Course Offerings: Biochemistry

TBA ...

Discussion of specialized topics related to the research interests of the members of the Centre. For example, recent offerings have included: Metalloproteins and Metalloenzymes; Heme Proteins; Chemistry of Enzymatic Reaction Mechanisms; Peptides –  Synthesis, Structure and Function; Food Enzymology; Advanced Microbial Physicology; NMR in Biological Systems. Proteins, with their amazing complexity and diversity, have become very well characterized and increasingly designable, ...

This course offers an introduction to molecular modeling and molecular dynamics (MD) simulation methods, with a focus on applications in drug discovery. Students will receive hands-on tutorials and training in using modeling and simulation software to explore a variety of research problems.Key topics include conformational analysis, molecular mechanics, and molecular dynamics; computational studies of drug-receptor interactions, docking of small organic molecules to biological receptors, and ...