1. Unit 1: Intro
1.1. Introduction to class
1.2. Scientific Method
1.3. Statistics
1.4. History of Life on Earth
1.5. Phylogeny
1.6. Evolution
1.7. Ecology
2. Unit 2: Biochemistry
2.1. Abiogenesis
2.2. Chemistry
2.3. Water
2.4. Macromolecules
2.5. Free Energy / Entropy
2.6. Enzymes
3. Unit 3: Cells
3.1. Prokaryotes
3.1.1. Membrane Structure and Function
3.1.2. Prokaryote Structure
3.1.3. Protein Synthesis
3.1.4. Operons
3.1.5. Binary Fission
3.1.6. Metabolism, Wrap Up Overview
3.2. Eukaryotes
3.2.1. Endosymbiosis
3.2.2. Organelles
3.2.3. Cell Respiration
3.2.4. Photosynthesis
3.2.5. Eukaryotic Chromosome Structure
3.2.6. Transcription
3.2.7. Gene Expression
3.2.8. DNA Replication
3.2.9. Mitosis
4. Unit 4: Multicellularity
4.1. Colonial Life: Quorum Sensing
4.2. Signal Transduction
4.2.1. Failure of signal transduction
4.2.1.1. Diabetes
4.2.1.2. Heart diseases
4.2.1.3. Neurological disease
4.2.1.4. Autoimmune
4.2.1.5. Cancer
4.2.1.6. Cholera
4.3. Cell differentiation
4.3.1. Levels of Organization
4.3.1.1. Animal Phylogeny
4.3.1.1.1. Sponges (assemblage of cells)
4.3.1.1.2. Cnidaria (tissues, basic organs)
4.3.1.1.3. Annelida
4.3.1.1.4. Other higher animals
4.3.2. Differential Gene Expression
4.3.3. Cell Cycle
4.3.3.1. Control: cyclins and CDKs
4.3.3.2. Cancer
4.3.4. HOX
4.4. Homeostasis
4.4.1. Negative Feedback
4.4.2. Positive Feedback
4.4.3. Relationship to Energy
4.4.4. Endocrine / Paracrine and Thermoregulation
4.4.4.1. Thermoregulation
4.4.4.2. Glucose Regulation
4.4.5. Excretory
4.4.5.1. Osmoregulation
4.5. Organ Systems
4.5.1. Digestive
4.5.2. Respiratory
4.5.2.1. Analogous Heart Structure
4.5.3. Circulatory
4.5.3.1. Compare fish, amphibians, mammals
4.5.4. Immune
4.5.4.1. Viruses
4.5.4.2. Failure of homeostasis
4.5.4.2.1. Infection
4.5.4.2.2. Toxins
4.5.4.2.3. Allergens
4.5.4.3. Cell-to-cell contact
4.5.4.3.1. APCs
4.5.4.3.2. Helper T cells
4.5.4.3.3. Killer T cells
4.5.4.3.4. Apoptosis
4.5.5. Nervous
4.6. Timing and Coordination of events
4.6.1. Plants
4.6.1.1. Phototropism
4.6.1.2. Photoperiodism
4.6.2. Animals
4.6.2.1. Circadian Rhythm
4.6.2.2. Communication
4.7. Overarching themes
4.7.1. Evolution