Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Graduate Group List of Course Offerings (Revised April 2012)
1. Required Courses (6.5 credits)
| course # |
credits |
semester |
frequency |
course title |
director |
credits required |
| 699 |
1 |
fall, spring, summer |
yearly |
Lab Rotation |
Shorter |
3 |
| 508 |
1 |
fall, first year |
yearly |
Macromolecular Biophysics I |
Van Duyne |
1 |
| 509 |
1 |
spring, first year |
yearly |
Macromolecular Biophysics II |
Sharp |
1 |
| 705 |
.5 |
spring, second year |
yearly |
Preliminary Exam Prep Course |
DeGrado/Lemmon |
.5 |
| BIOM 600 |
1 |
fall, first year |
yearly |
Cell Biology and Biochemistry |
Weisel |
1 |
2. Elective Courses (6 credits required)
| course # |
credits |
semester |
frequency |
course title |
director |
| 518 (CAMB 615) |
1 |
fall |
every year |
Protein Conformation Diseases |
Argon/Ischiropoulos |
| 554 (CHEM 555) |
.5 |
spring |
yearly |
Macromolecular Crystallography |
Skordalakes/Marmorstein |
| 559 (CHEM 559) |
.5 |
fall |
every year |
Biomolecular Imaging |
Dmochowski |
| 560 |
1 |
spring |
yearly |
Methods of Scientific Inquiry |
Wilson/Domotor |
| 567 (CHEM 567) |
1 |
fall |
yearly |
Bioinorganic Chemistry |
Dmochowski |
| 581 (BE 581) |
1 |
spring |
odd-numbered years |
Techniques of MRI |
Wehrli |
| 585 |
1 |
fall |
yearly |
Wistar Institute Cancer Biology |
Huang/Skordalakes |
| 590 (PHYS 580) |
1 |
fall |
even-numbered years |
Biological Physics |
Goulian |
| 598 |
1 |
fall, spring, summer |
yearly (may be taken 1 time only as an elective requirement) |
Tutorial |
Staff |
| 601 |
1 |
fall |
yearly |
Fundamentals of Magnetic Resonance |
Reddy |
| 611 |
.5 |
spring |
even-numbered years |
Advanced X-ray Methods |
Van Duyne |
| 616 |
1 |
spring |
odd-numbered years |
Medical Problems in Modern Biochemistry |
Nelson |
| 618 |
1 |
fall |
even-numbered years |
Applications of High Resolution NMR Spectroscopy |
Wand |
| 619 |
.5 |
fall |
odd-numbered years |
Protein Folding |
Axelsen/Englander |
| 622 |
.5 |
spring |
even-numbered years |
Mechano-Enzymes |
Dominguez/Goldman/Ostap |
| 624 |
.5 |
fall |
even-numbered years |
Ion Channels and Pumps |
Kallen/Lu |
| 625 |
.5 |
spring |
even-numbered years |
Optical Methods in Cell Physiology |
Salzberg |
| 626 |
.5 |
fall |
odd-numbered years |
Proteomics |
Speicher |
| 627 |
.5 |
fall |
odd-numbered years |
Computer Programming for Biophysicists and Biochemists |
Van Duyne/Sharp |
| 628 |
.5 |
spring |
even-numbered years |
Principals of Scientific Instruments |
Liebman |
| 629 |
.5 |
fall |
even-numbered years |
Quantitative Problems in Biochemistry and Biophysics |
Kallen |
| 630 |
.5 |
fall |
even-numbered years |
Advanced Topics in Magnetic Resonance |
Borthakur |
| 631 |
.5 |
fall |
odd-numbered years |
Redox Potentials, Electron Transfer |
Dutton |
| 632 |
.5 |
spring |
odd-numbered years |
Probing Structure and Function of Complex RNA-Protein Machines |
Lynch |
| 633 |
1 |
fall |
every year |
Cellular Biochemistry and Biophysics |
Ferguson/Kallen |
| 650 |
1 |
spring, fall |
every year |
Current Biochemical Topics - Raiziss Rounds (may be taken 2 times; second time does not count as elective credit) |
Black/Shorter |
| 700 |
1 |
spring |
every year |
Selected Topics in Chemistry |
Petersson/Cooperman/ DeGrado |
