Details of LS1101 (Autumn 2013)

Level: 1 Type: Theory Credits: 3.0

Course CodeCourse NameInstructor(s)
LS1101 Introduction to Biology I Annagiri Sumana,
Tapas Kumar Sengupta

Syllabus
Introduction: Definition and origin of life; Chemical and Biological evolution.
Diversity and complexity of life forms; Interactions amongst different life forms.
Different approaches to understand the ever evolving biological world.
Cell as unit of life (Structure and function): Cell theory, Cell structure, Broad functions of different cell types and cell compartments.
Molecules of life (structure-function): Water, Amino acids, Sugars, Fatty acids, Nucleotides , Proteins, Carbohydrates, Nucleic acids and Lipids. Enzymes.
Cellular events: Membrane Transport/ cellular transport; Bioenergetics (Glycolysis, TCA cycle and ATP synthesis), Replication; Transcription; Translation; Cell division ; Cell death.


References
RECOMMENDED TEXT
1. Essential Cell Biology (Second Edition) : By Bruce Alberts, Dennis Bray, Karen Hopkin, Alexander Johnson, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter.
Publisher: Garland Science; Year:2004
2. Molecular Cell Biology (Sixth Edition): By Harvey Lodish, Arnold Berk, Chris A. Kaiser, Monty Krieger, Matthew P. Scott, Anthony Bretscher, Hidde Ploegh, Paul Matsudaira.
Publishers: W. H. Freeman; Year: 2008

Course Credit Options

Sl. No.ProgrammeSemester NoCourse Choice
1 IP 1 Not Allowed
2 IP 3 Not Allowed
3 MS 1 Core
4 RS 1 Not Allowed