This document provides a reading list for the 7.013 Spring 2016 course. It outlines 36 topics to be covered throughout the semester, assigning relevant sections from the textbook "Life - The Science of Biology" by Sadava et al to accompany each topic. There are three scheduled exams to assess material covered in lectures and assigned readings for topics 1-10, 9-19, and 21-29 respectively. Students are advised that readings are meant to supplement rather than replace lecture material.
This document provides a reading list for the 7.013 Spring 2016 course. It outlines 36 topics to be covered throughout the semester, assigning relevant sections from the textbook "Life - The Science of Biology" by Sadava et al to accompany each topic. There are three scheduled exams to assess material covered in lectures and assigned readings for topics 1-10, 9-19, and 21-29 respectively. Students are advised that readings are meant to supplement rather than replace lecture material.
Readings approximately follow lecture material. They are NOT the substitute for lectures. You will need to access some pages using the e-book access card that comes with the abridged version of textbook
Date # Topic Reading in “Life- The Science of Biology” by Sadava
et al 1st edition for MIT W 2/3 1 Introduction & The Cell Chapters 1: Sections 1.1 - 1.3, Chapter 5: Sections 5-1 – 5.5 F 2/5 2 Biochemistry -1 Chapter 2: Sections 2.1 - 2.4, Chapter 3: Section 3.1, 3.3 & M 2/8 3 Biochemistry -2 Chapter 4: Section 4.1,3.4 Chapter 13: Section 13.2 W 2/10 4 Biochemistry -3 Chapter 3: Section 3.2, Chapter 8: Sections 8.1, 8.3 - 8.5 F 2/12 5 Molecular Biology-1 Chapter 13: Section 13.3 M 2/15 Presidents Day T 2/16 6 Genetics-1 Chapter 11: Section 11.1, 11.3 – 11.5 W 2/17 7 Genetics -2 Chapter 12: Section 12.1 F 2/19 8 Molecular Biology-2 Chapter 14: Sections 14.1 – 14.4 M 2/22 9 Molecular Biology -3 W 2/24 10 Molecular Biology -4 Chapter 14, Section 14.5 F 2/26 11 Genetics -3 Chapter 12: Sections 12.4 & 12.5 M 2/29 Exam 1 (1-10) W 3/2 12 Genetics-4 Chapter 12: Section 12.2 F 3/4 13 Recombinant DNA -1 Chapter 18: Sections 18.1 - 18.3, 18.5 & 18.6 M 3/7 14 Recombinant DNA -2 Chapter 13: Section 13.5, Chapter 17: Section 17.1 - 17.5 W 3/9 15 Recombinant DNA -3 Chapter 18: Section 18.4, Chapter 17: section 17.4, F 3/11 16 Recombinant DNA -4 Chapter 15: Section 15.5 M 3/14 17 Systems Biology No assigned reading W 3/16 18 Cell Biology -1 Chapter 14: Section 14.6 F 3/18 19 Cell Biology -2 Chapter 7: Sections 7.1 – 7.5 M 3/21 Spring Break W 3/23 F 3/25 M 3/28 20 Cell Biology -3 Chapter 11: Sections 11.1 – 11.3 W 3/30 EXAM 2 (9-19) F 4/1 21 Immunology-1 Chapter 42: Sections 42.1 – 42.6 M 4/4 22 Immunology-2 W 4/6 23 Infectious Diseases F 4/8 24 Development- 1 Chapter 19: Sections 19.1- 19.5 M 4/11 25 Development-2 W 4/13 26 Stem Cells Chapter 19, Sections 19.1 & 19.5 F 4/15 27 Regeneration and Repair No assigned reading M 4/18 Patriots Day W 4/20 28 Tissue Engineering F 4/22 29 Neurobiology-1 Chapter 45: Sections 45.1- 45.4 M 4/25 30 Neurobiology-2 Chapter 46: Section 46.1 W 4/27 EXAM 3 ( 21-29) F 4/29 31 Neurobiology-3 Chapter 47: Section 47.3 M 5/2 32 Neurobiology-4 No assigned reading W 5/4 33 Cancer-1 Chapter 11: Section 11.7 F 5/6 34 Cancer-2 M 5/9 35 Prion Diseases No assigned reading W 5/11 36 Future of Biology
Please note: Monday (2/15) being a holiday we will have a make-up lecture on Tuesday (2/16).
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