Biochemistry

Integrated Biology and Chemistry, with connections to biophysics

Balogun Arinwaka (aka Gary C. Booker), Instructor

Contact Phone: 678-754-0498

Contact email: [email protected]

Please Download The Following Software:

http://www.download.com/ChemLab/3000-2054_4-10391429.html?tag=lst-0-1


Ongoing Assignment:

Research at least one element on the periodic per-weekday


Course Topics

Module One: Basic Physical Chemistry & Basic Biology

  1. Introduction

    1. What is Biology?

    2. What is Chemistry?

    3. What’s in your food?

    4. What does the stuff in your food do, otherwise?

  2. Fundamentals

    1. Atomic Structure

    2. Measurement & Metrology

    3. States of Matter

    4. Energy

    5. Bonding

      1. Ionic

      2. Covalent.

    6. The Nucleus and Nuclear Fusion

    7. History of Chemistry

  3. Biogeochemical cycles

  4. Photosynthesis

  5. Water

    1. Properties of Water

    2. Water as a soluvent

    3. Aquatic Toxicity

    4. Fecal Coliform


MODULE TWO: PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY

  1. Phases of Matter

    1. Solid

    2. Liquid

    3. Gas

  2. Specific Mass

  3. Specific Gravity

  4. Specific Volume

  5. Stochiometry

  6. Chemical Reactions

    1. Acid-Base Reactions

  7. Balancing Equations

  8. Molecular Geometry



MODULE FOUR: THERMODYNAMICS

  1. Types of Energy

    1. Mechanical

    2. Sound

    3. Heat

    4. Chemical

    5. Nuclear

    6. Solar

    7. Electrical

  2. Heat Transfer

  3. Temperature

  4. Specific Heat

  5. The First Law of Thermodynamics

  6. The Second Law of Thermodynamics

  7. Kinetic Theory of Gas

  8. Gas Laws

    1. Boyles Law

    2. Charles Law

    3. The Ideal Gas Law

  9. Chemical Equilibrium


Module Five: Organic Chemistry

  1. Organic Compounds

  2. Nitric Acids

  3. Monosaccharide

    1. What is a Monosaccharide?

    2. Glucose

    3. Fructose

    4. Ribose

    5. Deoxyribose

    6. Formaldehyde

  4. Polysaccharides

    1. What is a Polysaccharide?

    2. Starch

    3. Glycogen

    4. Cellulose


Module Six: Nutrition Chemistry & Toxicology

  1. Vitamins

    1. What is a vitamin?

    2. Vitamin A

    3. Vitamin B

    4. Vitamin C

    5. Vitamin D

  2. Minerals

    1. What is a mineral?

    2. Minerals needed by the body.

      1. Iron

      2. Calcium

      3. Zinc

      4. Potassium

      5. Iodine

      6. Copper

      7. Selenium

      8. Manganese

      9. Magnesium

    3. Minerals that poison the body.

      1. Coal

      2. Asbestos

      3. Cadium

      4. Mercury

      5. Lead

      6. Arsenic

      7. Bismuth

      8. Bromine

      9. Thallium

      10. Cadmium

      11. Antimony

      12. Barium

      13. Uranium


Module Seven: Biochemistry, Cell Biology & Human physiology

  1. Lipids

  2. Amino Acids

  3. Enzymes

  4. Nucleic Acids

  5. DNA

  6. Genetics

  7. Human Cell Structure

  8. Body Systems

    1. Skeletal

    2. Digestive

    3. Nervous

    4. Circulatory

    5. Muscular

    6. Respiratory

    7. Integumentary system

    8. Endocrine

    9. Exocrine

    10. Immune

    11. Reproductive


Module Eight: Melanin Dynamics

  1. Properties of Melanin

  2. Black Body Radiation and Melanin

  3. Melanin Electrodynamics

  4. Melanin’s role in nutrition

  5. Brain Melanin


MODULE NINE: BOTANICAL BIOCHEMISTRY & CELL BIOLOGY

  1. Plant Cells

  2. Autotrophism

  3. Photosynthesis

  4. Plant Fertilization

  5. Carnivorous Plants


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