New Course Announcement
Biochemistry 496H, summer quarter 1998
A laboratory course in Computational Biochemistry for Upper Division Honors Students
The tools of molecular graphics, molecular modeling and computational chemistry are
becoming of broad interest and importance in modern biochemical sciences.
The use of these tools can help us build our intuition and improve our
perspective about biochemical processes. For example, the dynamics of
molecular motion are not fully appreciated until one experiences the
range of change that can occur during even a few nanoseconds of time.
This experience can lead to new insights into and understandings of the "seeking" motions of biological systems so fundamental to their
mechanisms.
This course is designed
- to give a hands-on experience with protein structure
- to allow examination of the range and limits of folding of macromolecules
- to let students experience atomic motion on an experimentally inaccessible time scale
- to provide access to and instruction in use of some of the tools of modern computational biochemistry.
Instructor:
Dr. John E. Wampler*
Prerequisites:
Biochemistry 310 (Introductory Biochemistry) & Organic Chemistry
Enrollment:
limited to 15 students
Location:
MGL (Molecular Graphics Laboratory, Chemistry Bldg.)
Note:
all formal lectures and tutorial laboratories will be held in the MGL. In addition, laboratory assignments will be carried out during scheduled class time as well as in free time during MGL staffed periods.