BIOM 600 Cell Biology and Biochemistry
Director:
Michael Ostap; 573-9758; ostap@mail.med.upenn.edu
Office: B40 Anatomy Chemistry
Co-directors:
Theme I: Mark Lemmon; 898-3072;mlemmon@mail.med.upenn.edu
Mickey Marks; 898-3204; marksm@mail.med.upenn.edu
Theme II: Kevin Foskett; 898-1354; foskett@mail.med.upenn.edu
Theme III: John Weisel; 898-3573; weisel@mail.med.upenn.edu
Theme IV: Morrie Birnbaum; 898-5001; birnbaum@mail.med.upenn.edu
BGS Coordinator: Colleen Dunn; 8-2792; dunncoll@mail.med.upenn.edu
160 BRB II/III
Lectures: MWF 10:30-12:00 Austrian Auditorium, except where noted otherwise.
Textbook: “Molecular Biology of the Cell” Eds. Alberts, et al. 4th ed. (2002)
| Date | Topic | Lecturer |
|---|---|---|
| Fri, Sep 7 | Intro to Class/Protein Purification | M. Ostap |
| Mon, Sep 10 | Basics of Protein Structure | K. Ferguson |
| Wed, Sep 12 | Immunological Techniques | M. Marks |
| Fri, Sep 14 | Themes in Compartmentation/Membrane Structure | M. Marks |
| Mon, Sep 17 | Protein Biogenisis | M. Lemmon |
| Wed, Sep 19 | Cellular Quality Control | A. Diehl |
| Fri, Sep 21 | Protein Folding | M. Marks |
| Mon, Sep 24 | Microscopy Techniques (Biochemistry Quiz before class -- anytime between 8 am - 10 am) |
J. Murray |
| Wed, Sep 26 | Mitochondria | A. Dancis |
| Fri, Sep 28 | Basics of Vesicular Traffic | M. Marks |
| Mon, Oct 1 | No Class - CAMB retreat | |
| Wed, Oct 3 | Protein Sorting in Vacuolar System | C. Burd |
| Fri, Oct 5 | Exocytosis and Secretion | M. Birnbaum |
| Mon, Oct 8 | Protein Internalization and Degredation | M. Marks |
| Wed, Oct 10 | Nucleus | B. Black |
| Wed, Oct 10 | TA Help Session ~ 3:30 - 5:00 | TAs |
| Fri, Oct 12 | Introduction to Statistics | P. Gimotty |
| Mon, Oct 15 | Review Session for Exam | TAs |
| Mon, Oct 15 | Exam #1 ~ 6:00 - 9:00 pm in Dunlop Auditorium | |
| Wed, Oct 17 | Introduction to Kinetics | R. Kallen |
| Fri, Oct 19 | Biostatastics Review ~ 9:30 - 10:30 am and again from 2:00 - 3:00 pm (you need to attend only 1 session) | P. Gimotty |
| Fri, Oct 19 | Protein-Protein Interactions | K. Ferguson |
| Mon, Oct 22 | Principles of Ion Transport | K. Foskett |
| Wed, Oct 24 | Ion Channels #1 | T. Hoshi |
| Fri, Oct 26 | Ion Channels #2 | T. Hoshi |
| Mon, Oct 29 | Protein Interactions in Ion Channels | C. Deutsch |
| Tue, Oct 30 | Membrane Problem Set Help Session ~ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm | K. Foskett |
| Wed, Oct 31 | Integrated Functions of Ion Channels | K. Foskett |
| Fri, Nov 2 | Adhesion | J. Weisel |
| Mon, Nov 5 | Cell-Extracellular Interactions | J. Weisel |
| Wed, Nov 7 | Actin-Cytoskeleton | M. Ostap |
| Fri, Nov 9 | Actin-Based Motility | M. Ostap |
| Mon, Nov 12 | Microtubules | E. Holzbaur |
| Wed, Nov 14 | Microtubule-Based Motility | E. Holzbaur |
| Wed, Nov 14 | TA Help Session ~ 3:30 - 5:00 pm | TAs |
| Fri, Nov 16 | Mitosis and Kinesis | E. Bi |
| Mon, Nov 19 | Review Session for Exam | TAs |
| Mon, Nov 19 | Exam #2 ~ 6:00 - 9:00 pm in Dunlop Auditorioum | |
| Wed, Nov 21 | Intro to Signal Transduction/Metabolism | M. Birnbaum/M. Lemmon |
| Fri, Nov 23 | No class ~ Thanksgiving | |
| Mon, Nov 26 | Phosphoinositide/Phosphiolipases | C. Abrams/B. Wolf |
| Wed, Nov 28 | Small G-proteins | M. Chou |
| Fri, Nov 30 | Nuclear Receptor Signaling | M. Lazar |
| Mon, Dec 3 | Serine and Threonine Phosphorylation | F. Lee |
| Wed, Dec 5 | Activation by Tyrosine Phosphorylation | M. Birnbaum |
| Fri, Dec 7 | G. Proteins | D. Manning |
| Mon, Dec 10 | Calcium Signaling | K. Foskett |
| Mon, Dec 10 | TA Help Session ~ 3:30 - 5:00 pm | TAs |
| Wed, Dec 12 | Cell Cycle | F. Luca |
| Fri, Dec 14 | Apoptosis | X. Yang |
| Mon, Dec 17 | Exam #3 ~ 1:00 - 4:00 pm in Dunlop Auditorium |