Biochemistry and Biophysics of Macromolecules   (2453B)

Academic year:

2012/2013.

Attendance requirements:

There are no requirements.

ECTS:

4

Study level:

Study programs:

Teachers:

Vesna P. Niketić, Ph.D.

Natalija Đ. Polović, Ph.D.
full professor, Faculty of Chemistry, Studentski trg 12-16, Beograd

Assistant:

Milan R. Nikolić, Ph.D.
associate professor, Faculty of Chemistry, Studentski trg 12-16, Beograd

Hours of instruction:

Weekly: two hours of lectures + two hours of labwork (2+0+2)

Goals:

The aim of this course is to give brief survey of the basic and advanced knowledge of the structure and activity of biological macromolecules and complexes withe emphasizes on proteins and nucleic acids .

Outcome:

This course should provide students with deeper understanding of structure, activity and function of biological macromolecules and complexes. The course emphases theoretical models and experimental approaches.The course will be of special interest to master students who did not get BS in Biochemistry, but in related disciplines as it gives a brief overview to biochemistry of biological macromolecules.

Teaching methods:

Interactive lectures, laboratory work, seminars.

Extracurricular activities:

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Coursebooks:

Main coursebooks:

• Andrew D. Miller, Julian Tanner, Essentials of Chemical Biology: Structure and Dynamics of Biological Macromolecules, Wiley, 2008.
• Bruce Alberts, Alexander Johnson, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter, Molecular Biology of the Cell,  Garland Science, 2007.
• C. Stan Tsai, Biomacromolecules: Introduction to Structure, Function and Informatics, Wiley, 2007.

Supplementary coursebooks:

• Selected research papers.
• WEB sites of interest for the course.

Additional material:

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Lectures:

10 points (2 hours a week)

Labwork:

40 points (2 hours a week)

Semester papers:

20 points

Oral exam:

30 points