72109 Lecture Notes

2009-2010 Lectures
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Lecture No.	Topic	Lecturer	Additional Material (movies and reading)
1.	What is life? (Last update: 21.10.09)	Dr. Benny Aroeti	Sea creatures Transport Phagocytosis Chemotaxis Slime mold The search for life's origins Curiosity creates cures Characteristics of science Darwin The origin of life on Earth Genes; certainly not everything "The fathers have eaten sour grapes- and the children's teeth are set on edge"
2.	The elements of life (Last update: 21.10.09)	Dr. Benny Aroeti
3.	Biomolecules 1- Proteins (Last update: 27.10.09)	Dr. Benny Aroeti	alpha-helix alpha-helix with side chains beta-sheet Lysozyme
4.	Biomolecules 2- Sugars and DNA	Dr. Benny Aroeti	DNA structure
5.	DNA Replication	Dr. Benny Aroeti	Chromosome coiling DNA replication Replication fork Telomere replication
6.	RNA transcription and translation	Dr. Benny Aroeti	Transcription mRNA processing
7.	Protein synthesis and processing	Dr. Benny Aroeti	Translation I Translation II Polyribosome
8.	Cells are tiny and transparent	Dr. Benny Aroeti
9.	RNA interference (Last update: 19.11.09)	Dr. Benny Aroeti
10.	Energy to fuel the cell and Enzymes for speeding up reactions (Last update: 19.11.09)	Dr. Benny Aroeti	How enzymes work
11.	The plasma membrane- the edge of life	Dr. Benny Aroeti	Lipids Laser tweezers Membrane fluidity
12.	Cell recognition and Ion transport	Dr. Benny Aroeti	Na/K pump Contact inhibition
13.	Cytoskeleton	Dr. Benny Aroeti	Microtubules Microtubule instability Kinesin Actin dynamics Actin polymerization Cell motility Keratinocytes
14.	Cells can eat and secrete	Dr. Benny Aroeti	Microtubule assembly Kinesin transport protein Cell transport Phagocytosis Chromatophores Chemotaxis Grinstein eating beads Tour of an animal cell
15.	Introduction, the cell and body plan	Prof. Eduardo Mitrani	Tyler ch. 9 Tyler ch. 10
16.	Introduction and basic concepts of development (Last update: 5.1.10)	Prof. Eduardo Mitrani
17.	Body plan- typical vertebrate, segmentation (Last update: 5.1.10)	Prof. Eduardo Mitrani
18.	Body plan- neural tube formation (Last update: 5.1.10)	Prof. Eduardo Mitrani
19.	Body plan- Molecules determining anterio-posterio and dorso-ventral identity (Last update: 5.1.10)	Prof. Eduardo Mitrani
20.	Tissues (Last update: 5.1.10)	Prof. Eduardo Mitrani	Muscles 1 Muscles 2
21.	Plasticity and Cloning (Last update: 5.1.10)	Prof. Eduardo Mitrani
22.	Tissue regeneration (Last update: 10.1.10)	Prof. Eduardo Mitrani	Antlers (LQ) Antlers (HQ)
23.	Stem Cells	Prof. Eduardo Mitrani	Bone repair Cartilage Stem cells and the end of aging
24.	Plant Development	Dr. Rachel Green	Help page
25.	Plant hormones	Dr. Rachel Green	Help page
26.	Introduction	Prof. Rachel Nechushtai
27.	Photosynthesis	Prof. Rachel Nechushtai