? Credit Points : 10  ? SCQF Level : 10  ? Acronym : BIO-4-BIbioctec

We aim to reinforce and extend your knowledge of biochemical techniques (especially in so-called 'wet biochemistry') and to intoduce you to new physical techniques in selected fields of current interest (expecially those of relevance in structural biology). In the 'wet biochemistry' section the aim is to give you insight into selecting the simplest effective approach for solving the biochemical problem in hand. In the 'structural techniques' section we shall show how the answers to many fascinating questions in biology can be obtained by applying physical chemical techniques. Application of these techniques now in everyday use, has improved in recent years so that the scientist is relatively free to concentrate on the biology of the problem rather than the collection of the data needed to consider the problem. A major advance in this regard is the relatively straightforward means by which an accurate 3-D structure can be obtained. The aim of this section, then, is to review some of the methods by which biomolecular structure is determined, how these methods combine to give a full picture of the structure and function of the biological system under study, which can be a single subunit, a whole molecule or a more complex assesmbly, and thereby show why such knowledge is an essential part of modern biochemistry, molecular biology and pharmacology.

? Pre-requisites : Permission of the Curriculum Approval Officer. Normally Structures and Functions of Proteins 3 is required.

? Costs : Notepads

Home subject area

Biochemistry, (School of Biological Sciences, Schedule K)

? Normal year taken : 4th year

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) 45 minutes per week for 11 weeks

First Class Information

Date Start End Room Area Additional Information 24/09/2007 09:00 09:50 Seminar Room 720, Swann Building KB

All of the following classes

Type Day Start End Area Lecture Monday 09:00 09:50 KB Lecture Monday 11:10 12:00 KB

Increased understanding of Biological processes. Detailed learning outcomes will be provided later.

Exam

Exam times

Diet Diet Month Paper Code Paper Name Length 1ST December 1 - 2 hour(s)

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Dr Matylda Sczaniecka
Tel : (0131 6)50 5454
Email : matylda.sczaniecka@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Dr Jim Allan
Tel : (0131 6)50 5416
Email : J.Allan@ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.biology.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.scieng.ed.ac.uk/