Updates

Spring 2023

Barring a major COVID-19 outbreak, BIOL 3515/CHEM 3515 will again be taught in person this year.
The first day of class is Monday, 9 January, and the Monday lab section will meet that day. The other lab sections will not meet until the following week.
Lectures sessions are on Tuesday and Thursday morning, from 9:40 to 10:30 AM, and will be held in room 208 of the Crocker Science Center (CSC)
Lab sections meet on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday afternoon, from 1:00 to 5:00 PM, and will be held in room 143 of the Crocker Science Center.

Canvas will be used for all aspects of the course, including submitting lab reports. Course materials, including lecture slides, will be posted on this web page, but will also be available via links in Canvas.

If you have questions about the course, feel free to contact the instructor, Prof. David Goldenberg at:

Welcome to Biology 3515/Chemistry 3515!

This laboratory course is intended primarily for advanced Biology and Chemistry majors. The course focuses on methods for isolating and characterizing proteins, including chromatography, electrophoresis and enzyme kinetics. Quantitative analysis is strongly emphasized, and computers are used extensively for collecting and analyzing data.

trypsin picture

Most of the experiments in the course utilize the well-characterized enzyme trypsin, a member of the serine protease family. Trypsin, which is illustrated above, is presently one of the best understood enzymes, and it offers many opportunities to illustrate important general principles in biochemistry.

This web page will be periodically updated as the course proceeds. Please be aware that the information provided here and in the syllabus does not represent a binding legal contract. It may be modified by the instructor when the class is given reasonable notice.