This document outlines the syllabus for a Cell Biology course taken during the first semester of an undergraduate degree in Zoology. It includes 33 lectures over 13 weeks covering 6 units of content: general cell structure, cell organelles, the cell nucleus, cancer biology, techniques in cell biology, and cell environment. Each unit includes 2-4 lectures of content supplemented by problem solving skills sessions. Reading materials are provided from 3 referenced textbooks.
This document outlines the syllabus for a Cell Biology course taken during the first semester of an undergraduate degree in Zoology. It includes 33 lectures over 13 weeks covering 6 units of content: general cell structure, cell organelles, the cell nucleus, cancer biology, techniques in cell biology, and cell environment. Each unit includes 2-4 lectures of content supplemented by problem solving skills sessions. Reading materials are provided from 3 referenced textbooks.
This document outlines the syllabus for a Cell Biology course taken during the first semester of an undergraduate degree in Zoology. It includes 33 lectures over 13 weeks covering 6 units of content: general cell structure, cell organelles, the cell nucleus, cancer biology, techniques in cell biology, and cell environment. Each unit includes 2-4 lectures of content supplemented by problem solving skills sessions. Reading materials are provided from 3 referenced textbooks.
This document outlines the syllabus for a Cell Biology course taken during the first semester of an undergraduate degree in Zoology. It includes 33 lectures over 13 weeks covering 6 units of content: general cell structure, cell organelles, the cell nucleus, cancer biology, techniques in cell biology, and cell environment. Each unit includes 2-4 lectures of content supplemented by problem solving skills sessions. Reading materials are provided from 3 referenced textbooks.
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PAPER CODE CLASS SEMESTER PAPER TITLE CONTACT HOURS MARKs
ZP: 02 F.Y. B.Sc. ZOOLOGY I Cell Biology 45 i.e. 3/week 75
Lect Date and Time Topic Reading Page No.
no Day material UNIT 1- Overview of General Structure and organization of cells 1 20 June12 8.30 – 9.30 Syllabus briefing, Introduction to cell biology BOOK 1 5 – 21 WED (importance of theoretical and applied approach), BOOK 2 6 – 22 Viruses, Prokaryotic cell, Eukaryotic cell, Difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell, Summary of unit I 2 21 June12 10.30 – PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS THU 11.30 3 27 June12 8.30 – 9.30 PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS WED 4 27 June12 1.30 - 2.30 PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS WED UNIT III- Cell organelles: A-Plasma membrane 5 28 June12 10.30 – Isolation, Characterization w.r.t. composition, Fluid BOOK 1 136 – 155 THU 11.30 mosaic model of plasma membrane, Passive BOOK 2 94 - 105 transport, Bulk transport, Active transport Summary of unit III(A) 6 4 July 12 8.30 – 9.30 PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS WED 7 5 July 12 10.30 – PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS THUS 11.30 UNIT III- Cell organelles: B-Mitochondria 8 11 July 12 8.30 – 9.30 Isolation, Chemical Composition, Ultra structure, BOOK 2 149 - 169 WED Functions w.r.t. Kreb’s Cycle, Electron Transport system, Mitochondria as a semiautonomous organelle, Summary of unit III(B) 9 12 July 12 10.30 – PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS THU 11.30 10 25 July 12 8.30 - 9.30 PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS WED UNIT III- Cell organelles: C-Isolation, Chemical composition, structure and functions 11 25July 12 1.30 – 2.30 Endoplasmic reticulum, Ribosomes, Golgi complex, BOOK 2 166 – 185 WED Lysosomes and polymorphism, Microbodies, 190 – 209 Cytoskeleton – Microtubules, Microfilaments, 235 – 243 Centrioles, Summary of unit III(C) 12 26 July 12 10.30 – PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS THU 11.30 13 1 Aug 12 8.30 – 9.30 PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS WED UNIT IV – Cell Nucleus 14 2Aug 12 10.30 – Isolation, Nucleus envelope, Nucleoplasm , BOOK 2 244 – 250 THU 11.30 Euchromatin, Heterochromatin, Nucleolus, 260 – 263 Structure of Nucleosome, Polytene and Lam Brush 267 – 272 Chromosome, Summary of unit IV 15 8 Aug 12 8.30 – 9.30 PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS WED 16 9 Aug 12 10.30 – PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS THU 11.30 UNIT V –Cancer Biology 17 16 Aug 12 10.30 – General idea of cancer cells, Characteristics of BOOK 1 523 – 516 THU 11.30 Cancer cells, Carcinomas , Sarcomas, Lumphomas, BOOK 2 439 – 448 Leukemia, Carsinogenesis, Mutation and Viral theories of Carcinogenesis, Environmental causes of cancer, Summary of unit V 18 22Aug 12 8.30 – 9.30 PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS WED 19 23Aug 12 10.30 – PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS THU 11.30 UNIT VI – Techniques in Cell Biology 20 29 Aug 12 8.30 – 9.30 Principle and application of : Electron microscopy, BOOK 3 127 – 135 WED Centrifugation techniques, TLC,Gel electrophoresis BOOK 2 23 – 37 Summary of unit VI 21 29 Aug 12 1.30 – 2.30 PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS WED 22 30 Aug 12 10.30 – PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS THU 11.30 UNIT II– Cell Environment 23 5 Sept 12 8.30 – 9.30 Water, Salts and Ions, Biological molecules, BOOK 3 85 – 88 WED Freezing and Thawing of cells, Radiations in Cell 92 – 93 environment, (UV radiations, photodynamic 97 – 98 sensitization, Summary of unit VII 102
24 6 Sept 12 10.30 – PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS
THU 11.30 25 12 Sept 12 8.30 - 9.30 PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS WED 26 13 Sept 12 10.30 – REVISION on UNIT I THU 11.30 27 26 Sept 12 8.30 – 9.30 REVISION on UNIT II WED 28 27 Sept 12 10.30 – REVISION on UNIT III THU 11.30 29 26 Sept 12 8.30 – 9.30 REVISION on UNIT IV WED 30 26 Sept 12 1.30 – 2.30 REVISION on UNIT V WED 31 27 Sept 12 10.30 – REVISION on UNIT VI THU 11.30 32 3 Oct 12 8.30 – 9.30 REVISION WED 33 4 Oct 12 10.30 – REVISION THU 11.30
BOOK 1 : CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY BY S. C. RASTOGI, NEW AGE INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHERS, NEW DELHI
BOOK 2: MOLECULAR BIOLOGY BY MOHAN P. ARORA HIMALAYA PUBLISHING HOUSE, MUMBAI
BOOK 3: CELL PHYSIOLOGY BY ARTHUR GIESE.—W.B. SAUNDERS COMPANY, TOKYO, JAPAN
2. De Robertis and De Robertis, (2000) Cell and Molecular Biology, 3. Verma and Agarwal (2004), Cell Biology, Genetic s, Molecular Biology, Evolution and Ecology, S. Chand publication, New Delhi.