date
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chapter #
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topic
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Sept 1
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Introduction
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Sept 3
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chapter 1
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The foundations of biochemistry (introduction, 1.1 cellular foundations)
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Sept 8
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chapter 1
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The foundations of biochemistry (1.2 chemical foundations)
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Sept 10
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chapter 1
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The foundations of biochemistry
(1.3 physical , 1.4 genetic, 1.5 evolutionary)
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Sept 12
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Lab 0
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Basics of safe techniques
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Sept 15
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chapter 2
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Water (2.1 Weak Interactions in aqueous systems)
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Sept 17
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chapter 2
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Water (2.2 Ionization of water, weak acids and weak bases)
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Sept 19
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Lab 1
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Titration curves of amino acids
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Sept 22
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chapter 2
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Water
(2.3 Buffering; 2.4 Water as reactant; 2.5 The fitness of water for living)
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Sept 24
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chapter 3
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Amino acids, peptides and proteins (3.1 Amino acids)
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Sept 26
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Lab 2
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The absorbance curves of two colored compounds
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Sept 29
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chapter 3
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Amino acids, peptides and proteins
(3.2 Peptide and proteins; 3.3 Working with proteins)
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Oct 1
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chapter 3
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Amino acids, peptides and proteins (4.3 Primary structure)
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Oct 3
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Lab 3
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General properties of amino acid
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Oct 6
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chapter 4
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Protein tertiary and quaternary structures
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Oct 8
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Midterm examination I
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Eid Aladha Holiday (Oct 11-Oct 22)
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Oct 22
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chapter 5
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Protein function (5.1 Reversible binding of a protein to a ligand)
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Oct 24
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Lab 4
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Separation of amino acid by paper chromatography
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Oct 27
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chapter 5
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Protein function (5.3 Protein interactions modulated by chemical energy)
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Oct 29
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chapter 6
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Enzymes (6.1 Introduction to enzymes; 6.2 How enzymes work)
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Oct 31
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Lab 5
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General properties of protein
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Nov 3
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chapter 6
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Enzymes
(6.3 Enzyme kinetics as an approach to understanding mechanism)
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Nov 5
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chapter 6
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Enzymes
(6.4 Examples of enzymatic reactions; 6.5 Regulatory enzymes)
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Nov 7
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Lab 6
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Quantitation of proteins
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Nov 10
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chapter 8
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Nucleotides and nucleic acids
(8.1 Some basics; 8.2 Nucleic acid structure)
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Nov 12
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chapter 8
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Nucleotides and nucleic acids
(8.3 Nucleic acid chemistry; 8. 4 Other functions)
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Nov 14
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Lab 7
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Preparation of an enzyme extraction
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Nov 17
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chapter 0
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Lipids. (10.1 Storage Lipids; 10.2 Structural lipids in membranes)
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Nov 19
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chapter 10
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Lipids
(10.3 Lilpids as signals, cofactors and pigments; 10.4 Working with lipids)
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Nov 21
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Lab 8
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General properties of lipids
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Nov 24
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Midterm examination II
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Nov 26
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chapter 11
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Biological membranes and transport
(11.1 Composition and architecture of membranes)
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Nov 28
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Lab 9
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General test for carbohydrate
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Dec 1
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chapter 11
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Biological membranes and transport
(1.3 Solute transport across membranes)
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Dec 3
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chapter 12
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Biosignaling (12.1 General features of signal transduction )
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Dec 8
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chapter 12
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Biosignaling
(12.2 G Protein-Coupled Receptors and second messengers)
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Dec 10
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chapter 12
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Biosignaling (12.3 Receptor Tyrosine Kinases)
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Dec 15
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chapter 13
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Bioenergetics and biochemical reaction types
(Introduction; 13.1 Bioenergetics and thermodynamics )
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Dec 17
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chapter 13
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Bioenergetics and biochemical reaction types
(13.2 Biochemical logic and common biochemical reactions )
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Dec 22
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chapter 13
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Bioenergetics and biochemical reaction types
(13.3 Phosphoryl group transfers and ATP)
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Dec 24
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Midterm Examination III
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