Transfer Student Courses in Biophysics This page was created at 12:34 PM on Thu, Oct 4, 2001. Fall Academic Term, 2001 (September 5 - December 21) Open courses in Biophysics (*Not real-time Information. Review the "Data current as of: " statement at the bottom of hyperlinked page) Wolverine Access Subject listing for BIOPHYS Fall Term '01Time Schedule for Biophysics. BIOPHYS 520 / CHEM 520. Biophysical Chemistry I. Section 001. Instructor(s): Erik R P Zuiderweg (zuiderwe@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: Chem. 463, Biol. Chem. 415, or Chem 420; permission of course director. (3). (Excl). (BS). Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. This course is the first of a two-term Biophysical Chemistry series 520/521, but it can be taken as stand-alone course as well. The course offers an overview of protein, nucleic acid, lipid and carbohydrate structures. Intra- and inter-molecular forces, helix-coil transitions, and protein folding will be treated in a thermodynamical context. Thermodynamics of solutions, configurational statistics, ligand interactions, multi-site interactions, and cooperativity are treated in depth. Kinetics of protein-ligand binding, including electron transfer and ligand diffusion are discussed. Chemistry 520 will introduce and explain the physicochemical properties of biological macromolecules and their complexes, mostly in solution. Currently, biophysical, biochemical and pharmacochemical research literature is full with papers interpreting the properties of biological macromolecules on the the basis of their three-dimensional structure. This course will expand on that concept by offering a rigorous background in energetics, folding, interactions, and dynamics. As such the course is important to any student who has to deal with the concepts of biomolecular function and structure such as biochemists, biophysicists, mathematical biologists, and molecular pharmacologists. This course will also serve as a basis for the graduate student who will be specializing in any of these topics for thesis research. Molecular dynamics will be introduced. Instructional material: Cantor and Shimmel, Biophysical Chemistry, Part I and III and Creighton, Proteins, Structures and Molecular Properties. Evaluation: homework (50%), midterm exam (20%) and final exam (30%). Check Times, Location, and Availability Cost: No Data Given. Waitlist Code: No Data Given. This page was created at 12:34 PM on Thu, Oct 4, 2001. University of Michigan | College of LS&A | Student Academic Affairs | LS&A Bulletin Index | Department Homepage This page maintained by LS&A Academic Information and Publications, 1228 Angell Hall Copyright © 2001 The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA +1 734 764-1817 Trademarks of the University of Michigan may not be electronically or otherwise altered or separated from this document or used for any non-University purpose.