Announcements

14. December, 2018

Study Guides: I have added an answer key for the Exam IV that includes questions over material covered since Exam III. Here is the link to the study guide page.

11. December, 2018

Graded Problem Set 3: Graded Problem Set 3 is now available on the Problems Assignments page. This is a takehome assignment that you may hand in when you take the final on the 17^th, or drop off in the folder outside my office by Thursday, 20. December. You can download it by clicking here.

10. December, 2018

Answer Key for Exam III: The answer key for Exam II has been posted on the answer key page.

29. November, 2018

Study Guides: I have added answer keys for one of Quiz 4 and one of Quiz 5 example quizzes that contain questions similar to the ones you should expect on tomorrow's quiz. Also, the answer key I posted for one of the Exam III examples has some good examples. Here is a link to the study guide page.

13. November, 2018

Study Guides: I have added another example quiz for Quiz 3 and have removed a couple of the Quiz 3 examples that were not relevant for the quiz you will be taking tomorrow. I have also added another example exam for Exam II along with an answer key. The exam does contains material from metabolic pathways we have not covered yet, and which will not be included on the quiz tomorrow, however the questions are similar to ones I might ask relating to glycolysis, and the two fermentation pathways. Here is a link to the study guide page.

9. November, 2018

Pathway Learning Aids: Here are a couple learning aids to help you with mastering the metabolic pathways that we will be covering this semester
- Metabolic Pathways guide. This file lists each of the metabolic pathways we will be covering in this class and for each describes the level of detail you are expected to know the exams and quizzes.
- Glycolysis Flashcards. After printing this file and cutting along the dotted lines, you will have 11 flashcards, 10 of which have the the left-hands side of each of the reactions in the glycolytic pathway, and the eleventh, which has pyruvate and ATP, the products of the last reaction in glycolysis. Start with the flashcard showing D-glucose, and practice arranging the cards in order to produce the complete glycolytic pathway.

2. November, 2018

Answer Key for Exam II: The answer key for Exam II has been posted on the answer key page.

26. October, 2018

Structures and pKa values for Problem Set 1 assigned peptides: The structures and pKa values for your assigned peptides can be downloaded from the Problems Assignments page. You can also download it by clicking here.

22. October, 2018

Graded Problem Set 2: Graded Problem Set 2 is now available on the Problems Assignments page. This is a takehome assignment that is due on 5. November. You can download it by clicking here.

19. October, 2018

Answer Key for Quiz 2: The answer key for Quiz 2 has been posted on the answer key page.

10. October, 2018

Answer Key for Exam I: The answer key for Exam I has been posted on the answer key page.

1. October, 2018

Graded Problem Set 1: Graded Problem Set 1 is now available on the Problems Assignments page. This is a takehome assignment that is due on 15. October. You can download it by clicking here.

26. September, 2018

Study Guides: Some answer keys for study guide exams and and quizzes have been add to the study guide page.

24. September, 2018

19. September, 2018

Quiz 1 is scheduled for Friday, 21. Sept. It will cover materials from Lectures 1 & 2.

18. September, 2018

Question for the Day: Approximately how much mass would be required to synthesize just one molecule for each of the possible unique polypeptides having a length of 100 amino acid residues, using the 20 naturally occurring L-amino acids?

11. September, 2018

Question for the Day: What physical characteristics of a water molecule allows a groundhog to walk across Halfmoon Lake on Groundhog day?
Question for the Day: How does the pH of a solution influence charge/charge interactions between biological molecules?

5. September, 2018

Question for the Day: What characteristics distinguish a living system, such as yourself, from a non-living system?
In preparation for the first day of class, look over the following:
- Course syllabus
- Lecture schedule
- Review Lecture 1 materials
- Read Chapter 1 in Moran et al
In preparation for our next meeting
- Listen to Science Magazine Podcast on vesicles produced by cyanobacteria.
  - Biller, S. J., Schubotz, F., Roggensack, S. E., Thompson, A. W., Summons, R. E., and Chisholm, S. W. "Bacterial Vesicles in Marine Ecosystems." Science 2014, 343, 183–186.
- Read Science Editorial: Carl Zimmer, "On the Origin of Life on Earth", Science 2009, 330, 198-199.