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BIOL 330  Cell Biology  Units: 3.00  
An introduction to the cellular basis of biological variation. The course explores the control of cell function exerted by the nucleus, the pathways for building and fuelling cells, and the control of integrative cellular events.
NOTE Also offered online, consult Arts and Science Online (Learning Hours may vary).
Learning Hours: 120 (36 Lecture, 12 Tutorial, 24 Online Activity, 48 Private Study)  
Requirements: Prerequisite BIOL 205/3.0 or BCHM 218/3.0.  
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science  

Course Learning Outcomes:

  1. Apply bioinformatic skills using public gene databases to solve the structure of genes.
  2. Assess the impact of genetic mutations on the ability of proteins to function normally.
  3. Design experimental approaches to determine gene and protein function.
  4. Differentiate nucleic acid and protein quantity and quality through the analysis of published results.
  5. Explain how external signals impact gene expression and protein localization and function.
  6. Invent a creative project to convey gene and protein function to a broad audience.
  

Biology

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The Biology Department is located in the BioSciences Complex, a large building with offices, teaching laboratories, lecture rooms and extensive research facilities. The Department also maintains the Queen's University Biological Station: more than 3000 ha of woodland, fields and shoreline on both Lake Opinicon and Elbow Lake, 50 km north of Kingston. This station has extensive laboratory and teaching facilities and can provide accommodation for 75 or more researchers and students interested in population and community ecology, limnology, behavioural ecology, and conservation biology.