MIC/BIO/BCH 522

Spring, 2009

  1. Organizers:
    1. Piero Bianco, Dept of Microbiology, 829-2599; pbianco@buffalo.edu
    2. Jerry Koudelka, Dept of Biological Sciences, 716-645-2363 Ext 158, koudelka@buffalo.edu
  2. Lecturers in order of appearance:
    1. Kiong Ho, Dept of Biological Sciences, kiongho@buffalo.edu
    2. Mark Sutton, Biochemistry, mdsutton@buffalo.edu
    3. Jennifer Surtees, Biochemistry, jsurtees@buffalo.edu
    4. Paul Gollnick, Dept of Biological Sciences, gollnick@buffalo.edu
    5. Margaret Hollingsworth, Dept of Biological Sciences, hollings@buffalo.edu
  3. Class schedule is M-W-F
  4. Location is South Campus Farber Hall 136

 

DATE TOPIC INSTRUCTOR
Jan. 12 Nucleosides and Nucleotides Koudelka
Jan. 14 Types of Nucleic Acid double helices Koudelka
Jan. 16 DNA supercoiling Koudelka
Jan. 21

Protein Structure - a-helices

 Bianco
Jan. 23 Protein Structure – ß-sheets Bianco
Jan. 26 Protein Motifs I Bianco
Jan. 28 Protein Motifs II Bianco
Jan. 30 Protein Motifs III Bianco
Feb. 2 Protein Motifs IV Bianco
Feb. 4 Protein Motifs V Bianco
Feb. 6 Protein Motifs VI Bianco
Feb. 9 Protein Motifs VII Bianco
Feb. 11 RNA Protein Motifs I Ho
Feb. 13 RNA Protein Motifs II Ho
Feb. 16 EXAM I EXAM ----------------
Feb. 18 Protein Purification I Koudelka
Feb. 20 Protein Purification II Koudelka
Feb. 23 Protein Purification III Ho
Feb. 25 Non-specific Binding I Bianco
Feb. 27 Non-specific Binding II Bianco
Mar. 2 Specific Binding I           Bianco
Mar. 4 Specific Binding II
 Bianco
Mar. 6 Specific Binding III Bianco
Mar. 16 Methods for characterizing binding I Koudelka
Mar. 18 Methods for characterizing binding II            Koudelka
Mar. 20 Methods for characterizing binding III          Koudelka
Mar. 23 Methods for characterizing binding IV Koudelka
Mar. 25 EXAM II ----------------
Mar. 27 DNA Replication I Sutton
Mar. 30 DNA Replication II Sutton
Apr. 1 DNA Recombination I Bianco
Apr. 3 DNA Recombination II Bianco
Apr. 6 DNA Repair I Surtees
Apr. 8 DNA Repair II Surtees
Apr. 10 RNA recombination Ho
Apr. 13 Transcription I Koudelka
Apr. 15 Transcription II Koudelka
Apr. 17

RNA motifs I

 Gollnick
Apr. 20 RNA motifs II Gollnick
Apr. 22 Translation I Hollingsworth
Apr. 24 Translation II Hollingsworth
April 27 Student Presentations  
Apr. 29 Student Presentations  
Apr. 31 Student Presentations  
TBD FINAL EXAM