CHEM 3700 - Chemical Biology

Goals: Chemical biology is a scientific discipline at the interface of chemistry and biology. This course explores the application of chemical techniques to manipulate and investigate biological systems.

Content: Using current literature resources, this course covers approaches used to understand and treat diseases such as heart disease, cancer, and viral, microbial, or neurodegenerative diseases. Topics may include the chemistry of amino acids, protein structure/dynamics elucidation, reactivity of biological molecules, chemical modification of proteins, peptidomimetics, native chemical ligation, and protein/ligand modeling.

Taught: Fall

Prerequisites: CHEM 1130; CHEM 1140 or CHEM 1500 with a C- or better. CHEM 3450 is strongly recommended.

Credits: 4