MBCH 505A, B & C Medical Biochemistry (6 credits) Course Director Dr. Ronald Kaplan The fundamental chemical properties and biological reactions of important compounds in the normally functioning human organism are studied. Emphasis is placed on the regulation and integration of metabolic processes. The course makes use of both lectures and conferences. This course utilizes the self-teaching program to provide the students with an initial foundation of knowledge.
MBCH 502 Clinical Molecular Cell Biology (5 credits) Course Directors Drs. Barbara Vertel and Eric Walters In this course, the molecular and cellular processes common to all eukaryotic cells are studied and, where appropriate, comparisons to prokaryotic cells are made. Nucleic acid and protein structure and function, gene expression, and cell cycle regulation are examined. A unique aspect of the course is a self-teaching program that covers certain facts and concepts basic to biochemistry; this is an individual, self-learning, self-evaluation program.
MBCH 508 Human Genetics (3 credits) Course Director Dr. David Mueller The course is designed to provide first-year medical students with an understanding of basic genetic principles which are requisite to the practice of modern medicine. Topics discussed include chromosomal abnormalities, pedigree construction, Mendelian inheritance patterns and risk assessment, the role of linkage and restriction fragment length polymorphisms in diagnosis, indications for genetic counseling, prenatal diagnosis, and genetic aspects of cancer. MBCH 616 Crystallization of Membrane Pro Medical Biochemistry (3 credits) Research with Drs. Choe, Kaplan or Lu MBCH 630 Enzyme Structure and Mechanism (3 credits) Course Directors Drs. Choe and Lu This is a course of lectures, student presentations, and seminars by outside speakers on aspects of enzymology. The following subjects are covered: protein sequence methodology, X-ray crystallography, computer graphic modeling, chemical and enzyme kinetics including regulatory kinetics, enzyme mechanisms, chemical modification of enzymes, and site-directed mutagenesis. Offered every other year, alternating with GBCH 544. Prerequisite: MBCH600A. Sophomore Electives Original research projects are also offered in several faculty labs. Advanced Genetics as well as all graduate courses are available to medical students.
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