Introductory Biology

The required textbook is: Sadava, D.E., D.M. Hills, H.C. Heller, and M. Berenbaum. Life, the Science of Biology, 10th edition. W. H. Freeman, 2012. ISBN: 9780321558237.

All readings are from the required course textbook:

Sadava, D.E., D.M. Hills, H.C. Heller, and M. Berenbaum. Life, the Science of Biology, 10th edition. W. H. Freeman, 2012. ISBN: 9780321558237.

LEC #: 1 · TOPICS: Introduction & The Cell · READINGS: Chapter 1: Sections 1.1–1.3, Chapter 5: Sections 5.1–5.5

LEC #: 2 · TOPICS: Biochemistry 1 · READINGS: Chapter 2: Sections 2.1–2.4, Chapter 3: Section 3.1 & 3.3

LEC #: 3 · TOPICS: Biochemistry 2 · READINGS: Chapter 4: Section 4.1, Chapter 13: Section 13.2

LEC #: 4 · TOPICS: Biochemistry 3 · READINGS: Chapter 3: Section 3.2, Chapter 8: Sections 8.1, 8.3–8.5

LEC #: 5 · TOPICS: Genetics 1 · READINGS: Chapter 11: Section 11.1, 11.3–11.5

LEC #: 6 · TOPICS: Genetics 2 · READINGS: Chapter 12: Section 12.1

LEC #: 7 · TOPICS: Genetics 3 · READINGS: Chapter 12: Sections 12.4 & 12.5

LEC #: 8 · TOPICS: Genetics 4 · READINGS: Chapter 12: Section 12.2

LEC #: 9 · TOPICS: Molecular Biology 1 · READINGS: Chapter 13: Section 13.3

LEC #: 10 · TOPICS: Molecular Biology 2 · READINGS: Chapter 14: Sections 14.1–14.4

LEC #: 11 · TOPICS: Molecular Biology 3 · READINGS: Chapter 14: Sections 14.1–14.4

LEC #: 12 · TOPICS: Molecular Biology 4 · READINGS: Chapter 14, Section 14.5

LEC #: 13 · TOPICS: Recombinant DNA 1 · READINGS: Chapter 18: Sections 18.1–18.3, 18.5 & 18.6

LEC #: 14 · TOPICS: Recombinant DNA 2 · READINGS: Chapter 13: Section 13.5, Chapter 17: Section 17.1–17.5

LEC #: 15 · TOPICS: Recombinant DNA 3 · READINGS: Chapter 18: Section 18.4, Chapter 17: Section 17.4

LEC #: 16 · TOPICS: Recombinant DNA 4 · READINGS: Chapter 15: Section 15.5

LEC #: 17 · TOPICS: Cell Biology 1 · READINGS: Chapter 14: Section 14.6

LEC #: 18 · TOPICS: Cell Biology 2 · READINGS: Chapter 14: Section 14.6

LEC #: 19 · TOPICS: Cell Biology 3 · READINGS: Chapter 7: Sections 7.1–7.5

LEC #: 20 · TOPICS: Cell Biology 4 · READINGS: Chapter 11: Sections 11.1–11.3

LEC #: 21 · TOPICS: Cancer 1 · READINGS: Chapter 11: Section 11.7

LEC #: 22 · TOPICS: Cancer 2 · READINGS: Chapter 11: Section 11.7

LEC #: 23 · TOPICS: Cancer 3 · READINGS: Chapter 11: Section 11.7

LEC #: 24 · TOPICS: Development 1 · READINGS: Chapter 19: Sections 19.1–19.3

LEC #: 25 · TOPICS: Development 2 · READINGS: Chapter 19: Sections 19.4 & 19.5

LEC #: 26 · TOPICS: Stem Cells · READINGS: Chapter 11: Section 11.6, Chapter 19: Sections 19.1 & 19.5

LEC #: 27 · TOPICS: Tissue Repair · READINGS: [No Readings]

LEC #: 28 · TOPICS: Tissue Engineering · READINGS: [No Readings]

LEC #: 29 · TOPICS: Immunology 1 · READINGS: Chapter 42: Sections 42.1–42.3

LEC #: 30 · TOPICS: Immunology 2 · READINGS: Chapter 42: Sections 42.4–42.6

LEC #: 31 · TOPICS: Neurobiology 1 · READINGS: Chapter 45: Sections 45.1–45.4

LEC #: 32 · TOPICS: Neurobiology 2 · READINGS: Chapter 46: Section 46.1

LEC #: 33 · TOPICS: Neurobiology 3 · READINGS: Chapter 47: Section 47.3

LEC #: 34 · TOPICS: Neurobiology 4 · READINGS: [No Readings]

LEC #: 35 · TOPICS: The Genomic Revolution · READINGS: [No Readings]

LEC #: 36 · TOPICS: Future of Biology · READINGS: [No Readings]

These are proposed readings. The assigned pages per lecture closely follow the lectures but are not the exact replicas of the lectures. All readings are from the required course textbook:

Campbell, N. A., J. B. Reece, et al. Campbell Biology . 9th ed. Benjamin Cummings, 2010. ISBN: 9780321558237.

