Structural Biochemistry - Summer 05


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Instructor:

Dr. Lukas Buehler

LBuehler@ucsd.edu
OH W 12:30-1:30 PM
Bonner Hall 2238
A00 MW 2-4:50 PM Center Hall 109
TAs Kyle Lacy klacy@chem.ucsd.edu
OH M 1-2 before lecture at CLICS
A01     T 1:00-1:50 PM Peter 103
A02     Th 1:00-1:50 PM Peter 103
A03.1  F 11- 11:50 AM WLH 2207
A03.2  F 12 - 12:50 PM WLH 2207
  Rina Fong ryfong@ucsd.edu A04     MW 12-12:50 PM Sequoia 148

Lecture info Syllabus, slides, and policy information (download syllabus as PDF)

Updates

last update 8/2/05

Grading info:
Class total (average 145 out of 200 points)
165 or higher for an A; 140-164 B; 115-139 C; 90-114 D

Final exam (average 53 out of 80 points)
63 or higher for an A; 50-62 B; 37-49 C; 24-36 D

Exams can be picked up outside Bonner Hall 2238; at York Hall 3080 starting Thursday, 8/4/05

Exam Key: Quiz#1 ; Midterm ; Quiz#2 ; Final exam
Final exams, class grades will be ready Tuesday 8/2; exams can be picked up outside Bonner Hall 2238.

Schedule adjustment:
W 7/13 Protease, Hemoglobin
M 7/18 Calcium binding, Ion channels and selectivity
W 7/20 Motion, Folding and Stability
M 7/25 Molecular motors, cytoskeleton, antibody structure
W 7/27 Receptors, HIV
Exam preparation: Use a study guide for midterm (includes Q1) and final exam (includes Q2)

Find old exams from the previous summer classes: Summer 04, 03

 

BML reserves: the Voet Biochemistry 3rd ed. is now available to students for a 2 hour checkout

 

If you take BIBC100 and 102 concurrent, an extra final session will be scheduled to avoid time conflict

   

Internet Images of Biological Macromolecules
  PDB Protein Data Bank

Grading

 

Midterm and Final exam 40% each
Final is not cumulative

Quiz 1 and 2 are 10% each

Grade A (90% or more of total)
Grade B (80%)
Grade C (70%)
Grade D (60%)

Cutoffs may be lower (e.g. 85% for an A), as the grades will be curved.


Text Books


 

 

Required

Structural Biochemistry, 2nd ed.
by Lukas K. Buehler
Publisher: J.Wiley & Sons
(custom reader)
ISBN: 0471447749

All figures are made available on this web site! Most figures adopted for this class are from Voet, 3rd edition

Optional

Biochemistry
by Donald Voet, Judith Voet
Hardcover: 1616 pages
Publisher: Wiley; 3 edition (March 19, 2004)
ISBN: 047119350X
Without solution manuals

Any other Biochemistry textbook is OK (Lehninger, Stryer, Voet)


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