Transcript LECT 01 INTRO

WELCOME TO
Sections 509, 510, 511 and 600
Dr. E.D. Harris
236A Biochemistry
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Lin Fan
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Joel Berry
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Prerequisites
• Passing Grade in BICH 410/601
• Fundament knowledge of organic
molecules:
– carboxyl groups
– aldehyde groups
– esters
- thiols
- alcohols
- amines
• Fundamental understanding of chemical
reactions:
– additions
– hydrolysis
- oxidations
- reductions
- substitutions
- ligations
500
B
405
C
360
D
315
F
270
150 + 50
300
200
100
100
Assignments
Bonuses
100
100
Biochemical Strategies
Recitation Sessions: TBA
Final Grade
The grade in the course will be based on 3, 100 point
hours exams, a 150 point final, and 50 points
for assignments. If warranted, your lowest exam
score will be substituted for your final exam
score scaled to 100 points.
Philosophy: A low grade on a biochemistry exam is common.
What a student has learned is best told by the performance on the
final exam. Dropping an exam will give students who“hang in there”
the opportunity to make past amends and show what they learned.
Makeup Exam Options
A student who misses an exam and has a
University-Excused absence or medical
emergency may:
1. Use the final exam scaled to 100 points to
substitute for the missed exam,
or
2. Request in writing (within 2 class periods)
a makeup exam, place and time decided later.
WebCT
• Lecture slides (PowerPoint format)
• Tutorials
• Old Exams
• Prep sheets
• Exam and assignments scores
• Final grade
COURSE CONTENT
1. Carbohydrate Metabolism
Bioenergetics
Glycolysis -Gluconeogenesis
Glycogen Metabolism
Krebs cycle
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Exam I
2. Oxidative Phosphorylation
Electron Transport
3. Photosynthesis
4. Lipid Metabolism
5. Nitrogen Metabolism
Amino acid oxidation
Amino acid biosynthesis
Nucleotide biosynthesis
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Exam II
Exam III
Emphasis of the Course
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Understanding, not memory
Structures, not words
Insights, not familiarities
Applying what is learned to a
more in-depth understanding of
biological principles
When in class
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