Students in BIOT 5101 will present a research paper or their thesis research progress to faculty and peers. Each student enrolled in BIOT 5331 or BIOT 5332 must present a paper of his/her research each semester enrolled as scheduling permits. Seminars are formal PowerPoint presentations. Students in BIOT 6101 will present their thesis research progress to faculty and peers. Each student enrolled in BIOT 6331 or BIOT 6332 must present his/her research each semester enrolled as scheduling permits. The student should have a committee meeting following the seminar. Seminars are formal PowerPoint presentations in preparation for a thesis defense.
- Teacher: Mitsuo Ikebe
- Teacher: Pierre Neuenschwander
This course exposes students to current research published in major scientific journals. Students will learn how to read and interpret methodologies and results published by other scientists. This course will provide the student with a thorough understanding of the strengths and limitations of scientific writing. This course is the first of a two-course sequence and introduces the student to basic organization of scientific papers and how to identify the questions being addressed based on the scientific method.
Credit hours: 1 Class meets: Mon., 12 - 1 p.m. Semester: Spring
- Teacher: Pierre Neuenschwander
The goal of the course is to provide a critical understanding of the relationship between structure and function of biological macromolecules such as proteins and nucleic acids.
Credit Hours: 2 Class meets: Mon., 9 - 11:30 a.m. Semester: Spring
- Teacher: Galina Florova
- Teacher: Pierre Neuenschwander
- Teacher: Amy Tvinnereim
The goal of the course is to provide a critical understanding of the relationship between structure and function of biological macromolecules such as proteins and nucleic acids. The Lab component of this course will give the students hands-on experience in using molecular modeling programs to learn how to manipulate protein structures, performing docking simulations, and graphically display proteins and nucleic acids structures.
Credit Hours: 2 Class Meets: Mondays, 1:30 - 5:30 p.m. Format: Hybrid, labs are f2f or virtual
- Teacher: Vijayakumar Boggaram
- Teacher: Pierre Neuenschwander
Lecture Component. The primary objective of this course is for the student to gain an understanding of the metabolic processes in bacteria, plants and animal cells and how metabolism is affected by enzymes, substrates, other metabolites and by bio-production of commercial products.
Credit Hours: 2 Class meets: Tue., 9 - 11:30 a.m. Semester: Spring
- Teacher: Mitsuo Ikebe
- Teacher: Honglong Ji
- Teacher: Pierre Neuenschwander
- Teacher: Usha Pendurthi
Lab Component. The primary objective of this course is for the student to gain an understanding of the metabolic processes in bacteria, plants and animal cells and how metabolism is affected by enzymes, substrates, other metabolites and by bio-production of commercial products.
Credit Hours: 2 Class meets: Tue 1:30 - 5:30 p.m. Semester: Spring
Format: Hybrid, labs are f2f or virtual
- Teacher: Mitsuo Ikebe
- Teacher: Honglong Ji
- Teacher: Vijaya Lella
- Teacher: Hua Tang
A comprehensive study of protein chemistry applications and techniques as they relate to biotechnology. The topics covered in this course include protein purification, protein characterization, binding studies and proteomics.
Credit hours: 3 Class meets: Fri., 9:00a.m. - 5:00p.m. Semester: Spring
Format: Face to Face
- Teacher: Mitsuo Ikebe
- Teacher: Buka Samten
May be repeated. Research hours spent under the supervision of a research advisor. Students focus on their research project. Each hour of course credit translates into three hours of lab work per week.
Format: Face to face
- Teacher: Anna Kurdowska