Lipids 1: Dietary lipid metabolism

Suggested reading Reading guide Need to Know Osmosis videos There is one chapter for suggested reading from Lippincott. Chapter 15 is on Dietary Lipid metabolism. The short descriptions and videos listed below are some of the big-picture, high-yield points. The reading and the class session will go into more depth and detail. The reading guides […]

Carbohydrate metabolism: Pentose phosphate pathway

Suggested reading Reading guide Need to Know There are two chapters for suggested readings, from Lippincott, these two chapters are pretty succinct for the topics at hand. Chapter 13 is on the pentose phosphate pathway, and Chapter 14 is on glycosaminoglycans, proteoglycans, and glycoproteins (this may seem a bit out of place, but it’s not!). […]

Carbohydrate metabolism: Metabolism of specific monosaccharides and disaccharides

Suggested reading Reading guide Need to Know Osmosis notes One chapter to read from Lippincott for this session. Chapter 12 is on Monosaccharide and Disaccharide Metabolism. This session is about enzymes (of course) and what happens when someone can’t digest carbs properly. The reading guide is also posted. As I said in other modules, this […]

Carbohydrate metabolism: Gluconeogenesis and glycogen

Suggested reading Reading guide Need to Know There are two chapters from Lippincott for suggested readings. These two chapters are pretty succinct for the topics at hand. Chapter 10 is on gluconeogenesis and Chapter 11 is on glycogen metabolism. The short descriptions listed below are some of the very big-picture, high-yield points. The reading and […]

Framework for finding information

This information will help you to categorize your questions, understand types of information resources, and match the right resource to your questions. What type of question do you have? Background Basic Science Go to Basic Science Detailed. Clinical Common: Go to Clinical Background. Rare/Academic Interest: Go to Clinical Background or Literature Search. Foreground Clinical Rare/Academic […]

Carbohydrate metabolism: Bioenergetics, oxidative phosphorylation

Suggested reading Reading guide Need to Know If you read chapter 6: Bioenergetics and Oxidative Phosphorylation, from Lippincott, you should have no issue with the objectives. The short descriptions listed below are some of the very big picture, high yield points. The reading and the class session will go into more depth and detail. The […]