1. Course Introduction/ Visualizing, Fractionating, and Culturing Cells
2. Biomembrane Structure
3. Transmembrane Transport of Ions and Small Molecules
4. Cellular Energetics: the story of mitochondria
5. Moving Proteins into Membranes and Organelles
6. Vesicular Traffic, Secretion, and Endocytosis
7. Cell Organization and Movement I: Microfilaments
8. Cell Organization and Movement II: Microtubules and Intermediate Filaments
9. Midterm Examination
10. Signal Transduction and G-Proteins Coupled Receptors
11. Signaling Pathways that Control Gene Expression
12. The Eukaryotic Cell Cycle
13. Cancer
14. Integrating Cells into Tissues
15. Stem cells, cell assembly, and cell death
16. Nerve Cells
17. Final Examination