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Season 4 Session 2 Syllabus (2023–2024)

Week Date Lecture Topic New Concepts Skill Building Campbell's Chapters
21 9/16/23 Histology and Digestion Pentose Phosphate Pathway Histology 40
22 9/23/23 Digestion and Excretion Nutrient Metabolism PET, CAT, and MRI Scanning 41, 44
23 9/30/23 Circulation and Respiration Cardiac, kidney, and Respiratory Math EKGs 42
24 10/7/23 Immune System Blood Histology and Hematology Mouse Models 43
25 10/14/23 Endocrine System Glucose Metabolism Paper Review 45
26 10/21/23 Reproductive System Organ Histology Cell Lineage Tracing 46
27 10/28/23 Development Drosophila Development Embryonic Manipulation 47
28 11/4/23 Nervous System 1 Neuronal Ion Channels iPSCs 48
29 11/11/23 Nervous System 2 Greycen's Choice fMRI 49
30 11/18/23 Sensory and Motor Systems Pediatric Biology or Brain Disease Voltage Clamping 50
31 11/25/23 Anatomy and Physiology Review Muscle Physics Paper Review (Case Study) NA
32 12/2/23 Plant Development Mr. Stele yo girl Plant Histology 35
33 12/9/23 Plant Transport and Nutrition Vascular Math Chromatography 36, 37
34 12/16/23 Plant Hormones Hormone Synthesis Protoplast Formation and plant transformation 38
35 12/23/23 Plant Technologies Agriculture Selective Breeding 39
36 12/30/23 Plants Review Quantum Yield Paper Review NA
37 1/6/24 Ethology Optimal Foraging Theory Game Theory 51
38 1/13/24 Ecology I Lotka-Volterra Cohort Tables 52-54
39 1/20/24 Ecology II Production and Productivity Satellite Imaging 55,56
40 1/27/24 Overall Review Final Tips Paper Review NA

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Season 4 Session 1 Syllabus (2023)

Week Date Lecture Topic New Concepts Skill Building Campbells Chapters
1 4/29 Introduction to Biology USABO Stories and Strategies How to read a graph (and a paper) 1
2 5/6 Biochemistry AP Chem but in an hour Bioelectronics (Ion Channels) 2-5
3 5/13 Cell Biology Michaelis Menten Protein Kinetics Microscopy 6-7
4 5/20 Catabolism Catalytic Triad and Basic Reaction Mechanisms Flow Cytometry 8-9
5 5/27 Anabolism Quantum Biology (TBD) Pulse Chase Experiments 10
6 6/3 Cell Communication The MapK-Erk Pathway FRET, FRAP and Related Techniques 10
7 6/10 Biochem and Cell Bio Review Cancer Paper Review N/A
8 6/17 Classical Genetics DNA Recombination and Repair: Mechanisms and Practice Bayesian inference 14-15
9 6/24 Molecular Basis of Genetics ATP Metabolism and Balance Gene Editing and Knockout 16-18
10 7/1 Laboratory Techniques PCR and Sequencing In Focus So Blong-t and Thanks for all the FISH (Blotting and Electrophoresis) 20
11 7/8 Population Genetics Quantitative Genetics GWAS 21, 23
12 7/15 Genetics and Mol Bio Review Environmental DNA and DNA Barcoding Paper Review N/A
13 7/22 Evolution and Speciation Introduction to Statistics Sequence Alignment and BLAST 22, 24
14 7/29 Phylogeny and Taxonomy Tree Building Phylogenetic Reconstruction/Lineage Tracing 25-26
15 8/5 Microbes and Viruses Vaccine Construction Mutagenesis 19, 27
16 8/12 Protists and Fungi Epidemiology Paper Review 28, 31
17 8/19 Plant Diversity Plant Families (TBD) Tetrad Analysis 29-30
18 8/26 Introduction to Animals Invertebrate Dissections Basal Animal Phylogeny 32
19 9/2 More Animals Human Evolution Principle Component Analysis 33
20 9/9 Diversity Review Bones Paper Review N/A