Spring 2001: BIOL 402: Biochemistry

overview – instructors – course information – downloads – updates

overview

location 10 Leidy Laboratories

time T Th 9-10:30

syllabus BIOL 402 Syllabus + Schedule

BIOL 402 examines the basic principles of protein isolation and characterization, enzyme mechanism, membrane structure and function, immunobiochemistry, cellular detoxification, intermediary metabolism, and cellular energy and signal transduction. Emphasis is placed on the experimental approaches and reasoning behind the elucidation of these processes at the chemical level.

professors

Philip Rea
216 Leidy Laboratories
email: parea@sas.upenn.edu
+1 215 898.0807 Wei Guo
514 Goddard Laboratories
email: guowei@sas.upenn.edu

teaching assistants

Ed Weinstein
email: eweinste@mail.med.upenn.edu

course information

textbook

The following reading is available at the University of Pennsylvania bookstore:

Biochemistry, 2nd Edition, Voet, D. and Voet, J.D. (1995)

grading and exams

There will be two examinations and both will have a take-home format. Each exam will be worth 100 points and consist of questions based on the interpretation and/or design of original experiments. Examples of old exams will be distributed during the course. There will be no make-up exams. Questions about exam grading will be considered only during a one week interval after return of the graded exams to the students. These questions must be submitted in writing to the TA. Whenever an exam is considered for regrading, all answers in that exam will be considered for regrading.

For the take-home exams, students may consult only their notes and any standard biochemistry or organic chemistry textbook. Use of other reference sources or discussion of these questions with anyone is not permitted. Please review the section below on academic integrity for more information.

lecture schedule

Please refer to the BIOL 402 PDF talk schedule for more information on this course.

academic integrity

All relevant University policies regarding Academic Integrity must be followed. This includes no cheating, no plagiarism and reporting any knowledge thereof. Please consult the Student Handbook or the appropriate web-page: http://www.college.upenn.edu/responsibilities/integrity.html

lecture schedule change

The April 24 lecture will cover "Cell polarity" instead of "Neurotransmission".

downloads

schedules

BIOL 402 Syllabus + Schedule

assignments + handouts

Problem Set I (January 23, 2001)
Problem Set II (January 30, 2001)
Problem Set III (March 5, 2001)
Problem Set IV(March 5, 2001)
Ras and Rho GTPases: A Family Reunion (April 9, 2001)
Gene Therapy and Molecular Biology (April 9, 2001)
Pak questions (April 10,2001)
The actin cytoskeleton and cell survival (April 10, 2001)
Growth factor signaling ( April 5, 2001)
Growth factors and signal transduction I (April 5,10, 2001)

exams

Exam I (March 22, 2001)
Exam II (April 25, 2001)

course updates

01/23/2001
Assignment

Problem Set I is now available in the downloads section of this page as a PDF file download

last updated September 28, 2001