01 basic course_overview_introduction_to_biochemistry

1. Course Overview:
Introduction to Biochemistry
With Dr. Kevin Ahern
MUHAMMAD WAQAS, waqas324tts@gmail.com
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2. • Diversity and spread of life
• Historical
• Philosophical
• The role of technology
• The movement of molecules
• Modern views
Views of Life
An Evolving Perspective
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3. Our Living Planet
Diversity and Spread
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4. Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Systems of Life
Classification
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5. Systems of Life
Relation
Eukarya
Diplomonads
Microsporidia
Trichomonads
Flagellates
Entamoebae
Slime molds
Ciliates
Plants
Fungi
Animals
ArchaeaPyrodictium
Crenarchaeota
Thermoproteus
T.celer
Methanococcus
Methobacterium
Euryarchaeota
Halophiles
Bacteria
Thermotogales
Flavobacteria
Cyanobacteria
Purple bacteria
Gram-positives
Green nonsulfur bacteria
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6. Anatomical studies
• Tissues/organs
Philosophical considerations
• Vitalism
Life
The Perspective of History
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7. The microscope
• “Animalcules”
The concept of the cell
• Fundamental unit of life
Life
The Role of Technology
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8. Early perspectives
• Friedrich Miescher’s “Nuclein”
• Gregor Mendel’s peas
Life
The Movement to Molecules
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9. Molecular biology
• Schrödinger
molecular roots
• Avery, MacLeod and McCarty
Life
Modern Views
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10. Molecular biology
• Schrödinger
molecular roots
• Avery, MacLeod and McCarty
• Watson and Crick
complementarity and inheritance
Life
Modern Views
N
N
NN
N
N
N
N
OH
H
HO
H
H
Guanine
Cytosine
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11. Molecular biology
• Schrödinger
molecular roots
• Avery, MacLeod and McCarty
• Watson and Crick
complementarity and inheritance
• Central dogma
DNA makes RNA makes protein
Life
Modern Views
DNA
RNA
Protein
General
Special
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12. A Parting Thought
Excuse me for feeling superia,
to all of the lowly bacteria.
You should know very well,
there is no organelle,
inside of their tiny interia.
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13. • Diversity and spread of life
• Historical
• Philosophical
• The role of technology
• The movement of molecules
• Modern views
Summary
Biochemistry: The Molecular Basis of Life
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