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1 Course code BIO102
2 Course Title Introduction to Biology II: Molecular and Cellular Framework of
Biological processes
3 Credits 3
4 Course Coordinator Nagaraj Balasubramanian (Coordinator), MS Madhusudhan
5 Nature of Course L- lectures alone
(Please mark the L&T- Lectures & Tutorials
appropriate one) P-Lab sessions alone
L&P- Lectures& Lab sessions
6 Pre requisites Compulsory course
7 Objectives (goals, type of This course aims to introduce second semester BS-MS students to
students for whom useful, several fundamental facts and concepts in biology. It is aimed to give
outcome etc) an insight on how organisms work at the single and multicellular levels.
This course, more than anything, hopes to spark your imagination and
thinking about how biological systems function and are regulated.
8 Course contents Basic Biochemistry/molecular biology:
(details of topics with no of 1. Water, Proteins, Carbohydrates, Nucleic acids, Lipids (~14
lectures for each) lectures)
Basic Cell Biology:
1. Prokaryots vs eukaryotes (introduction to microscopy and
cellular organization) (2)
2. Cell wall and cell membrane (2)
3. Cytoskeletal network, motor proteins, endomembrane system
and nucleus (4)
4. Interaction of cells with each and the environment (2)
5. The central dogma (2)
6. Cellular ageing (2)
9 Evaluation /assessment a. End-sem examination- 30
(evaluation components b. Mid-sem examination- 30
with weightage, Pl keep c. Quiz I and II - 20
equal weightage for end sem d. Assignments- 20
& mid sem exams)
10 Suggested readings Text Book(s)
(with full list of authors, 1) Voet, D., Voet, J.G (2010). Biochemistry, 4th edition, Wiley
publisher, year, edn etc.) 2) Harpers Illustrated Biochemistry (2009), 28th edition, McGraw Hill.
3) Campbell and Reece (2005). Biology, 7th edition, Pearson Publishing.
4) Raven, Johnson, Losos and Singer (2005). Biology, 7th edition,
McGraw Hill.
5) Alberts, Bray, Hopkin, Johnson, Lewis, Raff, Roberts and Walters
(2003). Essential cell biology, 2nd edition, Garland Science.
6) Bruce Alberts, Alexander Johnson, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith
Roberts, Peter Walter (2007). Molecular Biology of the Cell, 5th Edition,
Garland Science.
10 Suggested readings Lab Manual: The Laboratory manual is available from the chemistry
(with full list of authors, undergraduate laboratory from the respective instructor at the start of
publisher, year, edn etc.) the semester. This contains the details on the experiments including
the procedure, observation and the calculations of respective practical.
If you find any errors or think something is not explained adequately or
if you feel there is a need for improvements, you can let the instructors
know. Supplemental information may then be given to you and the
manual revised for the future use.
10 Suggested readings Assigned readings will include excerpts from texts such as:The Two
Cultures (C P Snow); A Short History of Nearly Everything (Bill
Bryson);Lilavatis Daughters: The Women Scientists of India (Rohini
Godbole and Ram Ramaswamy, eds.); and The Evolution of Physics
(Albert Einstein and Leopold Infeld)