BIO103- Evolutionary Biology in Medicine
Fall 2003


Professor Stahl
Department of Biology
Group II, 334A
x8248

Office Hours- Wed and Thurs,10-11am and 3-4pm

Syllabus


(11/17 - 12/10)  -- FINAL DUE 12/22
Instructions are in the document.

Final as a pdf (to print and write on) FINAL.pdf

Final as a Word document (to open and type into) FINAL.doc

Final as a web page (to view, and write/type your answers on your own pice of paper) FINAL web page[WARNING- HORRIBLE QUALITY]




(11/17 - 12/10)  -- FOR MIDTERM 12/12

Course Outline and lecture notes:

Week of 11/17- HBO Movie- And The Bannd Played On

11/24- Discussion of Biography of a Germ Chapters 1-13
On Modays during this segment we make a list of the chapters that we are responsible for, and highlight which are particularly relevant and some particularly relevant topics. Get these notes from your class mates if you need them!

11/26- Class canceled in anticipation of Thanksgiving

11/28- Thanksgiving Holiday

12/1- Discussion of Biography of a Germ Chapters 14-19

12/3-12/5- Cancer Lecture notes

12/5- Pharmacogenetics Lecture notes

12/8- Snow day

12/10- Discussion of Biography of a Germ Chapters 20-25

12/12- 3rd MIDTERM




(10/10 - 11/10)  -- FOR MIDTERM 11/14

Course Outline and lecture notes:

10/15- Video- PBS Series Evolution- The evolutionary arms race
            on reserve at the Library

10/17- Went over the midterms

10/20- Discussion of Why We Get Sick Chapters 1,3. Outline
            NB-WWGS reading assigment Outlines are NOT comprehensive.
                   They are meant to guide you, BUT are NOT a substitute for the reading.

10/22,10/27- Host-pathogen interaction Lecture notes

10/24- Discussion of Why We Get Sick Chapters 5,6. Outline

10/27 (second half)- Bacterial pathogens Lecture notes

10/29,11/3- E. coli Lecture notes

10/31- [class cancelled] Why We Get Sick Chapters 7,8. Outline

11/3- Antimicrobials and antibiotic resistance Lecture notes

11/5,11/10- Viruses Lecture notes   Handout (11/10)

11/7- Discussion of Why We Get Sick Chapters 10,11,12. Outline




Course Outline and lecture notes:

9/3- Went over the syllabus, talked about the subject matter

9/5,9/8- Discussion of assignment, NYTimes article "Y chromosomes sketch outline of British history". Lecture notes

9/8,9/10- Introduction to Evolution. Lecture notes

9/12- Philosophy of Science and Biology. Lecture notes

9/15- Evolution and Religion/Creationism. Lecture notes

9/17- Group Quiz on the Darwin reading assignment, tiny bit of lecture at the end. Lecture notes

9/19- Ecology 1- Population Biology (one species). Source- Biology: Science for Life pp393-402, 378-380.

9/22- Ecology 2- Two-species interactions. Lecture notes

9/24,9/26- Finished Ecology- Communities & Ecosystems. Source- Biology: Science for Life pp358-374, 407-409, 417-418.
         Genetics 1- Genes, Mutations, One gene action. Source- Biology: Science for Life pp81-92

9/29- Genetics 2- Two genes, Many genes. Source- Biology: Science for Life pp93-104.

10/1,10/3- Evolution 1- Intro, Natural Selection. Lecture notes

10/3- Evolution 2- Genetic Drift, Causes of Standing Variation, Measuring Variation. Lecture notes