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Pharmaceutical Techniques


Course Description

Laboratory of major techniques used to support pharmacology and pharmaceutical analysis in drug development. Basic knowledge of cell culture, DNA, protein isolation, and quantitation. Introduction to pharmaceutical analysis instrumentation and application in product quality testing. Understand and apply chemical and biosafety practices and Good Documentation Practices used in the pharmaceutical industry.


Athena Title

Pharmaceutical Techniques


Prerequisite

(PMCY 3200 and CHEM 2212) or permission of department


Pre or Corequisite

PMCY 3500


Semester Course Offered

Offered spring


Grading System

A - F (Traditional)


Course Objectives

Students will become familiar and gain experience with many of the most common procedures used in the pharmaceutical sciences. This course prepares students for more intensive research experiences.


Topical Outline

Week 1: Gel Electrophoresis Week 2: Southern and western blot analysis Week 3: qPCR Week 4: Cell and Organelle Staining Week 5: Microscopy Week 6: Karl-Fischer Titration Week 7: Shear force / Shear stress Week 8: Dissolution Testing Week 9: Partition Coefficients Week 10: Infrared Spectroscopy Week 11: Gas Chromatography Week 12: High Performance Liquid Chromatography Week 13: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Week 14: Mass Spectrometry Week 15: Liquid Chromatography – Mass Spectrometry


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