Course Detail
Units:
2.0
Course Components:
Discussion
Enrollment Information
Enrollment Requirement:
Prerequisites: MD ID 7300.
Description
This courses meets together with Bio C 6600, and is the specific section for medical students. The focus is on the regulation of sugar and fat metabolism in eukaryotes, with an emphasis on mammals. The course will begin with a review of carbohydrate and lipid metabolic pathways, particularly pathway integration and regulation. The middle portion of the course is an exposure to the breadth of metabolism research occurring here at University of Utah Health Sciences. The course ends with students teaching a metabolism topic of their own choosing to the class.