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Season 5 Session 1 Syllabus (2024)

Week Date Lecture Topic New Concepts (Greycen) Skill Building (Jasper) Campbell's Chapters
1 5/4/24 Introduction to Biology USABO stories + strategies + Chem part 1 How to read a graph (and a paper) 1
2 5/11/24 Biochemistry Chemistry Review Part 2 Cell Culture 2–5
3 5/18/24 Cell Biology Kinetics Microscopy 6–7
4 5/25/24 Catabolism Catalysis and basic reaction mechanisms Flow Cytometry 8–9
5 6/1/24 Anabolism Lipid biochemistry and diversity Pulse Chase Experiments 10
6 6/8/24 Cell Communication Signaling FRET, FRAP and Related Techniques 10
7 6/15/24 Biochem and Cell Bio Review Protein synthesis and degradation Paper Review N/A
8 6/22/24 Classical Genetics Cell compartmentalization and trafficking PCR and DNA Quantification 14–15
9 6/29/24 Molecular Basis of Genetics Cell movement and contraction Gene Editing and Knockout 16–18
10 7/6/24 Laboratory Techniques Cell cycle and division Blotting and Electrophoresis (So Blong-t and Thanks for all the   FISH) 20
11 7/13/24 Population Genetics DNA repair and recombination GWAS 21, 23
12 7/20/24 Genetics and Mol Bio Review Cancer Paper Review N/A
13 7/27/24 Evolution and Speciation Cell Death Sequence Alignment and BLAST 22, 24
14 8/3/24 Phylogeny and Taxonomy Chromatography Microarrays and RNA Seq 25–26
15 8/10/24 Microbes and Viruses Quantitative Genetics Mutagenesis 19, 27
16 8/17/24 Protists and Fungi Intro to Statistics Paper Review 28, 31
17 8/24/24 Plant Diversity HIV Protoplast Formation 29–30
18 8/31/24 Introduction to Animals Epidemiology Spatial Seq 32
19 9/7/24 More Animals Tetrad Analysis Superintendent Component Analysis 33
20 9/14/24 Diversity Review Invertebrate Dissections Paper Review N/A

*Syllabus is tentative



*Times are in EST


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 Glucose 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 Nutrient 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