Transcriptional and translational regulation mechanisms. Consent of instructor required for undergraduates. First half of fall semester. Kornbluth and Zhuang CMB 258 Structural Biochemistry I 2 Principles of modern structural biology. Discussion of methods of structure determination with particular emphasis on macromolecular X-ray crystallography NMR methods, homology modeling, and bioinformatics.
Students use molecular graphics tutorials and Internet databases to view and analyze structures.
Beese and staff CMB 264 CMB Colloquium 1 Required of all students. This year's schedule. Kreuzer CMB 297 Modern Techniques in Molecular Biology 2 Discussions of nucleic acid sequencing and manipulation, cloning strategies, vectors, expression, hybridization and blotting methods, PCR, etc. Consent of instructor required for undergraduates. First half of fall semester.