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BlockCourseBiochemistry

Secondhalfofthefallsemester,6weeks,15creditpoints5thSemesterofthecurriculumBachelorofBiology,requirementfor"MajorinMolecularBiology"

Goal:ThegoaloftheBiochemistryBlockCourseistolearnaboutcurrenttopicsinBiochemistryandtoexperiencestate-of-the-artexperimentalmethods,i.e.,thetheoryandpracCceofmodernBiochemistry.Thecourseconsistsofatwo-hourlectureearlyeachmorningfollowedbyalaboratorypracCcalfortherestoftheday.Lecturenotesandlaboratoryprotocolsareprovided.

Lecturetopics:

Laboratoryprac7cals:• NucleicAcids:BasicMethodsofDNAManipulaConandAnalysis• PurificaConofLysozyme•GelElectrophoresis•SubcellularFracConaCon•YeastProteomics•AnalysisofGeneExpression

Organizer:Prof.MarCnSpiess(marCn.spiess@unibas.ch)

Lecturers:Proff.M.Hall,J.Pieters,A.Spang,M.Spiess,S.Treves,Drs.J.GaYield,A.SchmidttogetherwiththeenCrestaffofthe5thflooroftheBiozentrum

March2019

•Pos^ranslaConalModificaCons•VesicularTransport•Cytoskeleton•Phagocytosis•ReceptorsandSignalTransducCon•Hormones•Oncogenes•CellDivision,GrowthandDeath•LipidModificaConofProteins•ProteinDegradaCon•ProteinFolding&ERAD•siRNA•GenomicsandProteomics

Metabolism:•GlycolysisandTCAcycle•Fa^yacidMetabolismandKetonebodies•RegulaConofMetabolism•CellOrganizaConandSoluteTransport•PentosePhosphatePathwayandGlyoxylateCycle•NitrogenMetabolism•OxidaCvePhosphorylaCon•PhotosynthesisandPhotorespiraCon•CentralMetabolicNetwork•SystemsBiologyofMetabolism