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Biological Sciences BIS103 Winter Quarter 2007-2008 (CRN 15063)

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Midterms



exam results

Study exercises:


Review session III Friday March 14th, 4:10-6:00 p.m., Young 198


Boyer chapter 14, pages 445-447, problem set
(answers to problem set can be found on p 698-700 - but try by yourself, don't look up the solutions too quickly!)

Boyer chapter 15, pages 479-482, problem set (solutions p 700-702)

Boyer chapter 16, pages 510-512, problem set (solutions p 702-703)

Boyer chapter 17, pages 552-554, problem set (solutions p 703-704)

Boyer chapter 18, pages 589-591, problem set (solutions p 705-706)

Boyer chapter 19, pages 624-626, problem set (solutions p 706-707)

Boyer chapter 20, pages 648-650, problem set (solutions p 707-708)


Lectures:

Tuesday/Thursday 09:00 – 10:20 p.m. (Chemistry 194)

Books:

Required reading is Concepts in Biochemistry 3rd ed. by Rodney F. Boyer   (see chapter list in syllabus)
A course booklet is available at the UCD book store, including all slides of lecture presentations.

Other introductory books  cover the same material, but are somewhat more difficult to read:
Voet, Voet and Pratt, Biochemistry 3rd. ed.
Garret & Grisham, Biochemistry 3rd. ed.
Berg, Tymoczko and Stryer, Biochemistry, 6th ed.

Instructor: Assoc. Professor Oliver Fiehn

Phone: 754-8258 Email: ofiehn@ucdavis.edu
Office: 1315 GBSF Building (Genome Center, first floor)
Office hours:  1:00-3:00 p.m.         Tuesdays   GBSF 1314
                     1:00-2:00 p.m.         Thursdays GBSF 1314

Teaching Assistant and Office Hours:

Do Yup Lee    email: yuplee@ucdavis.edu
Office hours:  10:00 a.m. - noon     Mondays SLB 2061
                    1:00-2:00 p.m.          Fridays   GBSF 1314

Exams:

Your final grade will be based on your performance in three examinations: Midterm 1 (30%), Midterm 2 (30%), and the final test (40 %). The final exam will be cumulative.

Regrade requests for midterms must be submitted in writing within one week after return of the tests and will only be considered if you have used permanent ink during the exam.


IMPORTANT:
Exams will be given at the assigned times only! No early finals will be given! Exceptions may be granted to students with documented verification of personal loss or sickness and if the instructor was contacted before the exam.

Syllabus

(lectures with linked PDF documents for downloads)

Jan 08               thermodynamics and structures                                    Boyer Chapter 14.1 and 14.3
Jan 10               structures and oxidation/reduction                                 Boyer Chapter 14.2
Jan 15               glycolysis                                                                    Boyer Chapter 15.1 - 15.3
Jan 17               pyruvate dehydrogenase                                               Boyer Chapter 16.1
Jan 22               TCA cycle                                                                   Boyer Chapter 16.2 - 16.4
Jan 24               oxidative phosphorylation and electron transport chain     Boyer Chapter 17.1 - 17.4
Jan 29               gluconeogenesis and pentose phosphate pathway          Boyer Chapter 15.4 and 16.5 
Jan 31               midterm 1 study day and review session
Feb 05              MIDTERM 1 in class     30% of grade
Feb 07              photosynthesis and calvin cycle                                    Boyer Chapter 17.5 and 17.6
Feb 12              glycogen metabolism                                                   Boyer Chapter 15.5
Feb 14              lipid beta-oxidation                                                       Boyer Chapter 18.1, 18.2 and 18.5
Feb 19              lipid biosynthesis                                                         Boyer Chapter 18.3
Feb 21              secondary metabolism: isoprenoid biosynthesis             Boyer Chapter 18.4
                        review session II Feb 22nd, Young 198, 4:10-6:00 p.m.
Feb 26              MIDTERM 2 in class      30% of grade
Feb 28              nitrogen fixation and amino acid anabolism                    Boyer Chapter 19.1 and 19.2
March 04           protein breakdown and urea cycle                                 Boyer Chapter 19.3 and 19.4
March 06           integration of energy metabolism                                  Boyer Chapter 20.1 and 20.2
March 11           metabolic hormone receptors                                       Boyer Chapter 20.3 - 20.5
March 13           analytical biochemistry                                                Reading: analytical chemistry
                                                                                                              mass spectrometry, chromatography
March 14           review session III, Young 198, 4:10-6:00 p.m.
March 18           final  exam study day

March 20           Final Exam in class  08:00-10:00 a.m.  Final exam covers all course work.     40% of grade


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