Alcohol or ethanol fermentation, including yeast and its role in bread and wine production.

Chemical Biology research uses the tools of chemistry and synthesis to understand biology and disease pathways at the molecular level. Advanced Biological Chemistry interests include diverse topics such as nucleic acids, DNA repair, bioconjugate chemistry, peptides and peptidomimetics, glycoscience, biomolecular structure and function, imaging, and biological catalysis. Biophysical Chemistry represents the union of Chemistry, Physics, and Biology using a variety of experimental and theoretical approaches to understand the structure and function of biological systems.

CHE106 - Chemical Science Concepts An introductory elective course for non-science majors.  The concepts of general chemistry, organic chemistry and biochemistry are presented through a forensic science approach.Mercer County Community CollegeDr. Lisa Meseroll, PhD  

Introduction to cellular respiration, including glycolysis, the Krebs Cycle, and the electron transport chain. Created by Sal Khan.

A concentration gradient occurs when the concentration of particles is higher in one area than another. In passive transport, particles will diffuse down a concentration gradient, from areas of higher concentration to areas of lower concentration, until they are evenly spaced.

Learn about how particles move from an area of greater concentration to an area of lesser concentration through the process of diffusion.

Enzymes as catalysts for reactions in biological systems; discussion of substrates, active sites, induced fit, and activation energy.

Hypotonic, isotonic and hypertonic solutions (tonicity). Seeing the effect of various types of solution on the direction of osmosis.

Kinetics is the study of reaction rates and how they are affected. Many factors, such as concentration, pressure, temperature, and enzyme activity, can impact the rate of a reaction. For example, a molecule's kinetic energy is directly proportional to its temperature, so increasing the temperature will result in an increase in reaction rate. Created by Sal Khan.

Lactic acid fermentation. How organisms like lactobacillus convert pyruvic acid to lactic acid and oxidize NADH to NAD+ in the process.

Osmosis of water from an area of lower to an area of higher solute concentration across a semipermeable membrane.

In this unit, students examine the question: How does access to a specific diet (nutrition) impact human rights? As students explore biological information on how the human body uses food as a source of energy, they will explore the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) document, to examine the crucial question of how access to a proper diet is related to a person’s rights.

How the the sodium-potassium (Na+/K+) pump works. Its role in establishing resting membrane potentials. Created by Sal Khan.

This resource is a video abstract of a research paper created by Research Square on behalf of its authors. It provides a synopsis that's easy to understand, and can be used to introduce the topics it covers to students, researchers, and the general public. The video's transcript is also provided in full, with a portion provided below for preview:

"TRF2 is a protein in charge of protecting the endcaps of chromosomes known as telomeres. But increasing evidence suggests that TRF2 also carries out important non-telomere-related functions, including DNA repair and transcription regulation. To better understand these functions, researchers recently mapped out where else TRF2 sites might exist. ChIP-Seq assays of fibrosarcoma cells revealed extra-telomeric TRF2 sites throughout the genome, which were highly enriched in DNA sequences with the potential to form G-quadruplexes, a DNA structure formed by G-rich sequences with a specific pattern, known to play a critical role in gene expression. TRF2 bound tightly to these sites, and further experiments revealed that TRF2 occupancy resulted in altered mRNA expression in nine target genes. Because naturally occurring intracellular G-quadruplexes are difficult to detect, TRF2 binding may serve as a new tool to specifically detect these regions..."

The rest of the transcript, along with a link to the research itself, is available on the resource itself.