Welcome to
BCHM2072 &
BCHM2972
Human Biochemistry
NB: NO PRACS THIS WEEK 
Required
• For BCHM2072
– Full Pass in MBLG2771
• For BCHM2972 (Advanced)
• Meant to have a Distinction in
MBLG2771/2871
• Normally >70 and a Distinction in
BCHM2071
• However…. the Faculty Handbook says “ a
Distinction in two of the prerequisite units of
study” and this includes Chemistry 1!!
• Changes require formal enrolment variation
at Faculty
– Advanced do:
• Some different practical tasks
• Different exam
– More molecular detail
– Differences between Regular and Advanced
emphasised in Study Guides
• Some different assignments
Changing Enrolment
• Enrolled in BCHM2972 and D in
MBLG2X71
– no action.
• Enrolled in BCHM2972 but do NOT
have a D in MBLG2X71
– re-enrol in BCHM2072 (please tell us) OR
– Email Rachel Moerman
(R.Moerman@mmb.usyd.edu.au) & give
reasons to support your case
• Enrolled in BCHM2072 and D in
MBLG2X71
– No action OR
– You can re-enrol in BCHM2972 (please tell
us).
• Enrolled in BCHM2072 but do NOT
have a D in MBLG2X71
– No action OR
– if you desperately want to do Advanced,
email Rachel Moerman & give reasons to
support your case
Assessment
• Examination on Theory 50%
– 2h exam time
– Chance to introduce some
assignment contribution if you wish
• Five OPTIONAL assignments during the
semester
• Up to 20% of the Theory component
• Practical 50%
– Lab book, reports, assignments,
design tasks
– But no skills test 
– 1 h exam time
NB: NO PRACS THIS WEEK 
Optional Assignments
– Given out Fridays Weeks 3, 5, 7, 9 & 11
– MUST be handed in at start of the next
(Wed) lecture
• Box at front will close at 10.10 am
– NO penalty for NOT doing the assignment
– NO special considerations
– Assignments CAN count 4% of Theory mark
each
• But you don’t have to accept the marks
– YOU CAN withdraw an assignment mark at
ANY TIME before StuVac
• If you don’t like the mark and fancy your
chances of doing better in the exam
– Withdrawal must be IN WRITING/EMAIL
• Student Support Office, Level 4, Biochem
Bldng
• Rachel Moerman
Resources
• ANY modern Biochemistry Text
– Garrett and Grisham, Stryer, etc
– BUT Frayn is recommended
• Biochemistry Web Page
www.mmb.usyd.edu.au
Go to Courses, then BCHM2072
– Updated regularly
– Lecture notes, past-paper questions,
study guides and assignments!
– Prac related stuff… radioactive
counts, interactive tutorials, etc
PATHWAYS 
• Yes, biochemistry DOES involve
pathways
BUT….
• It is ONLY important to know what they
do in conceptual terms
– The ‘point’ and ‘control’
– Hopefully reflected in the teaching!
• DO NOT ROTE LEARN THE PATHWAYS
– Will provide printed versions of the
pathways for the exam
– Exam is ‘open book’ – can take in cheat
sheets
– Nearly all questions extrapolative
FOCUS ON THE BIG
PICTURE!!!!
Special Consideration
• Process described in handout
– Relevant application ‘pack’ on
web (Faculty of Science)
– DOUCUMENTATION….
Documentation…documentation
– Lot’s of red tape and shuttling between
Faculty Office and Biochem Student
Support Office.
• Missing the exams
– DEFERRED EXAMS are on
25th November
• Different papers
Practicals
NB: NO PRACS THIS WEEK 
• Resource manual in Co-op
– NOT the Copy Centre!!
• Lists of practical day allocations on Green
Noticeboard
• To request a change in your prac day
– … form on the web and in Student Support
Office
– Hand in to Student Support Office
– DO BEFORE THURSDAY PLEASE
– Currently need people to do Even Wednesdays

• If you have only just enrolled, email us or
visit us to give us your details !
• Rachel Moerman
R.Moerman@mmb.usyd.edu.au
• Duty tutor on every day from 11.15 am
– Deborah Blanckenberg
– Will try to avoid duplication of demonstrators
• Smaller lab to the side of the one you
used for MBLG2
Immediate Actions
• Please check your email regularly over
the next week
– ENSURE you are not re-directing Uni Mail to
a full or terminated public account!!
– Check the Green Noticeboard as you pass
the Department
• Read the Radioactivity practical notes
– Do the interactive tutorials (see BCHM2
web site)
– Note that working with radioactivity is a
tremendous privilege
• Assume your pracs start next week 