Retired 12/31/2008: An advanced undergraduate course emphasizing basic structure, synthesis, regulation and metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins, and amino acids, nucleic acids and lipids. Topics include pH and buffers; enzymes kinetics; bioenergetics; glycolysis, gluconeogenesis and the hexose monophosphate shunt; DNA replication, transcription, translation and regulation of gene expression; and membrane structure, transport, receptors and signal transduction. Laboratory not required. Prerequisites: Organic Chemistry.