NCHU Course Outline
Course Name (中) 生物能量學(6548)
(Eng.) Bioenergetics
Offering Dept Department of Life Sciences
Course Type Elective Credits 2 Teacher CHIEN,LEE-FENG
Department Department of Life Sciences / Graduate Language Chinese 英文/EMI Semester 2024-FALL
Course Description (a) Bioenergetics is a vast subject.
(b) It includes the events of the molecular and cell biology level as well as those of physiology and biophysics level.
(c) To increase the understanding about energy and metabolism in animal and man, this lecture is designed to help students.
Prerequisites
self-directed learning in the course Y
Relevance of Course Objectives and Core Learning Outcomes(%) Teaching and Assessment Methods for Course Objectives
Course Objectives Competency Indicators Ratio(%) Teaching Methods Assessment Methods
a.learning the basic thermochemical concept of energy metablism
b.learning the biochemical and biophysical processes
c.learning the application of bioenergetics
5.Realizing the physiological mechanisms of the organisms
100
Lecturing
Discussion
Attendance
Written Presentation
Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content
Week 1 W1/ Open lecture, Ch1
Week 2 W2/ Ch2 Ion transport across energy-conserving membranes (1)
Week 3 W3/ Ch2 Ion transport across energy-conserving membranes (2)
Week 4 W4/ Ch3 Quantitative bioenergetics (1)
Week 5 W5/ Ch3 Quantitative bioenergetics (2)
Week 6 W6/ Ch4 The chemiosmotic proton circuit in isolated organelles (1)
Week 7 W7/ Ch4 The chemiosmotic proton circuit in isolated organelles (2)
Week 8 W8/ Ch5 Respiratory chain (1)
Week 9 W9/ Ch5 Respiratory chain (2)
Week 10 W10/ Ch5 Respiratory chain (3)
Week 11 W11/ Ch6 Photosynthesis (1)
Week 12 W12/ Ch6 Photosynthesis (2)
Week 13 W13/ Ch7 ATP synthase (1)
Week 14 W14/ Ch7 ATP synthase (2)
Week 15 W15/ Ch10 Cell biology of the mitochondrion (1)
Week 16 W16/ Ch10 Cell biology of the mitochondrion (2)
Week 17 W17/ 自主學習1: reading research article-1 of bioenergetics
Week 18 W18/ 自主學習2: reading research article-2 of bioenergetics
Evaluation
Essay (習作): 80% (5000 word English essay on an assigned topic). Attendance (出席): 20%.

Textbook & other References
1.Bioenergetics4/ Nicholls & Ferguson/ Academic Press/ 2015 [eBook,NCHU]
2.Bioenergetics at a Glance/ Harris/ Blackwell/ 1995
3.Energy Metabolism in Animal and Man/ Blaxter/ Cambridge/ 1998
4.Energy and Life/ Wrigglesworth / Taylor & Francis/ 1997
5.Other recent research articles.
Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website
iLearning or in Class.
Office Hours
By appointment.

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