General Biochemistry

Catalog description

BMB 402 General Biochemistry (3) is a comprehensive survey of the pathways and regulation of intermediary metabolism. Most, if not all, of the students taking BMB 402 intend to pursue a Ph.D., M.D. or M.D./Ph.D. degree after graduation. Since biochemistry is an important discipline for advanced studies in life and medical sciences, a major goal of BMB 402 is to prepare students well for their future challenges in graduate or medical school. The major topics covered include glycolysis, TCA cycle, metabolism of fatty acids, lipids (phospholipids, cholesterol and sphingolipids), amino acids and nucleotides, signal transduction, and human genetic diseases. Since biochemistry is a very rapidly progressing discipline, any new developments not covered by the textbook are introduced in the lectures or via discussion of current scientific papers at an appropriate level. In addition, students must be able to integrate information learned from different but related material.