CHIM0687-1 : Introduction to protein NMR

Study Programmes 2015-2016

CHIM0687-1

Introduction to protein NMR

Duration :

10h Th, 10h Mon. WS

Number of credits :

Master in biomedicine (120 ECTS)		2
Master in biomedicine (60 ECTS)		2
Master in biochemistry and molecular and cell biology (120 ECTS)		3

Lecturer :

Christian Damblon

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the second semester

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Course contents :

The course deals with various aspects of structural biology for which the NMR provides essential information such as : Solution structure dynamic Interraction of all kinds Protein folding intrinsically disordered proteins The different concepts of NMR and NMR techniques are seen according to the different aspects of structural biology considered. The course is given in English

Learning outcomes of the course :

Understand how NMR contributes to the understanding of proteins and their function

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

structure of proteins General biochemistry Basic knowledge of chemistry and physics . Fundamentals of spectroscopy

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

course based on examples from the literature on applications of protein NMR biliopraphic research on recent work in protein NMR Demonstration of protein NMR experiments on the NMR spectrometer .

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

The course schedule will be determined with the students according to the availabilities of each and the availability of the spectrometer.