The calendar below provides information on course's lecture (L) and recitation (R) sessions.
HH stands for Hodgkin-Huxley, as in the Hodgkin-Huxley Model.
Course calendar.
| ses # |
Topics |
key dates |
| L1 |
Introduction to Cellular Transport |
Homework 1 out |
| R1 |
Review of Differential Equations |
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| L2 |
Macroscopic and Microscopic Laws of Diffusion |
|
| L3 |
Continuity and Diffusion Equations |
|
| R2 |
Diffusion |
|
| L4 |
Diffusion in Cells: Models |
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| R3 |
Diffusion (cont.) |
Homework 2 out
Homework 1 due |
| L5 |
Diffusion in Cells: Experiments |
|
| L6 |
Osmosis: van Hoff's Law |
|
| R4 |
Diffusion and Osmosis |
|
| L7 |
Osmosis in Cells: Equilibrium |
|
| R5 |
Osmosis |
Homework 3 out
Homework 2 due |
| L8 |
Chemical Transport |
Project proposal due |
| L9 |
Four-State Symmetric Carrier Model |
|
| R6 |
Osmosis and Carrier Mediated Transport |
|
| L10 |
Carrier Models |
|
| R7 |
4-State Model |
Homework 3 due |
| L11 |
Glucose Regulation |
|
| L12 |
Ion Transport: Nernst-Planck Equation |
|
| R8 |
Carrier Models |
|
| L13 |
Writing a Laboratory Report |
|
|
Exam 1 |
|
| L14 |
Ion Transport: Models |
Homework 4 out |
| R9 |
Ions |
|
| L15 |
Ion Transport Models (cont.) |
|
| R10 |
Ions (cont.) |
Homework 5 out
Homework 4 due |
| L16 |
Active Transport |
First draft due |
| L17 |
Electrical Properties of Cells |
|
|
Writing Clinic |
|
| L18 |
Core Conductor Model of Large Cells |
|
| R11 |
Core Conductor |
Homework 6 out
Homework 5 due |
| L19 |
Core Conductor |
|
| L20 |
HH: Space Clamp |
Project report due |
| R12 |
Core Conductor (cont.) |
|
| L21 |
HH: Voltage Clamp |
|
| R13 |
Core Conductor (cont.) |
Homework 6 due |
| L22 |
HH: Current Clamp |
|
| L23 |
Demo: HH Project |
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| R14 |
HH Elec Classroom |
Project proposal due |
| L24 |
HH Project |
|
|
Exam 2 |
|
| L25 |
HH: Threshold |
|
| L26 |
Cable Model |
Homework 7 out |
| R15 |
HH Elec Classroom (cont.) |
|
| L27 |
Cable Model (cont.) |
|
| L28 |
Writing an Oral Presentation |
|
| L29 |
Myelinated Fibers |
|
| R16 |
Cable Model |
|
| L30 |
Saltatory Conduction |
|
| R17 |
Saltatory Conduction |
Homework 8 out
Homework 7 due |
| L31 |
Patch Clamp |
First draft due |
| L32 |
Ion Channels: 2-State Models |
|
|
HH Dry Runs |
|
| L33 |
Ion Channels: 4 Gate Model |
|
| L34 |
Ion Channels: Gating Currents |
|
| R18 |
Ion Channels |
HH oral reports 1 day after recitation 18 |
| R19 |
Ion Channels (cont.) |
Homework 9 out
Homework 8 due
HH oral reports 1 day after recitation 19 |
| L35 |
Ion Channels Multi-State Models |
|
| R20 |
Ion Channels (cont.) |
|
| L36 |
Breakfast with the Staff |
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| R21 |
Ion Channels (cont.) |
Homework 9 due (optional assignment) |
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Final Exam Period |
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