Some of this information will come from current literature.
Laboratory meets the first week of the class.
You will have to submit three laboratory reports. A professional journal article format should be followed in preparation of lab reports. The sessions will be held at 10-11 AM every Tuesday in the Biochemistry Lab, Brown Hall Room 344. These sessions will revisit material already covered in the class. This semester topics will include basic principles of DNA and protein techniques, photosynthesis, lipid metabolism, nitrogen metabolism, chemistry and molecular biology of DNA replication, transcription and translation, hormones and signal transduction, and pharmacogenetics and drug design.