Chem 728 - Physical Biochemistry

TTh 9:30-10:45, GSMN 51

Course Home Page: http://www.chem.umass.edu/~cmartin/Courses/Ch728


DateDayTopicvan HoldeOther Reading





Jan 28 Tue Organizational Meeting

Jan 30 Thu Quantum overview Chptr 8





Feb 4 Tue Quantum Overview Chptr 9
Feb 6 Thu Absorption Spectroscopy Chptr 10





Feb 11 Tue Circular Dichroism - secondary structure Chptr 11
Feb 13 Thu Fluorescence - Basics Chptr 11





Feb 18 Tue Monday schedule - no class

Feb 20 Thu Fluorescence anisotropy and energy transfer
Exam





Feb 25 Tue Fluorescence - advanced

Feb 27 Thu NMR






Mar 4 Tue NMR Chptr 12
Mar 6 Thu NMR Chptr 12





Mar 11 Tue solid state NMR Chptr 12
Mar 13 Thu EPR Spectroscopy Chptr 12





Mar 18 Tue Spring Break - no class

Mar 20 Thu Spring Break - no class






Mar 25 Tue Review - spectroscopies
Exam
Mar 27 Thu Macromolecular Structure






Apr 1 Tue Thermo - intro to MathCAD Chptr 1
Apr 3 Thu Thermodynamics review Chptr 2





Apr 8 Tue Energetics - Stability and interactions Chptr 2
Apr 10 Thu Statistical Thermodynamics Chptr 3





Apr 15 Tue Thermal unfolding - DSC et al. Chptr 4
Apr 17 Thu Binding equilibria Chptr 4 Exam





Apr 22 Tue Binding equilibria - multiple Chptr 15
Apr 24 Thu Cooperativity Chptr 15





Apr 29 Tue Kinetics overview Chptr 15
May 1 Thu Kinetics - classical biochemical






May 6 Tue Kinetics - a new approach

May 8 Thu TBA






May 13 Tue Review
Exam