Contents: Overview of cell physiology-membrane properties, organelle overview -- Integrating cells into tissues/cell-matrix interactions -- Cell matrix components and comparative tissues -- Cell-cell interactions, tight junctions, transport across epithelium -- Gene structure, chromosomal organization, eukaryotic control of gene expression -- Epigenetics and the histone code -- Genetic models of human disease, polymorphisms -- Ion channels -- Molecular structure of ion channels -- Methods of measurement -- Ionic distribution and nernst equation -- Resting membrane potential -- Passive membrane properties -- Action potential I -- Action potential II -- Cable properties -- Action potential propagation -- Synaptic transmission I -- Synaptic transmission II -- Molecular techniques -- Manipulating the genome -- Principles of receptor signaling -- Steroid receptor structure function -- G protein coupled -- I -- G protein coupled -- II -- G protein coupled -- III -- Enzyme-linked receptors -- I -- Enzyme-linked receptors -- II -- Cyclic nucleotides - cAMP/PK-A II -- Cyclic nucleotides - cGMP -- Nitric Oxide -- Calcium as a second messenger -- Protein Kinase C -- Lipid mediators I -- Lipid mediators II --