Lectures (Video)
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Biochemistry I
- 3. Biochemistry II
- 4. Biochemistry III
- 5. Biochemistry IV
- 6. Biochemistry V
- 7. Biochemistry VI
- 8. DNA as Genetic Material
- 9. Molecular Biology I
- 10. Molecular Biology II
- 11. Molecular Biology III
- 12. Molecular Biology IV
- 13. Gene Regulation I
- 14. Gene Regulation II
- 15. Bacterial Genetics
- 16. The Biosphere
- 17. Carbon and Energy Metabolism (PDF)
- 18. Productivity and Food Webs
- 19. Regulation of Productivity
- 20. Limiting Factors and Biogeochemical Cycles
- 21. Mendelian Genetics
- 22. Mitosis and Meiosis
- 23. Diploid Genetics
- 24. Recombinant DNA I
- 25. Recombinant DNA II
- 26. Recombinant DNA III
- 27. Immunology I
- 28. Immunology II
- 29. Population Growth I
- 30. Population Growth II
- 31. Population Genetics and Evolution
- 32. Molecular Evolution
- 33. Communities I
- 34. Communities II
- 35. Communities III
- 36. Ecological Applications
Introductory Biology
Course Summary
This course is based on 7.014 Introductory Biology, Spring 2005 made available by Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare under the Creative Commons BY-NC-SA license.
This course features lectures by Professor Graham Walker, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) professor and director of the HHMI Education group at MIT, and Professor Sallie W. Chisholm, Lee and Geraldine Martin Professor of Environmental Studies and co-director of the MIT Earth Systems Initiative. The course covers the fundamental principles of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and cell biology. Biological function at the molecular level is particularly emphasized and covers the structure and regulation of genes, as well as, the structure and synthesis of proteins, how these molecules are integrated into cells, and how these cells are integrated into multicellular systems and organisms.
This course focuses on the application of these fundamental principles, toward an understanding of microorganisms as geochemical agents responsible for the evolution and renewal of the biosphere and of their role in human health and disease.
Reading Material
1. Textbook: Biological ScienceFreeman, Scott. Biological Science. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2002. ISBN: 9780130819239.
Course Material
1. Recitation Problems(MIT OCW)
2. Assignments
Problem sets and solutions. (MIT OCW)
3. Exams
Exam questions and solutions
4. Study Materials
Previous course assignment problem sets and solutions. (MIT OCW)
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