Chemistry 532 &emdash; Chemical Biology Spring 2001 MWF, 10:30 &emdash; 11:20 - Bagley 108

Instructors: C. Beeson, M. Gelb, K. Palczewski Office Hours: by appointment.

Course Syllabus:

3/26 Beeson Mammalian Cell Culture

3/28 Beeson Flow Cyotmetry

3/30 Beeson Analysis of Cell Responses

4/02 Palczewski Visual Cycle

4/04 Palczewski Retinoids

4/06 Gelb Mevalonate Pathway

4/09 Beeson Signal Transduction

4/11 Beeson Signal Transduction

4/13 Beeson Immunology

4/16 Midterm l

4/18 Beeson FK506 &emdash; Case Study

4/20 Beeson FK506 &emdash; Case Study

4/23 Beeson Protein Conjugation Chemistry

4/25 Gelb Database Searches/ Genomics

4/27 Gelb Database Searches/ Genomics

4/30 Gelb Biophysical Methods for Ligand-Protein Interactions

5/02 Gelb Biophysical Methods for Ligand-Protein Interactions

5/04 Gelb Biophysical Methods for Ligand-Protein Interactions

5/07 Beeson Receptor-Ligand Kinetics

5/09 Midterm 2

5/11 Beeson Apoptosis and Cancer Cell Biology

5/14 Gelb Recombinant DNA Methods and Protein Expression

5/16 Gelb Recombinant DNA Methods and Protein Expression

5/18 Gelb Recombinant DNA Methods and Protein Expression

5/21 Gelb Protein Chemistry

5/23 Gelb Protein Chemistry

5/25 Gelb Protein Phosphorylation, Mass Spec.

5/28 Memorial Day

5/30 Midterm 3

6/01 No Class

Course Assignments: Will consist of three midterms (100 points each, taken in class) and periodic, graded homework assignments (10 points each). The homework assignments are due the following class period.