Professor
Juli Feigon
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Winter 2022 - Biochemistry is a foul but necessary evil. Feigon absolutely loves what she does and she's very accomplished in her field, so she expects a lot from her students in turn. Grading was based on exams, quizzes on 2 papers, and problem sets. There were 3 exams (2 midterm + final) that were 99% short answer questions. Exams were a mixture of straight memorization-based and application questions. As for the paper quizzes, just understand what she emphasizes in her lectures on them and you'll be fine. In order to do well in this class, you need to make sure you're following the concepts as they're introduced. Don't just attend lecture and forget to review, otherwise you will be 3 days before the midterm with 15 lectures' worth memorization ahead of you. The content isn't that easy either, so take time to go back on what was covered and REALLY UNDERSTAND it. There is a logical flow to the lectures as a topic is covered, so it's not like you're randomly reviewing stuff. The main topics were DNA and RNA structure, DNA replication (prokaryotic and eukaryotic), transcription (prok + euk), and translation (prok+ euk). Feigon is kind of strict and intimidating, but don't let it stop you from going to office hours and asking clarifying questions. Good luck!
Winter 2022 - Biochemistry is a foul but necessary evil. Feigon absolutely loves what she does and she's very accomplished in her field, so she expects a lot from her students in turn. Grading was based on exams, quizzes on 2 papers, and problem sets. There were 3 exams (2 midterm + final) that were 99% short answer questions. Exams were a mixture of straight memorization-based and application questions. As for the paper quizzes, just understand what she emphasizes in her lectures on them and you'll be fine. In order to do well in this class, you need to make sure you're following the concepts as they're introduced. Don't just attend lecture and forget to review, otherwise you will be 3 days before the midterm with 15 lectures' worth memorization ahead of you. The content isn't that easy either, so take time to go back on what was covered and REALLY UNDERSTAND it. There is a logical flow to the lectures as a topic is covered, so it's not like you're randomly reviewing stuff. The main topics were DNA and RNA structure, DNA replication (prokaryotic and eukaryotic), transcription (prok + euk), and translation (prok+ euk). Feigon is kind of strict and intimidating, but don't let it stop you from going to office hours and asking clarifying questions. Good luck!
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