Reading list- 7.

013 Spring 2016

Readings approximately follow lecture material. They are NOT the substitute for lectures. You will need to access some pages
using the e-book access card that comes with the abridged version of textbook

Date # Topic Reading in “Life- The Science of Biology” by Sadava

et al 1st edition for MIT
W 2/3 1 Introduction & The Cell Chapters 1: Sections 1.1 - 1.3, Chapter 5: Sections 5-1 – 5.5
F 2/5 2 Biochemistry -1 Chapter 2: Sections 2.1 - 2.4, Chapter 3: Section 3.1, 3.3 &
M 2/8 3 Biochemistry -2 Chapter 4: Section 4.1,3.4
Chapter 13: Section 13.2
W 2/10 4 Biochemistry -3 Chapter 3: Section 3.2, Chapter 8: Sections 8.1, 8.3 - 8.5
F 2/12 5 Molecular Biology-1 Chapter 13: Section 13.3
M 2/15 Presidents Day
T 2/16 6 Genetics-1 Chapter 11: Section 11.1, 11.3 – 11.5
W 2/17 7 Genetics -2 Chapter 12: Section 12.1
F 2/19 8 Molecular Biology-2 Chapter 14: Sections 14.1 – 14.4
M 2/22 9 Molecular Biology -3
W 2/24 10 Molecular Biology -4 Chapter 14, Section 14.5
F 2/26 11 Genetics -3 Chapter 12: Sections 12.4 & 12.5
M 2/29 Exam 1 (1-10)
W 3/2 12 Genetics-4 Chapter 12: Section 12.2
F 3/4 13 Recombinant DNA -1 Chapter 18: Sections 18.1 - 18.3, 18.5 & 18.6
M 3/7 14 Recombinant DNA -2 Chapter 13: Section 13.5, Chapter 17: Section 17.1 - 17.5
W 3/9 15 Recombinant DNA -3 Chapter 18: Section 18.4, Chapter 17: section 17.4,
F 3/11 16 Recombinant DNA -4 Chapter 15: Section 15.5
M 3/14 17 Systems Biology No assigned reading
W 3/16 18 Cell Biology -1 Chapter 14: Section 14.6
F 3/18 19 Cell Biology -2 Chapter 7: Sections 7.1 – 7.5
M 3/21 Spring Break
W 3/23
F 3/25
M 3/28 20 Cell Biology -3 Chapter 11: Sections 11.1 – 11.3
W 3/30 EXAM 2 (9-19)
F 4/1 21 Immunology-1 Chapter 42: Sections 42.1 – 42.6
M 4/4 22 Immunology-2
W 4/6 23 Infectious Diseases
F 4/8 24 Development- 1 Chapter 19: Sections 19.1- 19.5
M 4/11 25 Development-2
W 4/13 26 Stem Cells Chapter 19, Sections 19.1 & 19.5
F 4/15 27 Regeneration and Repair No assigned reading
M 4/18 Patriots Day
W 4/20 28 Tissue Engineering
F 4/22 29 Neurobiology-1 Chapter 45: Sections 45.1- 45.4
M 4/25 30 Neurobiology-2 Chapter 46: Section 46.1
W 4/27 EXAM 3 ( 21-29)
F 4/29 31 Neurobiology-3 Chapter 47: Section 47.3
M 5/2 32 Neurobiology-4 No assigned reading
W 5/4 33 Cancer-1 Chapter 11: Section 11.7
F 5/6 34 Cancer-2
M 5/9 35 Prion Diseases No assigned reading
W 5/11 36 Future of Biology

Please note: Monday (2/15) being a holiday we will have a make-up lecture on Tuesday (2/16).