2026 COURSE TIPS FOR Cell Bio 2382B Lecture Notes: Comprehensive Chapter Review University of Western Ontario
Lecture 1 Review: Introduction to Cell Biology Why study cells? ➔ It is the fundamental unit of life. Studying the cell allows us to understand how tissues and organs work ➔ If we can determine the “normal” function of cells, we can study and fix the “abnormal” function ➔ Win a Nobel Prize! Lol What is a cell? ➔ Composed of many organelles (know structure) ➔ Ultimate goal: understand how macromolecular systems work and cooperate to enable cells to function autonomously/independently and in tissues How do we study cells? ➔ Need a hypothesis to conduct an experiment ➔ Need to isolate and maintain cells in vitro, know how to view cells and what to look for, how to separate organelles, and finally how to identify and study how proteins