Biology

Lecture notes from Oxford University Biology Year 1: Building a Phenotype Trinity Term. Includes lectures on fertilisation, the cell cycle, mitosis, plant development & plant hormones, animal signal transduction from neurones and hormones, animal development, stem cells, regeneration, and immunology (animal and plant).

Contains the following lectures 1. Sponges, corals, and pre-bilaterian life: 2. Bilateria & bilaterian phylogeny: 3. Lophotrochozoa I: Annelids 4. Lophotrochozoa II: Platyhelminthes (flatworms) 5. Lophotrochozoa III: Molluscs 6. Ecdysozoa I: 7. Deuterostomia I: Echinoderms & Hemichordates 8. Deuterostomia II: Chordates 9. What is a plant? 10. The Rise of the Vascular Plants 11. The Diversification of Seed Plants: 12. The Evolution of Flowering Plants: 13. Arthropods I: Chelicerates...

Contains the following lecture notes: 1. Prokaryotic Gene regulation: 2. Prokaryotic cell structure & function: 3. Control of prokaryotic growth: 4. Prokaryotic genomes & cell division: 5. Introduction to the organelles of the eukaryotic cell: 6. Eukaryotic cell biology: the endomembrane system: Key organelles 7. The endomembrane system II: Vesicles, signals, and sorting 8. Cytoskeleton I: Microtubules 9. Cytoskeleton II: Actin-based cell movements 10. Technology underpinning molecula...

Contains the following lectures: 1. The Microbial World & The Tree of Life 2. Small is Beautiful: Life as a Microbe 3. The Prokaryotes I 4. The Prokaryotes II 5. The Social Microbe I: microbial symbioses and the origin of eukaryotes 6. The social microbe II: microbes & macrobes 7. Eukaryotic microbes – innovations in biology: 8. The anti-social microbe: an introduction to parasites & pathogens 9. Viruses: 10. The origin of multicellularity: 11. Fungi

Includes the following lectures: 1. The Unique Reproductive Biology of Angiosperms 2. Angiosperm Mating Systems & Pollination 3. Diversity of Life: Birds I 4. Birds II: Adaptation & Ecology: 5. Pollination mechanisms: 6. Plant-plant interactions: 7. Mammals: 8. Plant-Animal Interactions: 9. Vascular Plants & Life on Land: 10. To hunger or to thirst: 11. Plant energy balance & ecological diversity: 12. Mammals: Structure & function: homeothermy: 13. Mammal: structure & function: feed...

This is my IB Biology Extended Essay about the antimicrobial activity of essential oils against chicken breast. It received an A grade.

Contains the following lectures: 1. Cell theory & the nature of life 2. The RNA world 3. Dawn of the Proteins 4. RNA makes protein 5. Desire for DNA 6. Lipids & Membranes 7. Carbohydrates 8. Life requires a continual energy flux 9. Charging the Cellular Batteries 10. Metabolism: the cellular factory 11. Photosynthesis: energy & carbon capture 12. Enzymes & the Principles of Catalysis 13. Regulation: Keeping the System in Balance

An overview of the seven required practicals for IB Biology paper 3.