Courses

Bios - 301 is the first of two courses in Biochemistry. The first semester will be spent developing the fundamentals of how living organisms carry out the chemistry essential to life. In part this means learning the nomenclature of this chemistry in the form of understanding the chemical structures and properties of the building blocks that constitute proteins and nucleic acids. The spring semester will examine metabolism and molecular physiology.

Bios - 352 Study of selected aspects of physical chemistry as it relates to the biosciences. Includes thermodynamics, reaction rate theory, quantum mechanics, and atomic and molecular structure. Required for biochemistry majors and graduate students in biochemistry & cell biology.

IBDP Workshop: Advanced Topics In Biology, March 10, 2007

General reading list for hemoglobin, red cell physiology, and blood substitutes.
IB Lecture 1, John S. Olson, Ph.D (Acrobat.pdf files, ~2-5 MB).
IB Lecture 2, Susan Cates,Ph.D.
IB Lecture 3, Susan Cates, Ph.D.
IB Lecture 4, John S. Olson Ph.D.
Notes for Laser Photolysis Demonstration by George Blouin, Predoctoral Candidate
Notes for X-Ray Crystallography Demonstration by Jayashree Soman, Ph.D.

TIBS Roundtable, October 14, 2006

• AP Biology Teachers: Bioinformatics Applications for the Study of Evolution and Heme Proteins (PDF of slide show, ~ 50 MB, large file)
• AP Biology Teachers: Bioinformatics Applications for the Study of Evolution and Heme Proteins (PDF of slide show w/o animations ~ 6 MB)
• 10/14/06 AP Biology Teachers Syllabus

Left to right Front row (sitting): Linda Huong Lo, Westside HS, Houston TX; Anna Loonam, Bellaire HS, Houston TX; Sheryl Troutman, Lamar Consolidated HS, Rosenberg TX; Tina Davies, The John Cooper School, The Woodlands TX; Jo Ann Strait, Memorial HS, Houston TX; Susan Zagryn, Tomball HS, Houston, TX Second row: Meredith Frost, Taylor HS, Houston TX ; Marie Lomax Mayde Creek HS, Houston TX ; Suzanne Thacker, Klein Collins HS, Spring TX; Mary Lee House, Mayde Creek HS, Houston TX; Carol Anderson, Northland Christian, Houston TX; Linda Polasek, El Campo HS, El Campo TX; Shannon Ralph, Dodge City HS, Dodge City KS; Mary Johnson Second Baptist Houston TX; Virginia Tucker, Spring Woods HS, Houston TX Back row: Dian Gerber, Canyon HS, Canyon TX; Samantha Usnick, Randall HS, Amarillo TX; Bertha Smith-Ross, Nimitz HS, Houston TX; Calvin White, Kempner HS, Sugar Land TX; Stan Gabel, Taylor HS, Taylor TX; Peter Nordloh, St. Thomas HS, Houston TX; James E Huggins, Skyline HS, Dallas TX; Alexa Noble, Oak Ridge HS, Conroe TX

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AP Lecture 1, John S. Olson, Ph.D.
AP Lecture 2, John S. Olson, Ph.D.
AP Lecture 3, John S. Olson, Ph.D.
AP Lecture 4, John S. Olson, Ph.D.
Bioinformatics Presentation by Susan Cates, Ph.D.
Syllabus for Bioinformatics Presentation by Susan Cates, Ph.D.
Syllabus for Molecular Biology Demonstration by Angela Hvitved, Predoctoral Candidate
Syllabus for Laser Photolysis Demonstration by George Blouin, Predoctoral Candidate
Syllabus for X-Ray Crystallography Demonstration by Jayashree Soman, Ph.D.