Advanced Tutorial in Special Topics Readings and tutorial in membrane biochemistry, enzyme mechanisms, chromosome structure, biochemical genetics, bacterial and animal viruses, and nucleic acid enzymology. Conducted under the guidance of advanced graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. For molecular biologists and computer scientists desiring to understand the representation and analysis of biological sequences and structures. New and various existing methods and the strengths and limitations are evaluated. Practical assignments utilizing the tools described.
Final project utilizes or analyzes the methods presented.
Enrollment limited to 40. Familiarization with current lecture and text material expected, along with evaluations of class papers and examinations. In-depth analysis of forms of myosin, dynein, and kinesin and their roles in the cell, as a model for understanding the structural, biochemical, and functional properties of biological machines in general. Focuses on how a complex cellular process is analyzed at the molecular level by a multifaceted approach using biochemical, biophysical, and genetic techniques. Faculty from the Departments of Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Developmental Biology, Structural Biology, and invited industrial speakers review the interrelated elements of modern biotechnology.