BIO 3302: EUKARYOTIC MOLECULAR & CELL BIOLOGY

The University of Texas at Dallas

Spring, 2006

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

Dr. J. G. Burr: Office: FO 3.714(C) Hours: Wed, Fri: 1:00-2:00 pm Phone: 883-2508
burr@utdallas.edu
Dr. S. Robinson: Office: FN 3.104 Hours: M, W and F: 10-10:45 am Phone: 883- 4588
dr.suma.robinson@gmail.com
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Workshops (BIO 3102) :

Section # Time/Location TA Name

3102-001 Tue. 8:30-9:20am/CB1.122 Lucia Young
3102-002 Tue. 8:30-9:20am/CB1.114 Stephanie Taylor
3102-003 Mon. 4:30-5:20 pm/CB1.114 Sahar Salari
3102-004 Mon. 4:30- 5:20 pm/CB1.102 Ulfat Nisa
3102-005 Tue. 4:30- 5:20 pm/CB1.122 Rebecca Demster
3102-006 Tue. 4:30- 5:20 pm /CB1.112 Ambereen Ansari

All students enrolled in BIO 3302 must also enroll in a workshop (BIO 3102)2. 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 five exams given in BIO 3302: Three exams by Dr. Robinson, two by Dr. Burr. You may drop the
lowest exam score of the three by Dr. Robinson. Each of the remaining four exams will then be worth 22.5% of the
final grade. 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. Grades course notes and other course information will be posted on the course
web page: (http://www.utdallas.edu/biology/undergraduates/latest.html). Find BIO 3302 on the list, and click on the
instructor’s name (Robinson or Burr).

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.

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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!
SCHEDULE OF LECTURES
Bio 3302, Spring 2005

Date Instructor Topic Assignment

1/9 Robinson Cell Architecture Chapter 5

1/11 Robinson Cell Biology Techniques Chapter 5

1/16 MLK Holiday

1/18 Robinson Biomembrane Structure Chapter 5

1/23 Robinson Exam 1 (Chapter 5)

1/25 Robinson Membrane Transport of Ions and Chapter 7

Small Molecules

1/30, 2/1 Robinson Integrating Cells into Tissues Chapter 6

2/6 Robinson Exam 2 (Chapters 6, 7)

2/8 Robinson General Principles of Cell Signaling Chapter 13

2/13, 2/15 Robinson Signaling through G-protein coupled

Receptors Chapter 13

2/20, 2/22 Robinson Signaling through Enzyme-linked

Receptors Chapter 14

2/27 Robinson Exam 3 (Chapters 13,14)

3/1 Burr Moving proteins into membranes & organelles Chapter 16

3/6- 3/10 Spring Break. No Lecture

3/13 Burr Moving proteins into membranes & organelles Chapter 16

3/15, 3/20 Burr Vesicular traffic, secretion & endocytosis Chapter 17

3/22 Burr Cytoskeleton: actin filaments in muscle cells Chapter 19

3/27 Burr Actin in non-muscle cells Chapter 19

3/29 Burr Exam 4 (Chapters 16 & 17; Ch. 19: Actin)

4/3 Burr Microtubules (1) Chapter 20

4/5 Burr Microtubules (2); intermediate filaments Ch. 20; Ch. 19

4/10, 4/12, Burr Regulation of the eukaryotic cell cycle, Ch. 21; Ch. 23, pp
4/17, 4/19 tumor suppressor genes 946-947; 957-958.

4/24 Burr Exam 5 (Chapter 19: IF’s; Chapters 20, 21; parts of 23)