ABio 366: Biological Chemistry II

Tu/Th 9:45-11:05 am, ES 242

 


Instructor: Dr. Caro-Beth Stewart, Associate Professor
Office hours: Tu/Th 11:30-12:00; We 3:00-4:00, or by appointment
Office: Biology 327 (this is my office; please do not come into my laboratory)
E-mail: c.stewart@albany.edu
 
Teaching assistant: Mr. Tom Mennella
Office hours: Monday 11:00-1:00, or by appointment
Room: Biology 353 (lab) or 309 (office)
E-mail: tm3708@albany.edu


Textbook: Fundamentals of Biochemistry by Voet, Voet & Pratt (1999)

ANSWERS TO THIS SEMESTER'S EXAMS WILL NOT BE POSTED ON 
THIS WEBSITE. THE KEYS WILL BE POSTED OUTSIDE OF DR. 
STEWART'S OFFICE - BIO 327

NOTE: STUDENT PRESENTERS SHOULD HAND IN DISK COPY (OR 
OTHER ELECTRONIC FORM) OF PRESENTATION TO DR. STEWART 
OR TOM MENNELLA TO BE POSTED HERE FOR EXAM PREPARATION

STUDENT CLASS PRESENTATIONS:

 Date Students  Topic
 Thursday, May 3
Vincent Lynch
Melissa Williams
 Arachidonic acid metabolism PDF
 
Lauren Zichittella
Mark Gill
Shelley Gupta
 Selenocysteine PDF
 Tuesday, May 8
Amma Agyemang
Eireann Collins
 HDL receptors PDF
 
Lori Spoozak
Maria Santaguida
Jay Rossignol
 Proteasomes PDF
 
Maxx Lapkovsky
Nathaniel Caldon
Shawn Frostick
  COX-1 and COX-2 PDF

RE-REVISED Course Syllabus, Spring 2001 (dated 5 April 2001) PDF file

 

Enzyme Keys for Exams from this semester:

Exam #1 PDF file

Exam #2 PDF file

Exam #3 PDF file

 

NOTE NEW DUE DATE FOR TERM PAPERS: 1 MAY

Preliminary Guidelines for Term Paper (dated 18 January 2001) PDF file

Paper Topic Suggestions (revised 20 February 2001) PDF file

Abstracts Cover Sheet (revised 20 February 2001) PDF file


HUMAN GENOME PAPERS:

Nature Paper PDF

Science Paper PDF


LECTURES:

 DATE  LECTURE #  TOPIC  NOTES (PDF)  
 Jan. 23

 1

 Carbohydrate review  L01 PDF  
 Jan. 25

 2

 Glycogen metabolism  L02 PDF  
 Jan. 30

 3

 Glycogen synthesis  L03 PDF  
 Feb. 1

 4

 Lipid review  L04 PDF  
 Feb. 6

 5

 Guest Lecture: Dr. Richard Losick, Harvard University  Dr. Losick's website at Harvard  
 Feb. 8

 6

 Lipoproteins  L06 PDF  
 Feb. 13

 7

 Fatty Acid Metabolism
 L07 PDF
 
 Feb. 15

 Test #1

     
 Feb. 20

 8

 Amino Acid Metabolism #1  L08 PDF  
 Feb. 22

 9

 Amino Acid Metabolism #2  L09 PDF  
 Mar. 6

 10

 SNOWED OUT    
 Mar. 8

 11

 Nucleotide Metabolism #1  L11 PDF  
 Mar. 13

 12

 Nucleotide Metabolism #2  L12 PDF  
 Mar. 15

 13

 Nucleic Acid Structure  L13 PDF  
 Mar. 20

 14

 DNA Replication and Sequencing  L14 PDF  
 Mar. 22

Test #2

     
 Mar. 27

 15

 Mutation  L15 PDF  
 Mar. 29

 16

 Transcription 1  L16 PDF  
 Apr. 3

 17

 Transcription 2  L17 PDF  
 Apr. 5

 18

 mRNA Processing  L18 PDF  
 Apr. 17

 19

 more RNA Processsing, Genetic Code, etc  L19 PDF  
 Apr. 19

 20

 Translation  L20 PDF  
 Apr. 24

 21

 Final lecture  L21 PDF  
 Apr. 26

 Test #3

     


GRADES - Please check accuracy and notify Dr. Stewart or Tom Mennella of any errors.

Test grades in bold type will be used to calculate final grade (i.e., lowest test score discarded).

 SS#

 Test 1

Test 2

Test 3

Final Exam

 Paper

Talk

Partici- pation

P-T-P % 

Cum. Avg.

 Letter Grade

 0649

 68.0

92.0

80.0

 83.0

A+ 

 A

 A

 96

87.8

 B+

 4654

75.5

77.0

80.5

 84.5

 B

 A

 A

 91

83.3 

 B

 9359

73.0

79.0

-

 83.0

 A+

 A

 A

 96

82.3

 B

 0779

-

56.0

67.0

 52.0

 B

 A

 B

 88

 65.8

 D+

4852

99.5

78.0

88.0

 90.5

 A+

 A+

 A

 98

 94.0

 A

7403

65.5

75.0 61.0

73.5

A+

A+

A

98

78.0

 C+

 4281

66.5

70.0

64.0

 84.0

 B

 A

 A

 91

 77.9

 C+

 4157

102.0

84.5

92.5

 94.5

 B+

 A-

 A

 91

 95.0

 A

 2855

 -

63.5

81.5

 81.0

 A-

 A+

 A

 95

 80.3

 B-

 5944

87.0

75.0

84.5

 86.5

 A-

A+ 

 A

 95

 88.3

 B+

 3878

 91.0

84.5

93.5

 93.5

 A-

 A+

 A

 95

 93.3

 A

 2011

99.5

-

93.5

 97.0

 B+

 A-

 A

 91

 95.3

 A

 3406

85.0

73.5

76.5

 90.0

 A+

 A+

 A

 98

 87.4

 B+

Your marked papers will be available for examination (and copying, if you wish) during finals week, but Dr. Stewart keeps the original copies.


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