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Biology
150 - General Biology
Principles of biology at the
molecular, cellular, genetic, and
organismal levels of organization.
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- Instructor -
Charles Mallery
- Associate
Dean and Associate Professor of Biology,
College Arts and Sciences, Merrick Bldg. 304
phone
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email:
cmallery@miami.edu
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Textbook
- "Campbell
Biology"
by Urrey, et al, 11th
edition.
Pearson, Publisher, 2016.
ISBN 13: 9780134433691
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56
chapters and 1279 pages - (way too much)
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Office Hours -
- call
his Secretary, Barbara Varona, for an
appointment at: 305-284-3188.
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Lecture
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Lecture will be in the Cox Science Bldg. on
TR for fall and on MWRF for the summer at
the dates and times posted on the course
syllabus.
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- Workshops
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a series
of practice
problem sets to be completed by small
groups of students working together with
a student peer facilitator.
Workshops
will be reviewed with Dr. Mallery during
lecture... see schedule.
The workshop-practice problem sets are
part of the course and should be
completed in a timely
fashion. Also, please
remember that the
laboratory course [BIL 151]
is a co-requisite to Biology 150.
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- Special
Needs
- if you have special needs as
addressed by the Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA) and need
assistance please do not hesitate to
contact me. Additionally, if you have
special needs regarding exams (privacy,
large type, longer time) you may contact
the
Office of
Accessibility Resources
(room 201 in the Whitten University
Center -
284-2374),
for assistance.
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Exams
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There
will be three examinations. The first
two
tests will be non-cumulative [often
100 points each] and
given during the semester (see dates
on syllabus), and a final
examination
which will include material since test 2 [about
100 points],
plus a cumulative portion of the whole
course on the final exam [about
50 points].
Workshops will have a point value of
50
points.
The course total will be 400
points
and your grade will be determined from a
curve of the maximum points for any student.
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ANALYSIS...
One
of the best ways to find out how to change
your study and test-taking tactics is to
analyze
your recent exam.
I will
post keys
to the exams on the
course web page,
usually the same day as the exam. You will
be allowed to keep your test, when you leave
the exam room. You should review the posted
keys and mark the correct answers on your
exam. Then, for
every question you miss
you should write down two things: 1) why you
chose that answer (the incorrect answer) and
2) why you did not choose the correct
answer. Do this as soon as you finish the
exam while you still remember why you chose
specific answers. Waiting until just before
the next test to do this type of critical
thinking often does not work. Also, be very
specific. Saying that you chose an answer
because you thought it was right one is
obvious... better is to ask...Why did you
think that it, above all other choices in
the question, was correct; What scientific
fact(s) lead you to choose that answer
choice. Whatever the reason is, write it
down.... (you thought that proteins were
made of sugars, a car backfired and
distracted you, your roommate told you the
nucleus of the cell makes candy, the
material was not in your notes, you did not
study). Once you have done this for every
question that you missed, you should look
for any trends. If you can not find any
trends then, bring the analyzed exam to me,
and I will try to help. I have had students
tell me that they now do this in all of
their classes and that it is very helpful.
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ACADEMIC
ETHICS:
Cheating
will NOT
be tolerated. It does not affect the
instructor but directly affects every
student. Since most large classes are
graded on a curve, the unfair elevation of
the grades of a few artificially lowers
both the grades and value of the degree of
the majority. The Biology Department has
adopted the policy that the penalty for
cheating, plagiarism, or acquiescence in
them shall be FAILURE
of the course.
During a test we
will assume that you are cheating if your
eyes wander from your paper to another's
or that you are passing answers if we
observe you talking. You will be required
to sign your answer sheet in compliance
with the following U.M. Honor Code
statement:
SIGNATURE:_________
On my honor, I have neither given nor
received any aid on this examination.
The
instructor of this course supports the
University of Miami
Honor Code.
Cheating,
plagiarism, or acquiescence in these
activities is subject to the provisions of
the Honor Code.
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Course Resources and Help
- In
addition to the resources listed just below,
don't forget to browse to the links highlighted
under each lecture topics for helpful hints,
notes, and goodies of all
sorts. The
TOP 12
things to do to be successful in BIL
150.
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Survival of the Fittest...
Some
Academic Survival Skills or How to Succeed
in Biology without Really
Trying.
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Web address for the Biology Department server is
http://www.bio.miami.edu/
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Some
really hot topics, i.e.,
Scientific significa
of no REAL consequence; These
web pages are just for the pure joy of
reading some of the vast biological trivia
and unimportant facts that are published
everyday..... read and enjoy.
A
treatise on
Class Notes
- comparing UM
with UF
and FSU.......
(smile)
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Internet Biology Links
... a
collection of useful and interesting web pages
that deal with a number of biology topics that
can help a student gather more detailed
information about some of the courses topics.
Please
let Dr. Mallery is any of the links are no
longer active. You can send an E-mail to Dr.
Mallery by clicking on the address below.
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Dr. Mallery: cmallery@miami.edu
go to SYLLABUS
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Caption
: Four different
types of light microscopy.
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The images are of a fibroblast cell grown in
culture. When light is passed through a
living cell, the phase of the light waves is
changed according to the cell's Refractive
Index.
Light passing through a
dense cell part [nucleus] has its phase
retarded relative to the light passing through
the cytoplasm, thus creating
contrast.
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Brightfield
Microscopy:
Standard transmission of light
through the cell, which has very little contrast. A
cell is 70% water, thus most of the cell is
basically colorless and translucent, i.e., invisible
to the eye.
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Phase
Contrast Microscopy:
Incident light
[Io] is out of phase with transmitted light [I]
and when the phases of the light are synchronized
by an interference lens, a new image with greater
contrast is seen. |
Nomarski
(phase- contrast) Microscopy:
is also known as differential
interference contrast micro- scopy. Synchronizing
of the different phases of incident and
transmitted light is done by a set of special
condenser lens mounted below the stage of a
microscope.
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Dark
Field Microscopy:
Here the illuminating rays of
light are directed from the side so that only
scattered light enters the microscope lenses,
consequently the cell appears as an illuminated
object against the view.
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c2014, Charles Mallery, Department of Biology,
University of
Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124
Last
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Wednesday,
July 30, 2014
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