Teaching

The clases of Cell Biology as well as Biochemistry are designed for the carrier Licenciatura in QFB (Químico Farmacéutico Biólogo). Licenciatura is equal to the (former) German "Vordiplom" or the nowadays Bachelor.
Here, the University Centre of the Ciénega (CUCI) of the University of Guadalajara, offers 1 course of Cell Biology and 2 courses of Biochemistry. Cell Biology takes 5 hours per week (3 h theory and 2 h praxis), while each course of Biochemistry takes 4 hours per week (2 h theory and 2 h praxis). Astrobiology is called officially "Tutoring" nd takes 2 h per week.
The semester has 16 weeks and 1 additional week for examens - less several holidays. The cycle A starts in the middle of January and termiantes at the end of May, the cycle B starts at the middle of August and finishes in the middle of December.


Cell Biology

Biomolecules: Chemical basis (functional groups, bonds), properties of water
Properties of lipids, carbohydrates, nucleic acids, proteins
Cells: Cell organelles: Nucleus, mitochondria, ER, Golgi
        endosomes, lysosome, cytosol and cytoskeleton
Structures of bacteria, structures of virus
Basics of cell energetics
Cell membrane: Composition, structure, function, transport
Tissues: Connecting cells into tissues: Tight-, adherens-, gap-junction
        Spot-, Hemi-desmosome
Extracellular matrix (ECM)
Cell signalling: Receptors and second messenger
        RTK, JAK, RSK, PTP, GPCR, DR, intracell. Rec.
        PKA, PLC, CaM, PKG
Cell cycle: Gene expression: Transcription, translation
Replication
Cell cycle control, mitosis, meiosis

Biochemistry 1

Enzymology: Properties of aminoacids, structure of proteins
Classification of enzymes, enzyme catalysed reactions
Enzyme kinetics: Michaelis-Menten, Lineweaver-Burk
Carbohydrates: Propierties of sugars
Glycolysis
Degradation of other sugars
Tricarbonic acid cycle (TCA)
Respiratory chain, ROS
Glyconeogenesis and Cori-Cycle
Glycogen (synthesis and degradation)
Pentosephosphate pathway

Biochemistry 2

Lipids: Propierties of different lipids
Degradation of triglycerids and fatty acids (β-oxidation)
Synthesis of fatty acids and triglycerids
Membranelipids (phospholipids, sphingolipids and plasmalogen)
Ketone bodies
Sterols (cholesterol synthesis and elimination)
Digestion of lipids (lipoproteins)
Prostaglandins
Aminoacids: Inportant reactions, biogene amins
Overview about the metabolism of aminoacids
Cycle of urea
Proteins: Digestion and degradation (proteasome, lysosome)
Nucleic acids: Structure and propierties of nucleic acids
Synthesis of purins and pyrimidins
Salvage pathway
Metabolism of C1-bodies

Astrobiology

Does exist extraterrestric life?
Introduction: Origin of Science
Physics: Gravitation
Electromagnetism
Relativity
Planck's world
Particle Zoo
Astronomy: Big Bang
Stars
Rare Earth
Chemistry: Carbon Chauvinism
Solvents and Energy
Biology: Origin of Life
Evolution
Anthropocene
Resume Fermi-Paradoxon



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