LEC #: 1 · TOPICS: Introduction 1 · READINGS: Chapter 1, pp. 4–25.

LEC #: 2 · TOPICS: Biochemistry 1 · READINGS: Chapter 2, pp. 30–43; Chapter 7, pp. 125–9, and Chapter 4, pp. 58–76.

LEC #: 3 · TOPICS: Biochemistry 2 · READINGS: Chapter 5, pp. 77–89.

LEC #: 4 · TOPICS: Biochemistry 3 · READINGS: Chapter 8, pp. 142–60.

LEC #: 5 · TOPICS: Genetics 1 · READINGS: Chapter 14, pp. 262–70.

LEC #: 6 · TOPICS: Genetics 2 · READINGS: Chapter 12, pp. 228–37, and Chapter 13, pp. 248–57.

LEC #: 7 · TOPICS: Genetics 3 · READINGS: Chapter 12, pp. 257–60, and Chapter 14, pp. 267–70.

LEC #: 8 · TOPICS: Genetics 4 · READINGS: Chapter 12, pp. 275–81.

LEC #: 9 · TOPICS: The Cell · READINGS: Chapter 6, pp. 94–121, and Chapter 25, pp. 507–10.

LEC #: 10 · TOPICS: Molecular Biology 1 · READINGS: Chapter 16, pp. 305–19.

LEC #: 11 · TOPICS: Molecular Biology 2 · READINGS: Chapter 17, pp. 331–4.

LEC #: 12 · TOPICS: Molecular Biology 3 · READINGS: Chapter 16, pp. 320–2; Chapter 17, pp. 334–6, and Chapter 18, pp. 357–72.

LEC #: 13 · TOPICS: Molecular Biology 4 · READINGS: Chapter 17, pp. 328–31, and pp. 337–46.

LEC #: 14 · TOPICS: Recombinant DNA 1 · READINGS: Chapter 20.

LEC #: 18 · TOPICS: Cell Biology 1 · READINGS: Chapter 17, pp. 342–4.

LEC #: 19 · TOPICS: Cell Biology 2 · READINGS: Chapter 11, pp. 206–22.

LEC #: 20 · TOPICS: Cell Biology 3 · READINGS: Chapter 12, pp. 238–43, and Chapter 11, pp. 223–4.

LEC #: 21 · TOPICS: Development 1 · READINGS: Chapter 47, pp. 1025–41.

LEC #: 22 · TOPICS: Development 2 · READINGS: Chapter 47, pp. 1024–41. (cont.)

LEC #: 23 · TOPICS: Stem Cells · READINGS: Chapter 42, pp. 912, and Chapter 20, pp. 412–7.

LEC #: 24 · TOPICS: Immunology 1 · READINGS: Chapter 43.

LEC #: 25 · TOPICS: Immunology 2 · READINGS: Chapter 43. (cont.)

LEC #: 26 · TOPICS: Neurobiology 1 · READINGS: Chapter 48, pp. 1045–9.

LEC #: 27 · TOPICS: Neurobiology 2 · READINGS: Chapter 48, pp. 1050–7.

LEC #: 28 · TOPICS: Neurobiology 3 · READINGS: Chapter 49, pp. 1076–8.

LEC #: 30 · TOPICS: Cancer 2 · READINGS: Chapter 17, p. 346.

LEC #: 31 · TOPICS: Cancer 3 · READINGS: Chapter 12, pp. 240–2, and Chapter 18, pp. 373–6.

LEC #: 32 · TOPICS: Virology 1 · READINGS: Chapter 12, pp. 242–3, and Chapter 21, pp. 432.

LEC #: 33 · TOPICS: Virology 2 · READINGS: Chapter 19.

LEC #: 34 · TOPICS: Prion Diseases · READINGS: Chapter 19, pp. 388–91; Chapter 26, pp. 550–1; Chapter 20, p. 417; Chapter 23, p. 472; Chapter 43, pp. 949–50, and Chapter 7, p. 130.

LEC #: 35 · TOPICS: Future of Biology 1 · READINGS: Chapter 21.

The required textbook is: Campbell, N. A., J. B. Reece, et al. Campbell Biology . 9th ed. Benjamin Cummings, 2010. ISBN: 9780321558237.