Biochemistry, Molecular & Cellular Biology (BMCB) - BioC 6001
Course Director
Michel Sanders, Ph.D.
6-155 Jackson Hall
(612) 624-9637
sande001@umn.edu
Administrative Support:
Ann Johnson 612-626-2127
Course Description
Gives an integrated view of biochemistry, molecular biology, cell biology and genetics. Included are clinical correlation sessions dealing with specific diseases relevant to the lecture topics.
Objectives
The curricular objective of the course is to educate students about the contemporary, integrated understanding of the cell's structures and workings. This means that the boundaries among traditional biochemistry, cell biology and genetics will be blurred. The educational objective is to provide students with a balance of factual and conceptual information, which may be subsequently used independently to expand their own knowledge. Although expansive in content, the course makes no attempt to be encyclopedic but rather to give a scaffold of knowledge and to show how information connects.
Textbooks
The course uses Molecular Biology of the Cell (Alberts, et al.; Garland Publishing, 4th edition) both for its organizational framework and for its content. Because this book does not treat biochemistry to the depth required by medical students, the course relies on Basic Medical Biochemistry ( Marks, Marks and Smith; Williams & Wilkins) when appropriate. Two copies of each text are on reserve in the Bio-Medical Library.
Sample Schedule from previous year
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