MUSC College of Graduate Studies
Summer Graduate Course Lecture Schedules
July 14-Aug 8, 2014
Room BSB 435, 9:30-11:30 am
Course Director: Besim Ogretmen, Ph.D.
Unit 1. Medical Chemistry
Unit Leader: Craig Beeson, Ph.D.
beesonc@musc.edu, QF309C, 876-5091
James Chou, Ph.D.
chouc@musc.edu, QF307B, 792-1289
Christen Chaconas
chaconac@musc.edu
July 14 room will be EL102, start time 8:30 AM
Date
Day
Time
Topic
TA/Instructor
July 14
M
9:30-11:30
Molecular Structure
Chou
July 15
T
9:30-11:30
Structure and Reactivity
Chou
July 16
W
9:30-11:30
Acids & Bases, Functional Groups
Chaconas
July 17
Th
9:30-11:30
Alcohols, Carbohydrates, Amines
Chaconas
July 18
F
9:30-11:30
Amides, Peptides, Nucleic acids
Chaconas
Study Aides available on the web:
http://members.aol.com/profchm/acid_str.html
http://www.chemguide.co.uk/basicorg/bondmenu.html#top
http://www.chemguide.co.uk/basicorg/isomermenu.html#top
http://www.chemguide.co.uk/basicorg/acidmenu.html#top
http://wb.chem.lsu.edu/htdocs/people/sfwatkins/MERLOT/drawlewis/dls.html
http://www.stolaf.edu/depts/chemistry/courses/toolkits/125/js/lewis/
http://web.chem.ucla.edu/~harding/tutorials/resonance/draw_res_str.html
http://www.usm.maine.edu/~newton/Chy251_253/Lectures/Polarity/PolarityFS.html
http://courses.chem.psu.edu/chem38/mol-gallery/hybridization/hybrids.html
http://www.yk.psu.edu/~jhb3/cotw08.htm
A really great tutorial site:
http://www.ochem.com/
Unit 2. Nucleic Acids
Unit Leader: Besim Ogretmen, Ph.D.
ogretmen@musc.edu, BSB 518E, 792-0940
Date
Day
Time
Topic
July 21
M
9:30-10:30
July 21
M
10:30-11:30 Basic Tools of Gene Exploration
Cowart
July 22
T
9:30-11:30
DNA Replication, Recombination and
Repair
Mohanty
July 23
W
9:30-11:30
RNA Synthesis and Splicing
Olson
July 24
Th
9:30-11:30
The control of gene expression
Olson
DNA, RNA and the Flow of Genetic
Information
Instructor
Cowart
Protein Synthesis
July 25
F
9:30-10:00
Protein Synthesis
Olson
July 25
F
10:05-11:30 Discussions and problem solving
(Assignments and/or final exam)
Cowart
th
Text Book: Biochemistry (5 edition), Berg, Tymoczko, Stryer, W.H. Freeman and
Company, New York, NY, Chapters 5, 6, 27, 28, 29, and 31.
Unit 3. Proteins
Unit Leader: Yong-Mei Zhang, Ph.D.
zhangym@musc.edu, BSB 518B, 792-0388
Date
Day
Time
Topic
July 28
M
9:30-11:30
Principles of Protein Structure: Amino
Acids, Peptides and Proteins
M. Hennig
July 39
T
9:30-11:30
How Structure Dictates Function
A. Fedarovich
July 30
W
9:30-11:30
Use of Protein Chemical and Physical
Properties for Analytical Purposes
Y.-M. Zhang
July 31
Th
9:30-10:30
Introductory Enzyme Kinetics
Y.-M. Zhang
July 31
Th
10:30-11:30 Paper presentations (Assignments)
Y.-M. Zhang
Aug 1
F
9:30-11:30
Y.-M. Zhang
Paper presentations (Assignments)
Instructor
Unit 4. Cell Biology
Unit Leader: Ed Krug, Ph.D.
krugel@musc.edu, CRI 607, 792-1543
Date
Day
Time
Topic
Aug 4
M
9:30-10:30
Aug 4
M
10:30-11:30 Cytoskeleton and Cell Motility
E. Krug
Aug 5
T
9:30-10:30
Cell Signaling
TBA
Aug 5
T
10:30-11:30 Cell Signaling
TBA
Aug 6
W
9:30-10:30
Cell Differentiation
TBA
Aug 6
W
10:30-11:30 Cell Differentiation
TBA
Aug 7
Th
9:30-10:30
Cytogenetics
J. Woolworth
Aug 7
Th
10:30-11:30 Cytogenetics
J. Woolworth
Aug 8
F
9:30-10:30
Journal Article Discussion
E. Krug
Aug 8
F
10:30-11:30 Journal Article Discussion
E. Krug
Tissues and Cellular Compartments
How to Access Moodle Rooms:
1) Go to Edweb - http://www.library.musc.edu/page.php?id=1061
2) Select “Moodle Rooms” - log on with your NetID and password
3) Select “11/SU Summer Review (CGS*650*NB)”
Text/Reference Materials: Lodish, 6th Edition
Tissues and Cells - Chapters 1 & 19
Motility - Chapters 17 & 18
Cell Signaling - Chapters 15 & 16
Cell Differentiation and the Cell Cycle - Chapters 20 & 21
Genes, Genomics, and Chromosomes - Chapter 6
Instructor
Y. Sugi