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BIOL 59500 Methods & Measurements in Physical Biochemistry

Offering:

Fall, Credit 3.0

Prerequisites:

PHYS 22000 and 22100 or PHYS 17200 and 27200 and MA 22300 and 22400 or 16100 and 16200 or 16500 and 16600 or 17300

Description:

This course is intended as an introduction to physical methods in biochemistry and aims to provide an understanding of the techniques of spectroscopy, diffraction, magnetic resonance and other physical methods. The purpose of the course is to expose students to the application of these techniques to specific problems in biological systems, the interpretation of the resulting data, and analysis of the strengths and limitations of each technique. Examples from research articles will be discussed that illustrate how these methods are used in modern biochemistry. Given the scope of the course, each topic will be treated only at the level of an introduction to the method. Students interested in studying these techniques in-depth could then take more specialized or advanced courses such as BIOL 511 (x-ray crystallography), CHEM 631 (Magnetic resonance spectroscopy), BIOL 595R/S (Electron microscopy of macromolecules), or other special topics courses to be offered by the faculty.

Analysis of techniques used in physical measurements of biological systems. Application of these techniques to studies of structure and dynamic behavior of biological macromolecules, composition and orientation of structural elements and cofactors, ligand binding and conformational change in biological interactions and detailed probes of local changes in structure, solvent accessibility and specific bonds formed in biological reactions. Specific techniques to be covered are: UV/Vis spectroscopy, circular dichroism, IR and Raman spectroscopy, fluorescence, neutron diffraction, light scattering, scattering from ordered materials, x-ray crystallography, NMR and ESR spectroscopy, electron microscopy, mass spectroscopy. Comments: Although designed for students in biochemistry and biophysics, this course is also appropriate for upper level undergraduates and graduate students in the areas of chemistry and physics who are interested in the applications of physical methods to biological problems.

Instructor(s):

Cynthia Stauffacher

E-mail:

cstauffa@purdue.edu

Textbook(s):

Text: Principles of Physical Biochemistry
Year/Edition: 1998
ISBN:
Author(s): K.E. VanHolde, W.C. Johnson and P.S. Ho
Publisher: Prentice Hall

Course Format:

BIOL 59500:

CRN	Instructional Type	Day	Time	Room(s)
34373	50-min Lecture	MWF	Sec 11 9:30-10:20	LILY G424

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