Course Description
Principles in physical chemistry and biophysics to biological macromolecules, including structural biology, hydrodynamics, electronic and magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and crystallography.
Athena Title
ADV PHYS BIOC
Prerequisite
Permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
This course is one of a few electives that BCMB M.S. and Ph.D. students must choose from to meet degree requirements. The major objectives of this lecture and problem solving course is to provide rigorous instruction in the basic principles of physical chemistry and biophysics to biological macromolecules. Students completing this course will have an understanding of the basic principles underlying physiochemical and biophysical techniques such as crystallography, electronic and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and hydrodynamics.
Topical Outline
This course consists of lectures and lecture-based problem solving dealing with the application of physical chemistry and biophysics to macromolecular systems of biological interest, e.g. proteins, nucleic acids, and complex polysaccharides. The change from 5 to 4 hours credit is consistent with the departmental change to convert this from a required core course to one of a few electives graduate students can choose from. Consistent with the reduction in 1 credit hour, some material will be deleted.