Course

Part 1

1. Introducing Life Sciences, The Importance of Interdisciplinary Biology
2. Themes in the Study of Life: Properties of life, Reductionism, Emergent Properties, From Biospehere to Biomolecules(Scale-Down), Structure-Function Relationships
3. Transmission of Genetic Information: What is Gene Expression? Aquainting with the vocabulary- Gene, Allele, Genome, DNA, Chromosome, RNA (mRNA, tRNA, rRNA), Proteins,Transcription, Translation & Genetic Code
4. Evolution as the foundation: Unity in Diversity, Natural Selection, Classification of Organisms, Tree of Life Scientific Inquiry: Making Observations & Testing Hypotheses

Part 2

1. Fundamentals of Cell Theory, A bit of History
2. The Hidden Universe of the Cell, Cellular Organization and Metabolism
3. The Organelles: Nucleolus, Nucleus, Ribosomes, Endoplasmic Reticulum, Vesicles, Golgi Apparatus, Mitochondria, Chloroplast, Lysosome, Peroxisome & The Plasma Membrane

Part 3

1. Transport of Proteins: Vesicular & Non-Vesicular System
2. Cell Culture Techniques: Culture Media, Cell-lines, 2D & 3D Cultures

1. Campbell Biology – 11^th Edition – Jane B. Reece et. al. – Boston: Benjamin Cummings / Pearson
2. The Cell, A Molecular Approach – 7^th Edition – Geoffrey M.Cooper/Robert E.Hausman- Sinauer Associates, Inc.

PART 1 

• Themes in the Study of Life: Lecture Presentation
• Amazing Cells : University of Utah Learn.Genetics Virtual Lab
• Scale-Up: Compariosn of Sizes
• Origins of Life: How Life originated on Earth / Documentary
• Great Human Odessey / Documentary
• How we think complex cells evolved – Adam Jacobson/TEDEd
• Where do genes come from? – Carl Zimmer/TEDEd
• DNA: The book of you – Joe Hanson/TEDEd
• How I discovered DNA – James Watson/TEDEd
• The twisting tale of DNA – Judith Hauck/TEDEd
• The DNA & the molecular process in it’s expression: DNA Learning Centre/Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
• What happens when your DNA is damaged? – Monica Menesini/TEDEd
• What is the biggest single-celled organism? – Murry Gans/TEDEd
• The Origin of Life/Documentary

PART 2

• Fundamentals of Cell Theory: A wacky history of Cell Theory/TEDEd
• The Cell(2009)/BBC Documentary by Adam Rutherford: Part 1(The Hidden Kingdom) | Part 2(The Chemistry of Life) | Part 3(The Spark of LIfe)
• Our Secret Universe, The Hidden Life of the Cell(2012)/BBC Documentary
• Visualizing hidden worlds inside your body – Dee Breger/TEDEd
• Insights into cell membranes via dish detergent – Ethan Perlstein/TEDEd

PART 3

• Cell Biology Virtual Lab: Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Virtual Lab I, Virtual Lab II
• The immortal cells of Henrietta Lacks – Robin Bulleri/TEDEd
• Cell Culture, An Introduction/Lecture Presentation
• Cell Culture Basics – A Handbook / Video(Cell Culture Basics) / Video(Aseptic Techniques) : Gibco/THermo Fishcer
• Cryopreservation of Cells/Video
• Cell Culture Media: A Review | Meenakshi Arora, MATER METHODS 2013;3:175