BIOCHEMISTRY OF MARINE ANIMALS
(BIO 155L/ENV 229L/ZOO 255L)

FALL TERM 1998

DAN RITTSCHOF
ROOM 310 BOOKHOUT, EXT. 7634
RITT@DUKE.EDU


DATE & TIME

LECTURE

LABORATORY

READING

SEPTEMBER

 

9 0800-15:30

 

Field Trip

 

10 1030

COURSE OVERVIEW

 

HANDOUTS

11,12,13 DARK

 

Field Trips

 

15 1015

 

Field Trip

HANDOUTS

15 1330

INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCE PROJECTS

 

17 1030

ORGANIC MOLECULES

 

HANDOUT

22 1030

PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF MOLECULES

 

 

22 1330

 

PROJECT CONSULTING

 

24 1030

EVOLUTION OF REGULATION

 

TOMKINS

29 1030

BODY ODORS AND THE EVOLUTION OF COMMUNICATION

 

RITTSCHOF

OCTOBER

 

1 1030

INFORMATION TRANSDUCTION

 

RAWLS

6 1030

G PROTEINS

 

 

6 1330

PROJECT REPORTS

 

 

6 2000

EXAM REVIEW

 

 

8 1015-1215

Midterm Exam

 

 

10-13

F A L L B R E A K

 

 

15 1030

LARVAL BIOLOGY

 

RITTSCHOF ET AL.

20 1030

ANTIFOULING

 

RITTSCHOF & HOLM

20 DARK

NIGHT TRAWL

 

 

22 1030

CRUSTACEAN HORMONES

CRUSTACEAN HORMONES

 

27 1030

INVERTEBRATE REGULATION

CRUSTACEAN MOULTING

 

29 1030

CRUSTACEAN MOULTING

 

 

NOVEMBER

 

03 1030

CONTROL OF BEHAVIOR

 

 

03 1330

ORAL PROGRESS REPORTS

 

 

04 1030

VERTEBRATE REGULATION

 

 

10 1030

VERTEBRATE REGULATION

 

 

10 1330

 

Minisymposium Topic Finalization

 

12 1030

STRESS

 

 

17 1030

MEGAMACROMOLECULAR COMMUNICATION

 

 

19 1030

CHEMICALS AND ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR

 

 

24 1030

STEROID METABOLISM

 

 

27

THANKSGIVING

 

 

DECEMBER

 

1 1030

MiniSymposium

 

Primary Literature

1 1330

Final Oral Labortory Report

 

 

3 1030

MiniSymposium

 

Primary Literature

3 1330

Minisymposium

 

Primary Literature

DEC 7-11

Review and Final Exam

 

 

14 1700

LABORATORY REPORT DUE

 

 

GRADING:

% TOTAL GRADE

EXAMS ON LECTURES
    MIDTERM
    FINAL

15
35

ORAL REPORTS

20

LAB REPORT

25

EVALUATIONS

5


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