Tentative Lecture Schedule: Physical Biochemistry 2008

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Tue Jan. 15 Introduction, Macromolecules, Interactions (1) Chapter 1
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Thur Jan. 17 Structure of Proteins (2) Chapter 1
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Thur Jan. 24 Structure of Nucleic Acids (3) Chapter 1
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Tue Jan. 29 Thermodynamics, Part I (4) Chapter 2
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Thur Jan. 31 Thermodynamics, Part II (5) Chapter 2
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Tue Feb. 5 Modeling Macromolecular  Structure (6) Chapter 3
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Thur Feb. 7 Exam I Chapters 1, 2
Tue Feb. 12 Stabilizing Interactions in Macromolecules (7) Chapter 3
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Thur Feb. 14 Electrostatic Interactions in Nucleic Acids, Simulating Molecular Structure, and Introduction to Statistical Mechanics (8) Chapters 3, 4
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Tue Feb. 19 Statistical Thermodynamics (9) Chapter 4
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Thur Feb. 21 Structural Transitions in  Macromolecules (10) Chapter 4
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Tue Feb. 26 Diffusion and Introduction to Sedimentation (11) Chapter 5
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Thur Feb. 28 Exam II Chapters 3, 4
Tue Mar. 4 Interpreting the Sedimentation Coefficient, Zonal Sedimentation (12) Chapter 5
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Thur Mar. 6 Electrophoresis (13)  Chapter 5
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Tue Mar. 11 Spring Break
Thur Mar. 13 Spring Break  
Tue Mar. 18 Electrophoresis continued, & Solution Thermodynamics (14) Chapters 5, 13
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Thur Mar. 20 Nonideal Solutions, Osmotic Pressure, & Applications of the Chemical Potential (15) Chapter 13
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Tue Mar. 25 Chemical Equilibria Involving Macromolecules (16) Chapter 14
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Thur Mar. 27 Binding of Small Ligands by Macromolecules (17) Chapters 14
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Tue Apr. 1 Exam III Chapter 5, 13
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Thur Apr. 3 Cooperativity in Binding & Binding of Protons by Macromolecules (18) Chapter 14
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Tue Apr. 8 No Lecture  
Thur Apr. 10 Binding to Nucleic Acids, Viscosity, and Introduction to Mass Spectrometry (19) Chapters 14, 15
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Tue Apr. 15 Resolving Molecular Weights by Mass Spectrometry (20) Chapter 15
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Thur Apr. 17 X-ray crystallography (21) Chapter 6
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Tue Apr. 22 Exam IV Chapters 14, 15
Thur Apr. 24 X-ray crystallography (22) Chapter 6
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Tue Apr. 29 Presentations  
Wed May 7 Papers due, 11:00 AM  

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