Class announcements are listed in reverse chronological order; most recent first.
⋅ There was an error in calculating the HW scores. The corrections will go up on the Posted Grades along with the final grade.
LAB:
Vitamins and Coenzymes; If you see a structure of a vitamin or coenzyme, you should be able to identify it. For a cofactor, you should be able to identify which is the vitamin part and which is the chemistry part (the part of the molecule involved in the chemistry). You should know the 10 water-soluble (thiamin, niacin, riboflavin, pyridoxal, cobalamin, pantothenic acid, biotin, lipoic acid, folic acid, and ascorbic acid) and 4 fat-soluble (vitamins A, E, D, and K) vitamins and their derived cofactors, which will be described in class.
⋅ List of questions from previous exams will be posted by Monday. The Review Session to go over these questions will be on Thursday at 5:00 in HAR 208.
⋅ Posted Grades with corrected exam 3 and the "Best 3" will go up on Sunday night.
⋅ Final exam is in 2 weeks from today. It will be in MORSE and start at 8:00 AM. It will end at 11:00.
⋅ NEXT WEEK: Last lecture on Monday; evaluations due, Review Sessions on Thursday (for cumulative questions) and on the following Monday. Both sessions will be in HAR 208.
⋅ Office hours as usual through next Monday.
⋅ Posted Grades for exam 3 are off for about 75% of class. These will be corrected when the "Best 3" go up on Sunday night.
⋅ Yet another New syllabus is posted(v9); it has final times for the schedule review sessions for the Final exam. Also, the breakdown for the points on the Final Exam are given, which will be out of 185 points. About half will be on the new material and the other half will be cumulative. Of the cumulative part, about 40 points have been set aside for the problems/concepts that were problematic for the class from the previous 4 exams ("worst quest"). A separate review session will be dedicated to these. Also, there will be questions from Labs 4-5c.
LAB:
⋅ Practicals start today. Hopefully all lab assignments will be graded in a the next couple weeks, and the lab grades posted before the final
⋅ The New syllabus (v8), has schedules for two review sessions for the Final exam. Also, the breakdown for the points on the Final Exam are given, which will be out of 185 points. About half will be on the new material and the other half will be cumulative. Of the cumulative part, about 40 points have been set aside for the problems/concepts that were problematic for the class from the previous 4 exams ("worst quest"). A separate review session will be dedicated to these.
⋅LAB: LABS will meet, but for the Practical Exams. Lab starts again on Wednesday.
⋅LAB: NO Discussions tomorrow, but the Monday LABS will meet.
⋅EXAM IV will be on MONDAY (11/25/24) at 8:00 AM in MORSE. It will cover from lecture on Carbohydrates through TODAY's lecture. It will also include material from end of lab 2, lab 3, and lab 4, and will make up about 5-7% of the exam. There will NOT be a class on Friday (11/22/24), instead the time will be for our review session at 9:05 AM in CAS-313.
⋅The Molecular Biology quiz (Homework #26) on the Central Dogma is on GradeScope, and is due by Friday this week. The video is linked on new syllabus, under announcements, and on the lab Bb site.
⋅The Molecular Biology quiz (Homework #26) on the Central Dogma is on GradeScope, and is due by Friday this week.
⋅ Also on the announcements page there are short articles explaining the work of Griffith, Avery, and Hershey. These will also be covered on exam 4.
⋅ The MB quiz and lecture are also pointed out. The link to the lecture can be found on the announcements page and on the LAB Bb site. The quiz should be accessible through GradeScope lab class.
⋅ MolBio video and quiz are open until 11/22. The quiz (through GradeScope) will count for 2 Homework.
⋅ Practice exam questions for exam 4 are on both old-exam 4 and old-final exam; split out those on lipids and vitamins.
⋅ LAB: The gel filtration lab starts this week. This lab is traditionally the longest of the semester. Teamwork is essential and organizational skills helpful.
⋅ A NEW (V6) of the syllabus is posted.
⋅ The Final Exam date on MyBU will hopefully be changes d to match that Dec 18 date on the syllabus.
⋅ Those going on to BB 422, and also taking PY 105, won't be able to register for both with this new system. This is because it invokes an absolute block when there is a time conflict. These two courses have an apparent exam-block conflict. Please register for PY 105 and then email Dr. Tolan the sections of discussion and lab that would fit your schedule. There is plenty of room in 422. We can override the conflict sometime after registration.
⋅ LAB: The SDS-PAGE lab starts this week (Lab 5a).
⋅ Additions to the announcements page were mentioned
⋅ Syllabus v5 is posted that mentions the potential lab questions on exam 3 coming from the second and third weeks of lab (2a and 2b).
⋅ Additions to the announcements page with material for exam 3 were mentioned.
⋅ THIS WEEKEND is the Head of the Charles. It should be great weather. Wander down to the river.
LECTURE:
⋅ Exam 2 is posted as of yesterday at noon. The average was 73 and the standard deviation was 12. If you are within the standard deviation from 61-85 you are doing well. Therefore, staying in this range, you will pass the course. Those below 60 should consider changing their study habits and/or see Dr. Tolan. If you are two standard deviations below the mean (<49) you should definitely see Dr. Tolan in office hours. The drop with a Wdeadline is still 3 weeks away, so there is time to improve.
⋅ REMINDER: Regrades requests will be open until next Thursday at noon (through GradeScope).
⋅ The "Exams" page includes the histogram of which questions gave difficulty to students across the class.
⋅ New additions to "announcements" page. The derivation of the Michaelis-Menton equation as well as the same but for Competitive inhibition, which shows where the term (1+[I]/Ki) is derived.
