Metabolism represents the sum of the chemical changes that converts nutrients, necessary to nourish living organisms, into energy and the chemically complex finished products of cells. Metabolism consists of literally hundreds of enzymatic reactions organized into discrete pathways. These pathways proceed in a stepwise fashion, transforming substrates into end products through many specific chemical intermediates. The course will give an understanding about the anabolic and catabolic processes that satisfy the metabolic needs of the biological cell. This course deals with the basic principles, pathways and regulation of metabolism required to understand modern biological sciences. The lectures will cover introduction to metabolism and regulation and enzyme catalysis, carbohydrate metabolism, citric acid cycle, oxidative phosphorylation, photosynthesis, lipid metabolism, amino acid- and nucleotide metabolism.
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Year Taken: AY20/21, Sem 1
Very content heavy for a year 2 mod but the quality of teaching is really good. Important point for this mod would be to be consistent from the start of the sem; it is impossible to cram and understand all the metabolic pathways one or two weeks before finals. The profs for this mod have high standards for lab reports, so pay attention to that and clarify any concepts you are not sure of with them, they are very willing to meet students individually to explain concepts. Past year papers help for this mod.
July 20, 2021 -
Year Taken: AY15/16, Sem 1
40% Lab reports (3)
60% FinalsNo mid-terms for this module. I love how organised the content was but it was a pain trying to remember everything in the beginning until I realised halfway through the semester that they would be focusing mainly on the core concepts, which they had repeated or emphasised. So the main bulk of it was trying to identify what was important and what wasn’t. I think I did okay for both lab reports and finals although when I looked back at my lab reports there were certain things here and there in the introductions that I had misconceptions about which I hope I won’t be penalised too badly… I spent the most (too much) time on this module (WHEN I SHOULD HAVE SPENT MORE TIME ON MCB II).
The paper was considerably harder than the past years’.
Things I should have improved on:
– TIME MANAGEMENT
– Speaking up more in tutorial classesGrade: Very Good
This review was reposted with the kind permission of Min. Originally published at https://dancingwithroses.wordpress.com/2015/12/13/year-2-sem-1/
June 27, 2021 -
Please spend 200% effort on the lab reports. Content heavy but the profs are helpful, it can be a little stressful if you’re in Dr Ardina’s tutorial class (because she asks a lot of questions), but she explains the concept very well.
May 25, 2021
