BIO 3302: EUKARYOTIC MOLECULAR & CELL BIOLOGY

The University of Texas at Dallas

Fall, 2005

TEXT: Lodish et al., Molecular Cell Biology, Fifth Edition, 2004 ( ISBN 0-7167-4366-3)
CLASS HOURS: Monday and Wednesday, 11:00 -12:15 pm, CN 1.120

Instructors:
Dr. J. G. Burr: Office: FO 3.714(C) Hours: Wed, Fri: 1:00-2:00 pm Phone: 883-2508
burr@utdallas.edu
Dr. Z. Zhou: Office: FN3.104 Hours: Wed. 12:45- 2:00pm Phone: 883-4588
alicezhou@comcast.net
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TAs for workshops (BIO 3102) :
Section # Time and Location TA ’s Name TA ’s Email
3102-001 Tue. 8:30-9:20 am
3102-002 Tue. 8:30am -9:20am Maria Alvi maria.alvi@gmail.com
3102-003 Mon. 4:00-4:50 pm Vikram Gandhi vpg031000@utdallas.edu
3102-004 Mon. 4:00- 4:50 pm Ahmed Subhani ahmedsubhani@gmail.com
3102-005 Fri. 1:00-1:50 pm Kathryn Leake Kll012100@utdallas.edu
3102-006 Fri. 1:00-1:50 pm Anas Ismail aism6@yahoo.com

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All students enrolled in BIO 3302 must also enroll in a workshop (BIO 3102) . The grade for BIO 3102 will be determined by a
combination of attendance and homework grades, and it will be worth 10% of the overall grade given for BIO 3302. The same
letter grade will be assigned for both the lecture and workshop components of the course. Do not blow off the workshop- it can
drop your grade in the lecture part of the course (BIO 3302) from an A to a B, or from a B to a C, etc. if you do poorly in the
workshop. Homework assignments must be submitted on time to get credit. Do not attend workshops other than the one you are
registered in without prior permission of the instructor. The same grade will be assigned for both BIO 3301 and BIO 3302. If you
drop the course, you must drop both 3302 and 3102.

There will be four exams given in BIO 3302. The exam questions will be a combination of multiple-choice plus brief essay or
short-answer questions. Each of the four exams will be worth 22.5% of the final grade, and each will cover all of the material
presented in class since the previous exam (lectures, handouts, and assigned reading). The remaining 10% of your grade is from
the workshops- homeworks, etc. Scoring on the exams is done by the Teaching Assistants, but the Instructor determines in
advance what key points must be included in each answer to get full credit. The Instructor checks your scores after the TA has
graded the exams, and assigns letter grades.

Your exam papers will not be returned, but you may view your corrected exam in the workshops, and the answers will be
discussed in the workshops. For Dr. Zhou’s course material and grades, go to Biol 3302 WebCT; Dr.Burr’s course information
including grades will be posted on the course web page: Find BIO 3302 on the list, and click on the instructor ’s name (Burr)
http://www.utdallas.edu/nsm/biology/undergraduates/latest.html

If you have questions about the grading or your performance in an exam, please see the instructors as soon as possible. Although
letter grades may be provided after each exam, these should be treated only as a reflection of your performance. The final course
grade will be based not on these individual letter grades, but on the total of the scores of all four exams and the homework. DO
NOT MISS THE EXAMS. Makeup exams will be given only in case of a documented emergency and will be MORE DIFFICULT
than the regularly scheduled exam. You must contact the Instructor within 24 hours of the missed exam.
SCHEDULE OF LECTURES
Bio 3302, Fall 2005

Date Instructor Topic Assignment

8/22 Zhou Cell Architecture Chapter 5

8/24 Zhou Cell Biology Techniques Chapter 5

8/29 Zhou Biomembrane Structure Chapter 5

8/31, 9/7 Zhou Catch-up

Membrane Transport of Ions and Chapter 7
Small Molecules

9/12 Zhou Integrating Cells into Tissues Chapter 6

9/14 Zhou Exam 1 (Chapters 5,6,7)

9/19 Zhou Integrating Cells into Tissues Chapter 6

9/21 Zhou General Principles of Cell Signaling Chapter 13

9/26, 9/28 Zhou Signaling through G-protein coupled Chapter 13

Receptors

10/3, 10/5 Zhou Signaling through Enzyme -linked Chapter 14

Receptors

10/10 Zhou Exam 2 (Chapters 6, 13,14)

10/12, 10/17 Burr Moving proteins into membranes & organelles Chapter 16

10/19, 10/24 Burr Vesicular traffic, secretion & endocytosis Chapter 17

10/26 Burr Cytoskeleton: actin filaments in muscle contraction Chapter 19

10/31 Burr Actin in non-muscle cells Chapter 19

11/2 Burr Microtubules (1) Chapter 20

11/7 EXAM 3 (Chapters 16 & 17; Ch. 19: Actin)

11/9 Burr Microtubules (2); intermediate filaments Ch. 20; Ch. 19

11/14, 11/16 Burr Regulation of the Eukaryotic Cell Cycle, Chapter 21; Ch. 23 pp
11/21, 11/23 Tumor suppressor genes 946-947; 957-958.

11/28 EXAM 4 (Chapter 19: IF’s; Chapters 20, 21; parts of 23)

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All students enrolled in BIO 3302 must also enroll in a workshop (BIO 3102). If for any reason you decide to drop the BIO 3302, you must
also drop BIO 3102!