Lectures are held on Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 9:40 - 10:30 AM, in Room 208 of the Crocker Science Center (CSC).
| Dates | Topics | Suggested Reading (from Ninfa, Ballou and Benore, 2nd Ed.) |
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| 7 Jan. 9 Jan. |
Introduction to course and course mechanics
Units and measurement, Acid-base equilibria |
pp 21-26, 30-38, 50-52 (basic lab protocols)
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| 14 Jan. 16 Jan. |
More on acid-base equilibria, pH and buffers UV-visible spectroscopy |
pp 52-60 pp 65-74, 105-114 |
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| 21 Jan. 23 Jan. |
Dealing with uncertainties in measurement
Data analysis and curve fitting |
pp 15-18 | |
| 28 Jan. 30 Jan. |
More on curve fitting Introduction to proteases |
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| 4 Feb. 6 Feb. |
X-ray crystallography and protein structure
Quiz no. 1 (Thursday, 6 Feb.) |
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| 11 Feb. 13 Feb. |
Serine proteases Introduction to enzyme kinetics |
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| 18 Feb. 20 Feb. |
Enzyme kinetics continued | pp 251-258 | |
| 25 Feb. 27 Feb. |
Introduction to enzyme inhibitors Reversible enzyme inhibitors |
pp 260-267 | |
| 5 March 7 March |
Reversible enzyme inhibitors, continued Irreversible inhibitors |
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| 10 March 12 March |
Spring Break! | ||
| 17 March 19 March |
Introduction to gel electrophoresis. and thiol-disulfide chemistry Quiz no. 2 (Thursday, 19 March) |
pp 161-182 | |
| 24 March 26 March |
Principles of separation methods and gel electrophoresis
Non-denaturing gel electrophoresis |
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| 31 March 2 April |
SDS gel electrophoresis | ||
| 7 April 9 April |
Introduction to chromatography Gel filtration chromatography |
pp 121-151 | |
| 14 April 16 April |
Other forms of chromatography Other topics to be determined! |
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| 21 April | Last day of classes! Quiz no. 3 (cumulative) |