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Cell Biology Biol-157L of the |
Mead Hall Room 131i (909) 607-2774 Office hours: Tuesday & Thursday |
Lectures: Monday & Wednesday
Laboratory: Monday
Textbook: The World of the Cell 6th Edition. Becker Kleinsmith & Hardin. Pearson-Benjamin Cummings: 2006. ISBN: 0805346805
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Monday Lecture |
Monday Lab |
Wednesday Lecture |
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1/23 Cell theory and Introduction to course |
1/28 Proteins and analysis- Notes (pdf) Group presentation assignment (pdf) Group presentation topics (pdf) |
1/28 Light Microscopy Microscopy project (pdf) |
1/30 Protein Analysis
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2/4 Fractionation & Fluorescence Microscopy |
2/4 Image collection | 2/6 Group Presentations: Endosymbiosis (pdf) & Chloroplast Protein targeting (pdf) |
2/11 Group Presentations: Endoplastmic Retuculum (pdf) & Golgi/Glycosylation (pdf) Chloroplast isolation prelab due at beginning of lecture
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2/11 Chloroplast isolations (protocol & prelab) Chloroplast Glycoprotein Overview (pdf)
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2/13 Group Presentations: Protein targeting to Nucleus, Mitochondria, Peroxisomes (pdf) Microscopy first draft due |
2/18 Paper analysis Figure analysis HW due |
2/18 SDS-PAGE and blotting (protocol) | 2/20 Paper Analysis Microscopy final draft due |
| 2/25 The Cytoplasm | 2/25 Western detection (protocol & prelab) | 2/27 Independent Lab Project Discussion |
3/3 Actin Microfilaments Reading and HW Assignment Solutions |
3/3 Independent Project 1/2
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3/5 Actin Binding Proteins 1st Midterm Exam due |
3/10 Myosins and Motility
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3/10 Independent Project 2/2 |
3/12 Introduction to Listeria & Intermediate Filaments and Extracellular Matrix Microfilament HW due |
| 3/17 Spring Break | 3/17 Spring Break | 3/19 Spring Break |
3/24 Apoptosis Lecture
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3/24 Apoptosis Introduction (protocol) |
3/26 Microtubules Discussion |
3/31 Paper Analysis Figure Analysis Due
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3/31 Apoptosis Induction (prototcol)
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4/2 Paper Analysis Figure Analysis Due Chloroplast/Glycosylation Lab Report Draft due |
4/7 The Nucleus & Chromosomes Prelab Due |
4/7 Apoptosis Analysis (protocol & prelab)
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4/9 Discuss Apoptosis Data and Independent Projects 2nd Midterm Exam assigned Figures |
4/14 Cell Cycle Discuss Independent Projects
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4/14 Independent Project 1/3
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4/16 Mitosis Chloroplast/Glycosylation Lab Report Final due 2nd Midterm Exam due Solutions |
4/21 Paper Analysis Assignment Paper Questions due |
4/21 Independent Project 2/3
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4/23 Paper Analysis
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4/28 Apoptosis/Cancer/Stem Cells
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4/28 Independent Project 3/3
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4/30 Cloning Ethics Final Exam assigned Figure A |
| 5/5 Presentations | 5/5 Presentations | 5/7 Senior Final Due |
| 5/14 Regular Final Due |
Honnold Library Electronic Journals Collection
“Evidence for a protein transported through the secretory pathway en route to the higher plant chloroplast.”
-Villarejo et al. (2005) Nature Cell Biology 7 : 1224-1231.
“Fascin-mediated propulsion of Listeria monocytogenes independent of frequent nucleation by the Arp2/3 complex.”
-Brieher et al. (2004) The Journal of Cell Biology 165(2):233-242
“Apoptosis: controlled demolition at the cellular level.”
Taylor et al. (2008) Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology (9): 231-241
"Differentiation of Cytoplasmic and Meiotic Spindle Assembly MCAK Functions by Aurora B-dependent Phosphorylation"
-Ohi et al. (2004) Molecular Biology of the Cell 15(6): 2895-2906
“Understanding Stem Cells: An Overview of the Science and Issues from the National Academies.”
-Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Advisory Committee (2006)
“Human Cloning and Human Dignity: An Ethical Inquiry.”
-The President's Council on Bioethics (2002)
Sequence Analysis Tools
Evaluations
Audience evaluations of group presentations (pdf)
Peer evaluations of group assignments (pdf)
Peer evaluations of laboratory projects (pdf)