Tentative Lecture Topics for BCH6206

Date

Day

Topic

Instructor

Aug. 23

Wed

Experimental Approaches: Cell  & Protein Isolation

Frost

Aug. 25

Fri

Experimental Approaches: Hypothesis Testing

Frost

Aug. 28

Mon

Membrane Structure: Lipids

Frost

Aug. 30

Wed

Membrane Structure: Proteins

Frost

Sept. 1

Fri

Facilitated Transport

Frost

Sept. 4

Mon

NO CLASS: Labor Day

 

Sept. 6 

Wed

Ion-driven Transport

Stevens

Sept. 8

Fri

Protein Targeting

O’Brien

Sept. 11

Mon

Protein Targeting

O’Brien

Sept. 13

Wed

Signaling: G-Protein

Frost

Sept. 15

Fri

Signaling: Tyrosine Kinases

Frost

Sept. 18

Mon

Signaling: Nutrient Control

Kilberg

Sept. 20

Wed

Signaling: Glucocorticoids

Frost

Sept. 22

Fri

Signaling: Role of Membrane Microdomains

Frost

Sept. 25

Mon

Signaling: Proteolysis

Frost

Sept. 27

Wed

Review

Frost

Sept. 28

Thurs (6:00 PM)

EXAM (covering lectures 8/23-9/25)

 

Sept. 29

Fri

Glycolysis

Frost

Oct. 2

Mon

Hexose Monophosphate Shunt and PDH

Frost

Oct. 4

Wed

Gluconeogenesis

Frost

Oct. 6

Fri

NO CLASS: Homecoming

 

Oct. 9

Mon

Glycogen Synthesis

Frost

Oct. 11

Wed

Glycogen Degradation

Frost

Oct. 13

Fri

Fatty Acid Synthesis

Frost

Oct. 16

Mon

Fatty Acid Oxidation

Frost

Oct. 18

Wed

TCA Cycle

O’Brien

Oct. 20

Fri

Electron Transport

O’Brien

Oct. 23

Mon

F1FO ATP Synthase

Cain

Oct. 25

Wed

Prostaglandins

Frost

Oct. 27

Fri

Role of Lipids in Macromolecular Synthesis

Allen

Oct. 30

Mon

Cholesterol Biosynthesis

Frost

Nov. 1

Wed

Lipoprotein Metabolism

Frost

Nov. 3

Fri

Review

Frost

Nov. 6

Mon

Overview of Regulation of AA Metabolism

Allen

Nov. 7

Tues (6PM)

Exam II (covering lectures 9/29-11/1)

 

Nov. 8

Wed

Amino Group Transfer-Transamination and Glutamate Dehydrogenase

Allen

Nov. 10 

Fri

NO CLASS: Veteran’s Day

 

Nov. 13

Mon

Amino Group Assimilation – Glutamine Synthetase, Carbamyl Phosphate Synthetase and Urea Cycle

Allen

Nov. 15

Wed

Introduction to Amino Acid Biosynthesis and Regulation – Glutamate as Precursor

Allen

Nov. 17

Fri

Serine/Glycine & One-Carbon/Folate Metabolism

Allen

Nov. 20

Mon

Methionine Metabolism in Animals

Allen

Nov. 22

Wed

Aspartate Pathway for Amino Acid Biosynthesis in Microbes - Regulation

Allen

Nov. 24

Fri

NO CLASS: Happy Thanksgiving

 

Nov. 27

Mon

Aromatic Amino Acid Biosynthesis in Plants and Microbes - Regulation

Allen

Nov. 29

Wed

Aromatic Amino Acid Metabolism in Animals

Allen

Dec. 1

Fri

Pyrimidine Biosynthesis and Regulation

Allen

Dec. 4

Mon

Purine Biosynthesis, Degradation - Regulation

Allen

Dec. 6

Wed

Antimetabolites

Allen

Dec. 8

Fri

Review

Allen

Dec. 12

Tues (6PM)

FINAL EXAM (covering lectures 11/6-12/6)