C432 Lecture Schedule

Humboldt State University ® Department of Chemistry

Chem 432	*Biochemistry*	R. Paselk
Spring 2008	*Tentative*	Office: SA560A
Office Hours: T 1000-1150, W 1600-1650, Th 1000-1050, F 1400-1450; other times by appointment	Lecture Schedule	Phone: x 5719 Home: 822-1116
		e-mail: rap1@humboldt.edu

Syllabus: See Biochemistry on my Web Page (http://www.humboldt.edu/~rap1)

* You will find that I do not necessarily follow your text's order of presentation within or among chapters. IT IS UP TO YOU TO WINNOW THROUGH THE TEXT AND FIND THE APPROPRIATE READING MATERIALS WITHIN THE CITED CHAPTERS!
Week	Topic	Text
1 (1/21-25)	21 January-Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday-Campus Closed
	Photophosphorylation & Photosynthesis of Carbohydrates.	Chap 20
2 (1/28-2/1)	Photosynthesis of Carbohydrates, cont.; Fatty Acid Biosynthesis.	Chap 20, 21
	Discussion - Hypoglycemia
3 (2/4-8)	Cholesterol; Phospho- & Glycolipid Metabolism, cont.; Integration of Fat Metabolism	Chap 21
4 (2/11-15)	Nitrogen Metabolism and Amino Acids, Amino Acid Metabolism.	Chap 22.1; 18
5 (2/18-22)	Amino Acid Metabolism, cont., H₄-folate and the One-carbon Pool; Nucleotide Metabolism	Chap 18, pp 672-4; 22.4
	Exam I: Friday, February 22
6 (2/25-29)	Metabolic Integration	Chap 23
7 (3/3-7)	Catch-up
8 (3/10-14)	DNA, RNA & Nucleic Acid Structures	Chap 8 & 24
9 (3/17-21)	*Spring Break*
10 (3/24-28)	DNA Replication and Repair	Chap 25
11 (3/31-4/4)	31 March -Cesar Chavez Holiday-Campus Closed
	DNA Replication and Repair cont.	Chap 25

12 (4/7-11)	Discussion - Prions	Chap 26
12 (4/7-11)	Transcription	Chap 26
13 (4/14-18)	Transcription, cont.	Chap 26
13 (4/14-18)	Exam II: Friday, April 18
14 (4/21-25)	Discussion - HIV/AIDS Discussion - Obesity Discussion - Systems Biology
15 (4/28-5/2)	Student Seminars
16 (5/5-9)	Student Seminars
17 (5/12-16)	Final Exam: Monday, May 12 @ 1020-1230	Chap

Syllabus

Last modified 23 April 2008