Name: Cell Biology
Time: 40 hours
Prerequisite：Physics, Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry
Target audience: Undergraduate
Aim: This course starts from the basic knowledge of cell biology, introduces the common features of cells (the microscopic and molecular structures) and functions (the dynamic processes of biomolecules) of cellular components. It focuses on the unique features of cell biology, and also combines with current knowledge from other disciplines of modern biology, to prepare the students for advanced molecular cellular biology topics.
Contents：
1. Introduction and History of Cell Biology 2 hours
2. Research Methods in Cell Biology 2 hours
3. Biomembranes 2 hours
4. Mitochondria and Chloroplasts 2 hours
5. Membrane Transport of Small Molecules 2 hours
6. The Intracellular Membrane 2 hours
7. Discussion (literature discussion) 2 hours
8. Protein Sorting and Intracellular Membrane Traffic 2 hours
9. Cell Signaling 2 hours
10. The Cytoskeleton 2 hours
11. Nucleus and Chromosome 2 hours
12. The Ribosome 2 hours
13. Discussion (topic1) 2 hours
14. The Cell Cycle 2 hours
15. Cell Proliferation and Cancer 2 hours
16. Cell Differentiation and Development 2 hours
17. Cell Death 2 hours
18. Cell Junctions and the Extracellular Matrix 2 hours
19. Discussion (topic2) 2 hours
20. Final Exam 2 hours
Textbook:
Zhai Zhonghe et al.,Cell Biology, 4th ed., 2011, ISBN: 9787040321753.
Bruce Alberts et al., Molecular Biology of the Cell, 6th ed., Garland Science Taylor & Francis Group, 2014. ISBN: Y9780815345244.
