| Date |
Reading |
Problems |
Q&A |
| 11/12 |
Ch.5.1: pp 148-155 |
Ch.5: Problems 1-7. Your Graded Quiz #4 is here. It is due on Thursday Nov 19 by 11:59pm |
Answers to graded Quiz #3 problems will be posted here. |
| 11/10 |
Ch. 4.5, pp. 139-142 and Box 4-5; Ch.5.1: pp 150-152. |
Ch.5: Problems 1,3-5. Worked examples 5-1, 5-2. Also answer questions highlighted yellow on the lecture slides. |
The distribution of the Exam 1 scores and the current total scores (Ex 1 + Q1 + Q2) is posted below under Statistics. |
| 11/05 |
Ch.4.5, pp. 137-139, Fig.4-31. Lecture 18 slides on SAXS/SANS, cryo-EM, and NMR. |
Watch youtube videos listed on slide #79. Answer questions in yellow boxes. |
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| 11/03 |
Ch.4.5, pp.136-137, Figure 4-30 + lecture slides on X-ray crystallography (Lecture 17). |
Refresh your knowledge of the basic trigonometric functions: sine and cosine and of complex numbers. Answer questions highlighted in yellow in the lecture slides (Lecture 17). |
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| 10/29 |
Ch.4.4: pp 128-135 (through the end of Ch.4.4) + lecture slides (Lecture 16). |
Ch.4: Problems 13,14. |
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| 10/27 |
Ch.4.3: to the end (pp. 126-128).
| Ch.4: Problems: 7-10. If you haven't done them yet, do the PyMOL-related homework questions from the previous lecture (also included on slide 2 of this lecture). Your graded Quiz #3 is here. It is due by 11:59 pm on Wednesday Nov 4th. |
Solutions to Exam #1 problems are posted in the Table below,
where I also will post the statistics of the exam scores and current scores, as soon as they are ready. |
| 10/22 |
Ch.4.3, pp. 116-125 (all about tertiary structure).
| Homework assignments related to PyMOL use are on the lecture slides. A brief list of PyMOL operations and commands is here and included in the Lecture 14 slides on ELMS. I will also show a few important PyMOL functionalities during the Tuesday lecture. Bring your laptops. |
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| 10/20 |
Ch.4.2 to the end & Lecture 13 slides |
Download and install PyMOL. Brief step-by-step instructions on how to download the free educational version of the program have been emailed to you, and also posted on ELMS. Bring your laptops to the class on Thursday. If you have a computer mouse, it might be handy when dealing with PyMOL. |
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| 10/15 |
Midterm Exam #1 |
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| 10/08 |
Ch.4.1-4.2 (alpha-helix). |
Ch.4: Problems 1-4,11. Solutions to practice problems from a previous midterm exam #1 are here. Pleaase try solving these problems youself before looking at my solutions. Detailed answers/sulutions to graded quiz #2 questions are here. |
Review session for the upcoming exam will take place at 3pm on Tuesday via zoom. Bring your questions. |
| 10/06 |
Ch.3.4, pp. 90-to the end. Ch.4.1, pp. 105-111. |
Ch.3: Problems 20-23, 26. + Homework problems I-III from the lecture slides. |
Practice problems from a previous midterm exam #1 are here.. |
| 10/01 |
Ch.3.3 pp 87-90 (finish Ch. 3.3); Ch.3.4: pp 93-94; Ch. 3.1: box 3-1
| Ch.3, Problems 19, 25. |
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| 09/29 |
Ch.3.3, pp. 83-87 |
Ch.3, Problems 15,17,18. Your Graded Quiz #2 is here. It is due by 11:59 pm on Wednesday Oct 7th. |
My answers/solutions to Graded Quiz #1 problems are here. |
| 09/24 |
Ch. 3.2: pp.80-83 |
Ch.3, Problems: 9-14 + questions in yellow boxes on the lecture slides. |
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| 09/22 |
Ch.3.1, pp.70-80 |
Ch.3, Problems: 1,3-5,8. + answer questions in yellow boxes on the lecture slides. |
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| 09/17 |
Ch.3.1, pp. 70-76 (including uncommon amino acids), Including Box 3-1 |
Memorize the 20 amino acids. |
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| 09/15 |
Ch.2: read to the end, including biological buffers |
Ch.2, Problems: 10-14,16,19-20,24,26,28. Your graded Quiz #1 s here. It is due by 11:59 pm on Wednesday Sept 23. |
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| 09/10 |
Finish Ch. 2.1; read Ch. 2.2 pp. 53-59 |
Ch.2, Prs: 3-5,7-8,11. Answer highlighted questions on lecture slides. |
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| 09/08 |
Finish Bioenergetics: Ch. 1.3. New material: Ch. 2.1, pp: 43-53 (read through the end of 2.1. Some interactions not covered today will be covered in the next lecture). |
Ch.2, Pr. 1. If you haven't done them yet, do the homework problems from the previous lecture. |
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| 09/03 |
Ch.1.3 (pp.20-27); Ch.13.1 (pp.465-472) |
Ch.13: Problems #2-5. Also do Homework Problems I-IV and Questions in Lecture_2 slides (ELMS). |
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| 09/01 |
Ch.1, pp. 1-19 |
Ch.1: Problems: 2,7,9; Figure 1-14: refresh your memory of the chemical properties of the functional groups shown in that figure. Please answer the semester-start assessment quiz posted on ELMS. |
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| 09/01 |
Welcome to the Fall 2026 BCHM461 course! |
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