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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
First semester of a two-course sequence. Covers amino acid and protein structure and chemistry, protein folding, enzyme reactions mechanisms, carbohydrate and lipid structure, function and metabolism, photosynthesis and carbon fixation, membrane biochemistry, thermodynamics of biological systems, vitamins and coenzymes, citric acid cycle and oxidative phosphorylation, and signal transduction.
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4.00 Credits
Second semester of a two-course sequence. Covers membrane lipid metabolism, amino acid metabolism and protein turnover, nitrogen fixation, nucleotide metabolism, nucleic acid structure, integration of metabolism and hormonal signaling, experimental methods of analyzing nucleic acids, DNA replication and repair, chromosome structure and function, RNA and protein synthesis, and control of gene expression.
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3.00 Credits
Experiments illustrating methods in modern genetics, including techniques in classical, cyto-molecular and developmental genetics. Using model organisms, especially Drosophila and mouse.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to current research approaches and methodologies in plant developmental biology and molecular genetics.
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3.00 Credits
Current issues in biochemistry, cell biology and molecular biology. Emphasis on current developments and their applications, societal and economic impacts, and moral and ethical implications. An oral presentation and a referenced library-research essay are required. A capstone course. Writing-emphasis course.
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4.00 Credits
Nucleic acid structure and DNA technology. Mechanisms of cell division, replication, transcription, translation, splicing, recombination, DNA repair and transposition, chromosome organization, DNA-protein interaction in gene regulation, genomic imprinting, epigenetics, RNA interference and genome evolution.
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3.00 Credits
Basic nerve cell physiology, nervous system organization, sensory and motor systems, neural basis of behavior, and nervous system development and plasticity.
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2.00 Credits
Experiments designed to illustrate concepts of modern neurobiology using electrophysiological, historical, and behavioral neurobiological techniques.
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2.00 Credits
Experiments with enzymes, nucleic acids, and membranes and organelles. Chromatography, kinetics, hybridization, sequencing, and immunochemical methods.
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3.00 Credits
Selected topics of current research interest in the areas of biochemistry, enzymology, structural biology, molecular biology and genetics, cellular and developmental biology, neurobiology, endocrinology, bioenergetics, computational biology, plant biology, etc. Emphasis on original literature and the experimental basis of current knowledge. Historical background, societal impact, ethical and moral implications, and future development of technologies.
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