Postgraduate Course: Concepts and Techniques in Bioanalytical Chemistry Level 11 (CHEM11045)
Course Outline
| School | School of Chemistry |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Chemistry |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course is assembled from 15 lectures of Biomacromolecules Level 11 and 15 lectures from Analytical Chemistry Level 11 with the intention of providing instruction on biomolecular structure and analysis to students from selected PGT courses.
The lecture course is on the general subject of Bioanalytical Chemistry which is split across two themes. The first of these covers aspects of production, purification, and characterization of biomolecules and is intended to give students a firm grounding in the chemical nature of biomolecules. The second theme covers analysis of biomolecules, design of biosensors and statistical analysis and is intended to give students insight into the analysis, detection and quantification of biomolecules in challenging real-world scenarios.
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Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
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| Course Start Date |
16/09/2013 |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 3:00 | |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students will be able to:
- understand and explain the structures of complex biomacromolecules both in terms of their primary chemical composition and also their emergent secondary and tertiary structures.
- explain the biosynthesis as well as the laboratory-based manufacture and purification of biologically important polymers.
- appreciate how knowledge of macromolecular 3D structure illuminates the understanding of mechanism and how (with examples) ¿form follows function¿.
- understand, through the study of examples, the principles of molecular recognition and cooperation, molecular crowding and self-assembling multiprotein complexes.
-understand the principles of biosensor design from simple molecular recognition to transduction of binding events and be able to apply these in the context of detecting a variety of classes of target molecule.
-understand and apply the statistical methods which underpin the use of sensors for detection and quantification of target molecules in complex sample matrices.
Learning outcomes specific to attainment of a pass at Level 11 include:
- ability to integrate all, or most, of the main areas of the course
- development of original and creative responses to problems and issues within the course
- application of critical analysis, evaluation and synthesis to issues at the forefront of the subject area
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Assessment Information
| This course will be examined in two 1.5 hour exams which run at the same time as Biomacromolecules Level 11 and Analytical Chemistry Level 11. |
Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Mathew Heal
Tel: (0131 6)50 4764
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Course secretary | Ms Sarah Mcneil
Tel: (0131 6)50 4707
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