BC2024 - Cell Regulation

Credit points:	03
Year:	2007
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Administered by:	Discipline of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

This subject introduces the regulatory systems in cells and organisms as well as forming the basis for pharmacology.

Learning Outcomes

• intracellular regulation and secondary messenger systems;
• the different modes of communication between cells within an organism;
• the pathways for the synthesis, release and recycling of chemical messengers;
• the role of cell-surface receptors and gated ion channels in transmembrane signalling;
• the role of enzymes in cellular regulation.

Corequisites:	BC2013
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	PC2001

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 31-Aug-2007
Coordinator:	Dr Gerald Muench
Lecturers:	Dr Anna-Marie Babey, Assoc. Professor Bill Warren, Professor George Meehan.
Contact hours:	36 hours lectures 8 hours tutorials 24 hours practicals
Assessment:	end of semester exam (70%); assignments (30%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.