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 |
*Syllabus is tentative
*Times are in EST
Week | Date | Lecture Topic | New Concepts | Skill Building | Campbells Chapters |
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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 |