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Hi,
Please tell me what you are doing in your biology courses, like what textbook you use, what topics you cover, etc and how well they've prepared you for the mcat, if you've already taken it.
Here is mine for the next 2 semesters: book Lodish-Biology. I already took introductroy biology, in which we used the book: purves,sadava and covered first 12 chapters. I wonder if what i do in the next year covers everything on the mcat? p.s. yes i will also take 2 semesters of physiology(book widdmaier), but i want to know what you think of this sequence of the biology courses? thanks!
summary of whats to be covered in the fall semester:
Introduction: What is Molecular Biology?
The Dynamic Cell
Biological Molecules: Carbohydrates, Lipids
Biological Molecules: Amino acids, Proteins
Proteins: Primary + Secondary Structure
Proteins: Tertiary + Quarternary Structure
Protein Processing, Degradation and Functional Design
Antibodies, Membrane Proteins, Enzymes
Enzymes: Mechanisms of Regulation of Activity
Biochemical Energetics
Introduction to Nucleic Acids
Nucleic Acids Chemistry and Structure
Nucleic Acid Synthesis
Organizing DNA into Chromosomes
DNA Replication I
DNA Replication II
Genomic Structure
The Different Classes of RNA and the Genetic Code
Transcription in Prokaryotes
Transcription in Eukaryotes
RNA Processing in Eukaryotes
The Roles of RNA in Protein Synthesis
Protein Synthesis in Prokaryotes
Protein Synthesis in Eukaryotes
Protein Sorting and Modification
Regulation of Gene Activity in Prokaryotes ? the lac operon
Regulation of Gene Activity in Eukaryotes ? Transcription factors
Post-transcriptional Regulation of Gene Activity in Eukaryotes
Post-translational Regulation of Gene Activity
How to produce Recombinant DNA molecules
Detection of Nucleic Acids and Proteins
DNA and Protein Sequencing
The Polymerase Chain Reaction
and in the winter semester:
1) CELL METABOLISM (10 lectures)
Compartmentalization - membranes and organelles
Equilibrium, disequilibrium and dynamic steady states
Movement of substances across biomembranes
Energy transformations and redox reactions
Chemiosmotic coupling
Thermodynamics and the basic design of metabolism
Glycolysis and gluconeogenesis
Citric acid cycle and oxidative phosphorylation
Regulation of metabolism
Photosynthesis
Protein synthesis, targeting and secretion
2) CELL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION (28 lectures)
Endocytosis and exocytosis
Cytoskeleton:
Actin
Muscles and movement
Microtubules and intracellular movements
Ciliary movement
Mitosis
Nerve cells and communication by ion fluxes
Hormones and their receptors
Intracellular signalling cascades
Extracellular matrix
Cell adhesion and intercellular junctions
The cell division cycle and cancer
Please tell me what you are doing in your biology courses, like what textbook you use, what topics you cover, etc and how well they've prepared you for the mcat, if you've already taken it.
Here is mine for the next 2 semesters: book Lodish-Biology. I already took introductroy biology, in which we used the book: purves,sadava and covered first 12 chapters. I wonder if what i do in the next year covers everything on the mcat? p.s. yes i will also take 2 semesters of physiology(book widdmaier), but i want to know what you think of this sequence of the biology courses? thanks!
summary of whats to be covered in the fall semester:
Introduction: What is Molecular Biology?
The Dynamic Cell
Biological Molecules: Carbohydrates, Lipids
Biological Molecules: Amino acids, Proteins
Proteins: Primary + Secondary Structure
Proteins: Tertiary + Quarternary Structure
Protein Processing, Degradation and Functional Design
Antibodies, Membrane Proteins, Enzymes
Enzymes: Mechanisms of Regulation of Activity
Biochemical Energetics
Introduction to Nucleic Acids
Nucleic Acids Chemistry and Structure
Nucleic Acid Synthesis
Organizing DNA into Chromosomes
DNA Replication I
DNA Replication II
Genomic Structure
The Different Classes of RNA and the Genetic Code
Transcription in Prokaryotes
Transcription in Eukaryotes
RNA Processing in Eukaryotes
The Roles of RNA in Protein Synthesis
Protein Synthesis in Prokaryotes
Protein Synthesis in Eukaryotes
Protein Sorting and Modification
Regulation of Gene Activity in Prokaryotes ? the lac operon
Regulation of Gene Activity in Eukaryotes ? Transcription factors
Post-transcriptional Regulation of Gene Activity in Eukaryotes
Post-translational Regulation of Gene Activity
How to produce Recombinant DNA molecules
Detection of Nucleic Acids and Proteins
DNA and Protein Sequencing
The Polymerase Chain Reaction
and in the winter semester:
1) CELL METABOLISM (10 lectures)
Compartmentalization - membranes and organelles
Equilibrium, disequilibrium and dynamic steady states
Movement of substances across biomembranes
Energy transformations and redox reactions
Chemiosmotic coupling
Thermodynamics and the basic design of metabolism
Glycolysis and gluconeogenesis
Citric acid cycle and oxidative phosphorylation
Regulation of metabolism
Photosynthesis
Protein synthesis, targeting and secretion
2) CELL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION (28 lectures)
Endocytosis and exocytosis
Cytoskeleton:
Actin
Muscles and movement
Microtubules and intracellular movements
Ciliary movement
Mitosis
Nerve cells and communication by ion fluxes
Hormones and their receptors
Intracellular signalling cascades
Extracellular matrix
Cell adhesion and intercellular junctions
The cell division cycle and cancer
