1. Ahern's BB 350 at Oregon State University - Introduction

1. Contact - [email protected] 2. Kevin's lectures with The Great Courses - https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/b... 3. Kevin's Lecturio videos for medical students - https://www.lecturio.com/medical-cour... 4. Course materials at https://kevingahern.com/biochemistry-... 5. Course video channel at    • 1. Ahern's BB 350 at Oregon State Universi...   6. Metabolic Melodies at https://teeheetime.com/category/lyric... 7. Kevin's Free Biochemistry books - https://kevingahern.com/biochemistry-... 8. Kevin's Pre-med Audio course on Listenable - https://listenable.io/web/courses/143... Highlights Lecture highlights are my perspectives of what I said in class in a brief format. If this is useful to you, great. If not, don't worry about it. 1. All students need to read the course syllabus. You can download it from the Canvas Home page. 2. Biochemistry as a science is relatively new, at least in its present form. 3. Our understanding of the basis of life has evolved from examining the organism as the foundation of life down to cells, then down to organelles, and then finally down to molecules. 4. Molecules are the foundation of life and are the basis of molecular biology. 5. Macromolecules include nucleic acids (DNA & RNA), proteins, and carbohydrates (polysaccharides). 6. Building blocks of nucleic acids are nucleotides. Building blocks of proteins are amino acids. Building blocks of carbohydrates are sugars. 7. Prokaryotes (bacteria) differ from eukaryotes in the composition of their cells. Eukyaryotes have organelles and prokaryotes do not. Eukaryotes include yeast (single celled, dog, cats, plants, humans, and more). All prokaryotes are unicellular. 8.The nucleus holds DNA, chromosomes, and RNA. The mitochondrion is involved in energy production. The chloroplast is involved in photosynthesis in plants.