99:001, Fall 2001

CALENDAR

September 5: Career paths in biochemistry: What choices do students with a biochemistry degree have? What is possible with additional training? What is a life in biochemistry like? Here's more about career paths in biochemistry:

October 3: Endogenous opiates: endorphins - how are peptide neurotransmitters made? How do they act? What role do they have in the regulation of the brain? Here's more about endogenous opiates.

November 7: Nutritional biochemistry: What is the rationale behind the food pyramid? How is it connected with our biological past? What role does nutritional biochemistry have in the prevention and treatment of diseases such as coronary disease and adult diabetes? Here's more about nutritional biochemistry.

December 5: Steroid Hormones: Estrogen, testosterone, and relatives - how are these derivatives of cholesterol made? How do they act? Should we be concerned about environmental estrogens and anabolic steroids? Here's more about steroid hormones.