CHEMICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY (CBMC)

This course is designed to emphasize the elements of biochemistry, bioorganic chemistry, and molecular biology required for the design and synthesis of biologically-active compounds.

This is a seminar based course that will run in concert with 804A. Students will present journal articles and interact with seminar speakers.

Introduction to computer-assisted molecular design, techniques, and theory with an emphasis on the practical use of molecular mechanics and quantum mechanics programs.

The elements of organic chemistry required for the design and synthesis of chemical probes and biologically active compounds.

This grant writing course is an elective, 2-credit class for second-year graduate students who have selected labs for their dissertation work. The course aims to help students develop grant writing skills through 1) classroom instruction, 2) reading and critiquing grant applications, 3) writing a draft grant proposal, and 4) responding to critiques and revising the proposal. Although this is an elective course, one needs to be aware that serious commitment is essential to success as most writing and reading are done outside classes.