Immerse yourself in life at its most fundamental level. An acclaimed educator presents a sweeping survey of biochemistry and molecular biology—the “science of us.”
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: How Life Works
Overview
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 01: Biochemistry Is the Science of Us
- 02: Why Water Is Essential for Life
- 03: Amino Acids: 20 Building Blocks of Life
- 04: From Peptide Bonds to Protein Structure
- 05: Protein Folding, Misfolding, and Disorder
- 06: Hemoglobin Function Follows Structure
- 07: Enzymes’ Amazing Speed and Specificity
- 08: Enzyme Regulation in Cells
- 09: Fatty Acids, Fats, and Other Lipids
- 10: Sugars: Glucose and the Carbohydrates
- 11: ATP and Energy Transformations in Cells
- 12: Breaking Down Sugars and Fatty Acids
- 13: Metabolism Meets at the Citric Acid Cycle
- 14: Energy Harvesting in Animals and Plants
- 15: How Animals Make Carbs and Fats
- 16: Cholesterol, Membranes, Lipoproteins
- 17: Metabolic Control during Exercise and Rest
- 18: How Plants Make Carbs and Other Metabolites
- 19: Recycling Nitrogen: Amino Acids, Nucleotides
- 20: Eating, Antioxidants, and the Microbiome
- 21: Hormones, Stress, and Cell Division
- 22: Neurotransmitters, the Brain, and Addiction
- 23: The Biochemistry of Our Senses
- 24: From Biochemistry to Molecular Biology
- 25: DNA and RNA: Information in Structure
- 26: DNA Replication in Bacteria; PCR in the Lab
- 27: Chromosome Replication, Telomeres, Aging
- 28: DNA Mismatch and Excision Repair
- 29: DNA Recombination, Gene Editing, CRISPR
- 30: Transcribing DNA to RNA
- 31: Translating RNA into Proteins
- 32: Protein-Synthesis Controls and Epigenetics
- 33: Human Genetic Disease and Gene Therapy
- 34: Cancer Mechanisms and Treatments
- 35: Biotechnology, Stem Cells, Synthetic Biology
- 36: Omics: Genomics, Proteomics, Transcriptomics
Taught by
Kevin Ahern
