department of Life Sciences – Imperial College London 22