LABORATORY: Finish pymole Lab this week, but next week you start on enzyme kinetics!!
LAB:
⋅ This week in lab you will finally be shown how to look at protein structures using pymole, which is a very powerful program for viewing them.
⋅ The web site was updated with additional infomration on collagen and the derivation of saturation binding equation.
HAVE A GREAT LONG WEEKEND AND ENJOY COLUMBUS DAY!
⋅ The web site is up to date with lots of pages on protein structure, including a summary table on dimensions for secondary structures and a calculation for the change in dissociation equilibria depending on total concentration.
⋅ If you requested a regrade for exam I, you should have received a notice from GS, but any grade change will only be on the website, likely after exam 2 is posted.
⋅ Quizzes for Exam 3 might be repetitive.
⋅ GradeScope offers the statistics on the exam, which are available here. The link to this data is found on the Exams page.
⋅ Available on Achieve are several good videos and problems under the additional activities in both Chapters 3 and 4.
LABORATORY: LABS start up again this week! Get ready for Discussion tomorrow for Lab 2-2.
LECTURE:
⋅ The exam is added on the websites and were pointed out in class. Also, new versions of the lab and lecture rosters have been updated.
⋅ FRIDAY (9/20), Dr. Tolan will host a review session/open office-hour for Exam I in CAS-313 from 9:05-9:55 AM. Bring your questions!
⋅ Web site has additional items the might prove useful to you. Please see the dicarboxylic-acid table and the calculation of pI under Announcements.
⋅ LAB: Your post-lab writeups for Chapter 1 (week 1) are due at midnight the day of your lab this week, starting today. Please go to office hours if you are having any difficulties.
⋅ HOMEWORK: Homework #5 and #6, as well as Adaptive quizzes 1-3 are due midnight on SUNDAY.
⋅ LECTURE: Exam 1 will be next Monday at 8 AM. It will be in MORSE. The material for the exam will end on Wednesday, and Friday we'll meet only for ANY questions you might have. Homework #4-5 and quizzes #1-3 are due this Sunday. Quizzes are using a learning tool on Achieve and are graded for effort more than like a normal quiz. They work well for final preparations for the exams.
⋅ It is noted that the grading of the HW on Achieve is a bit capricious. Please realize the everyone is in the same boat and that the only way to fix this is by contacting Achieve. Reviewing all the HW and correcting them is an impossible task, which is why we discount 25% of them. If you have specific issues with the grading of specific questions, please email those to me so that we can eventually get those fixed.
⋅ The second lab, which begins on Wednesday, starts protein purification. This will be the topic of the lecture on Wednesday. The previous years we had a lab on pH, which we had to cancel due the installation of the new President that caused the cancellation of labs that week.
⋅ Up to date lists of office hours is now posted under Staff.
⋅ Office hours for lab faculty, lab coordinator, and TFs have already started.
⋅ The Lecture, Discussion, and Lab Rosters are posted on the A1 homepage (see 9/9/24 below for links). Your name should appear under the section you requested or are now enrolled. If you are not listed or you are in the wrong section contact Dr. Blair Szymczyna (Lab Coordinator) as soon as possible. Please cc Dr. Tolan.
Official Registration for the course may not be complete for weeks due to the new MyBU system.
⋅ Up to date lists of office hours is now posted under Staff, as well as on the schedule and syllabus.
⋅ Office hours for lab faculty and lab coordinators have already started. ⋅ Additional items for your study will be added to Announcements page on the web site.
⋅ Registration for the course is still a mess. You MUST abide by the Rosters on the A1-website for which sections you are enrolled in. The Registrar will eventually catch up to those lists. The Lecture, Discussion, and "Lab Rosters" are posted on the A1 homepage and will be updated regularly so please check before you go to Discussion tomorrow and labs starting Wednesday.
⋅ Up to date lists of office hours will be posted at the end of the week on the web site under Staff. A matrix of ALL office hours will also be there.
⋅ Links to videos, outlines, and slides from 2020 lectures are now posted on the "Lecture Outlines and Slides" link
. ⋅Office hours for TFs and Professors will begin THIS WEEK.
Hot off the presses!! We found a work around that I hope will work. We put the the FirstDay links to Achieve for the A1 section on the Bb site for the lab , which has a more complete roster. You should see "Achieve Tools-A1" folder near the bottom of the left-hand margin. In that folder, you should find the link for "Student Registration - Start here)." Once you are registered through the FirstDay program, you will have access to the eBook and our Achieve course (code=826wun; see our Achieve page). PLEASE LET DR. TOLAN KNOW ASAP IF YOU HAVE ANY DIFFICULTY WITH THIS. If you are not on the Bb roster, we can add you manually.
⋅ New items on the Web site: lecture outline/slides; Daily Announcements; syllabi for all sections
⋅ Office Hours start next week for faculty, and either the week oafter or two weeks after for TFs
⋅ Regardless of what the registrar has, if you are listed on the Lab Rosters List, you are going to be in the course. If you are in the wrong section or need to change sections, this is the chance to let us know. Dr. Szymczyna sent a form sent out for changing sections. Please fill this out by 5 pm TODAY.
You will not be able to make section changes yourself! If you try, you will likely drop yourself from the course.
⋅ Prelab Discussions will begin next week (9/10/2024)
⋅ LAB will begin WEDNESDAY (9/11/2024).
THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING THE FIRST DAY OF CLASS
For ALL STUDENTS this will be in SCI 109 at 12:30 PM (C1) or in COM 101 at 2:00 PM (C2) for your first Prelab Discussion
