Spring 2015

Cell Structure and Function

Listed in: Biochemistry-Biophysics, as BCBP-291  |  Biology, as BIOL-291

Formerly listed as: BIOL-29

Faculty

Dominic L. Poccia (Section 01)

Description

(Offered  as BIOL 291 and BCBP 291)  An analysis of the structure and function of cells in plants, animals, and bacteria. Topics to be discussed include the cell surface and membranes, cytoskeletal elements and motility, cytoplasmic organelles and bioenergetics, the interphase nucleus and chromosomes, mitosis, meiosis, and cell cycle regulation. Four classroom hours and three hours of laboratory per week.

Requisite: BIOL 191 and completion of, or concurrent registration in, CHEM 161.  Limited to 24 students. Spring semester. Professor Poccia.

If Overenrolled: Priority will be given first to senior biology majors followed by senior neuroscience majors and then junior biology majors. Priority for all others will be determined randomly.

BIOL 291 - L/D

Section 01
M 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM MERR 403
W 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM MERR 403
F 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM MERR 403

BIOL 291F - DIS

Section 01
Tu 01:00 PM - 01:50 PM MERR 131

BIOL 291L - LAB

Section 01
Tu 02:30 PM - 05:30 PM MCLS 336

Section 02
W 02:00 PM - 05:00 PM MCLS 336

ISBN Title Publisher Author(s) Comment Book Store Price
Molecular Biology of the Cell (6th ed.) Garland, 2014 Alberts, et al. TBD

Offerings

2024-25: Not offered
Other years: Offered in Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022