Bio 5319 Molecular Foundations of Medicine
Fall 2008
Tuesday and Thursdays, 8:30-10
Moore Auditorium

Lecture
Number
Date
Topic
Lecturer
Reading
         
I
Tu
Aug. 19 Protein Structure I Pike Berg 2
II
Th
Aug. 21 Enzyme Kinetics Pike Berg 8
III
Tu
Aug. 26 Enzyme Kinetics/Allostery Pike Berg 10
IV
Th
Aug. 28 Hemoglobin Pike Berg 7
V
Tu
Sep. 2 Systemic Glucose Homeostasis Pike Berg 27
VI
Th
Sep. 4 Glucose Homeostasis/Cell Signaling Pike Berg 14
VI-VII
Tu
Sep. 9

G Proteins/Receptor Tyrosine Kinases

Pike Berg 14
Lodish 22
VII-VIII
Th
Sep. 11 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases Pike Berg 14
Lodish 22
VIII
Tu
Sep. 16 Hormonal Control of Fuel Sensing, Appetite and Body Weight Fisher  
IX-X
Th
Sep. 18 Glycolysis (podcast) Pike Berg 16
XI
Tu
Sep. 23 Gluconeogenesis/Glucose Sensing
Pentose Phosphate Pathway
Pike Berg 16
Berg 20
XII
Th
Sep. 25 TCA Cycle Pike Berg 17
XIII
Tu
Sept. 30 ß-Oxidation of Fatty Acids Pike Berg 22
XIV
Th
Oct. 2 Structure/Function of Mitochondria: Cardiomyopathy and Aging Lehman

Berg 18
Lodish 14

XV
Tu
Oct. 7 Glycogen Metabolism Pike Berg 21
XVI
Th
Oct. 9 Folate and B12 Pike

Berg 24

Monday Oct. 13 MIDTERM EXAM 9 am - 12 noon    
XVII
Tu
Oct. 21 Nucleotide Metabolism Pike Berg 25
XVIII
Th
Oct. 23 Transcription Majors Berg 29, 31
Lodish 10, 11
XIX
Tu
Oct. 28 Translation Majors Berg 30
XX
Th
Oct. 30 Fats, Phospholipids, and the Structure of Membranes Pike Lodish 5
Berg 12, 26

XXI
Tu
Nov. 4

Biosynthesis and Processing of Membrane Proteins

Sadler Lodish 17
XXII
Th
Nov. 6

Synthesis Assembly and Secretion of Proteins: Von Willebrand Factor as a Paradigm

Sadler Lodish 17
XXIII
Tu
Nov. 11 Endocytosis
Stahl Lodish 17
XXIV
Th
Nov.13 Lysosomes and Proteosomes Stahl Lodish 17
XXV
Tu
Nov. 18 Microtubule Motors and Movements Hodzic Lodish 19
Berg 34

XXVI
Th

Nov. 20

Cell-Cell and Cell-Matrix Interactions

Frazier Lodish 22
XXVII
Tu
Nov. 25 Apoptosis Weber Lodish 24
Th
Nov. 27

Thanksgiving Break

   
XXVIII
Tu
Dec. 2

Cell Cycle

Weber Lodish 13
XXIX
Th
Dec. 4

Oncogenes and Tumor Suppressors

Weber

Lodish 23

XXX
Tu
Dec. 9

Nuclear Structure and DNA Replication

Burgers

Berg 28

XXXI
Th
Dec. 11 DNA Replication and Repair Burgers Berg 28
Mon
Dec. 15 FINAL EXAM 9 am-12 noon