Structural Biochemistry - BIBC 100

Welcome to Structural Biochemistry at the Biology Department at UCSD taught by Dr. Lukas Buehler. This class is an introduction to various aspects of the structure and function of biologically important macromolecules. These include proteins, nucleic acids, polysaccharides, and lipids. The course is divided into 3 major parts (building blocks, structure-function relationship, cellular substructures) each concluding with a closed book examination. To guide you through the lecture, a custom reader is available at the Price Center Bookstore. This reader is an outline of the lecture and is meant as a guideline, not a substitute, for the textbook.

BIBC 100 - Summer 2008

MTWTh 11:00am-12:20pm, Solis 104

Instructor:	Dr. Lukas Buehler
TAs	Primal Sekhon
	Tom Li
	Phu Tran
	Stephanie Cipta

Updates

I will have office hours this week on Thursday 8/14 from 11am-1pm.

Final exam: exam key
Exams are now available outside 3230 Bonner Hall. If you did not sign the waiver, please pick up your exam from Crystal Warning in room 3234 Bonner Hall with your ID.

Grade*	Final	Class total
A	123-140	290-340
B	109-122	255-289
C	95-108	220-254
D	81-94	185-219

* How to read this table and calculate + and - grades: pluses and minuses are the lower and upper 10p range of the grade range shown above; e.g. an A minus is from 290 to 299 points, a C+ from 245 to 254 points.

Study guide for final exam; sample final exam

Results for midterm 2:
Exam Key; Grade range: A 72-100; B 60-71; C 48-59; D 36-47points; Cumulative grade range: A 165-200; B 145-164; C 125-144; D 105-124points
Regrad requests must be submitted no later than Tue 7/29. Please contact the TAs for requests: Q1&2 Tom, Q3-5 Stephanie, Q6-8 Tom, Q9&10 Phu

Study guide for midterm 2, sample exam
Review session: Tue 7/22 from 4-6pm, location Solis 104
Phu's review slide show

Dr. Buehler's Office Bonner Hall 3230 (not 3220)

The lectures are available as podcast.

Syllabus

Course calendar (download PDF version)
(links to lecture slides will be provided soon)
Policy information

Grades

Midterm 1 30%; Midterm 1 results: Exam Key
Grades: 90-100p A; 80-89p B; 70-79p C; 60-69p D
Midterm 2 30%
Final Exam 40 %

Study Guides

Midterm 1; Midterm 2; Final exam

Exam Keys

Midterm 1; Midterm 2; Final exam


Text Books
Structural Biochemistry, 2nd by Lukas K. Buehler J.Wiley & Sons (Custom reader)	Fundamentals of Biochemistry, 3rd ed. by Voet, Voet and Pratt J.Wiley & Sons, 2008 Available at Biomed Library Reserves
Internet
Images of Biological Macromolecules Protein Data Bank (PDB ENTREZ Structure (NCBI)

Please send any questions or comments regarding this class to Lukas Buehler
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