BIOL V03: Introduction to Organismal Biology & Ecology Dr. Marta D. de Jesus (Ph.D. Biology, UCLA)

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1 BIOL V03: Introduction to Organismal Biology & Ecology Dr. Marta D. de Jesus (Ph.D. Biology, UCLA) Should I take this class - What is your Ultimate goal? BA/BS (4-5 yrs) eg: biological technician, tech sales, K-12 teacher, public outreach, BSN, etc. MA/MS (~2yr beyond BA/BS) eg: tech specialist, lab manager, CC instructor, public outreach, MBA, Occupational Therapy, Physician Assistant, Audiologist, etc. PhD (~6+ yr; MA/MS not required) eg: 4-yr college/univ. professor, industrial research scientist, governmental advisor, etc. Professional Doctoral degrees (no research required to finish; 4 yr at least, but more if specializing) eg: PharmD, OD (optometry), DPM (podiatry), DDS (dentist), MD (medical doctor), DO(steopath), DVM (veterinary), Nurse Practitioner ( DNP), Physical Therapist (DPT), DEnv, JD (law), etc. Oh, the places you may go Acknowledged as the world s leading expert as an anatomical specialist for animation and digital special effects, Dr. Sumida (CSU- SB) has more than 30 feature-length film projects to his credit working with such studios as Disney, DreamWorks, PIXAR, and Sony Pictures. 1

2 Introduction What is this class? 1 class in 2 semester Bio majors sequence Nuts & bolts Roll Syllabus Comments Helps & Hints For this class Prereqs Intermed Algebra 1 yr HS Bio or Bio 1 1 yr HS Chem or Chem 20 & 20L Recommended Chem 1A & 1AL*, 1B & 1BL Chem 12A & 12AL, 12B & 12BL Calculus Statistics Physics (in general the more college math and/or science a student has before this class, the better you do) Some other classes of interest to Biology majors offered this semester at VC: ANTH V01 & ANTH V01L Biological Anthropology ANTH V35 & V35L Forensic Anthropology BIOL V10 Environmental Biology (usually non-majors but depends) BIOL/BIOT V18 Human Genetics {does NOT replace the (almost always upper-division) Genetics requirement for the Biology/ Biochemistry majors, but does focus on Humans as those classes do not.} BIOL/BIOT V30 Intro to Molecular Biology & Biotechnology BIOL V29/V29L Marine Biology (usually non-majors but depends) For some Pre-Health students (not MD or OD usually) ANAT V01 Human Anatomy PHSO V01 Human Physiology MICR V01 General Microbiology 2

3 Ventura College websites: MyVCCCD.edu portal (WebStar, EMS, field trip forms) My website for my course materials: get class alert messages: Send a text (not an !) with your cellphone to my address (mdejesus@vcccd.edu) containing: - your name in the Subject area - your phone carrier s name (Verizon, Sprint, etc.) in the message. Then I ll be able to send you short text alerts. Required Textbook Xanedu-printed Lab Manual Optional: Study Guide Other Optional Books Photo Atlas 3

4 Grading Guaranteed Grades: A = % B = 80-89% C = 65-79% D = 55-64% F = below 55% Exams (40% of the grade) Laboratory points (40% of the grade) Final Exam (20% of the grade) 100% of the grade Scantron form # #95677 for Midterm and Final Exams (look for 100/W near top right corner) PreMed/PreDent/etc. required classes: 1 yr College Biology (BIOL V03, V04) 1 yr Gen. Chemistry (CHEM V01A/V01AL, V01B/V01BL) 1 yr Organic Chemistry (CHEM V12A/V12AL, V12B/V12BL) 1 yr College Physics (which one?) 1 yr College English 1 semester - 1 yr Calculus (which one?) Others possible: Statistics, Biochemistry, Psychology, Sociology, Statistics Note: do NOT have to major in Biology or even Science, but do have to have these classes (note: pre-med requirements may change in 2015; more details later). Do I need all of these before transfer? Usually not, but... Articulation Info for California public universities & colleges: Make sure you also look at university websites & catalog information 4

5 Dale s Cone of Experience - the more you re involved, the more you get out of the experience What else? Recent data: Handwriting better than typing Frequent testing helps Prepare to teach it very good learning Not good: Too much repetition blurs detail Distraction is anti-learning (latest: even if it s not your phone) What is Science? [French, from Latin scientia, from sciens, -entis, p. pr. of scire = to know] 1. process/method What is Science? 1. process/method 2. information 5

6 What is not Science? Some examples: Art Literature Philosophy Theology/Religion (and some subjects are in between ) (?) Wikimedia Reasoning used in scientific inquiry 6

7 Older version of the Scientific Method or in between (1.22) Newer model of How Science is Done (newer model) (1.23) What is a scientific theory? lay definition scientific definition: big explanation with lots of evidence Paradigm Shift? 7

8 Experimental design control group vs. experimental group bios + logos What is life? (1.2) What is life? 1. ordered structures cells reductionism emergent properties systems biology Early map of protein interactions in a yeast cell 8

9 What is life? 1. ordered structures 2. standard biochemistry metabolism (next semester) What is life? 1. ordered structures 2. standard biochemistry metabolism DNA -> RNA -> protein (next semester) What is life? 1. ordered structures 2. standard biochemistry 3. maintain homeostasis 9

10 What is life? 1. ordered structures 2. standard biochemistry 3. maintain homeostasis 4. demonstrate irritability What is life? 1. ordered structures 2. standard biochemistry 3. maintain homeostasis 4. demonstrate irritability 5. reproduction & growth/ development What is life? 1. ordered structures 2. standard biochemistry 3. maintain homeostasis 4. demonstrate irritability 5. reproduction & growth/ development 6. products of evolution Charles Darwin: Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection preservation of favorable variations and rejection of injurious variations. 10

11 Themes of Biology: a) List of some textbooks: Evolution Information transfer Energy transfer b) Campbell s list: Organization (with emergent properties at successive levels) Genetic information expression & transmission Energy & Matter: transfer & transformation Interactions Evolution Where is life found? Earth (1 data point) Exo/Astrobiology? (largest) Size Hierarchy (smallest) 11 Atoms (1.3) 11

12 Ecological Hierarchy energy & nutrients Producers Decomposers Consumers (1.11) Traditional Taxonomic Hierarchy Bigger Smaller Domain Dashing Kingdom King Phylum Philip Class Came Order Over Family From Genus Geneva Species Switzerland (a mnemonic) smaller larger (old1.12) 12

13 3 Domains: Bacteria Archaea Eukarya 6 Kingdoms: Archaea Animal Fungi Plant Protist Bacteria Common! ancestor Example: Your (Human) Taxonomy D: Eukarya K: Animalia P: Chordata (Sub-P: Vertebrata) C: Mammalia O: Primate F: Hominidae G: Homo S: Homo sapiens 13

14 2016 surprise: (major new comparison) - Bacterial domain much bigger than we thought. - maybe only 2 domains (and we are just big Archaea). -> our ideas about how to sort & classify organisms change! from: Nature Microbiology 1: 1 (2016) 14