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| Week 1 – Jan. 17/19 | Tutorials I and II | Th) bring to class speculations of how metals can affect biological chemistry | |
| Week 2 - Jan. 24/26 | C2 Bioavailability & Biogeochemistry, |
T) your questions on tutorial I Th) Prepare Discussion Questions for C2 |
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Week 3 –Jan31, Feb2 |
C3 Metal Ions and Protein Interactions C4-Metal Cofactor |
Worksheet #1 on Metal-Protein Interactions Bring computer and a .pdb file of your choice to learn how to use protein structure viewers. . |
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Week 4 – Feb. 7/9
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C5 Metal Ion Transport and Storage |
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Week 5 – Feb. 14/16
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C6: Biomineralization (T) C8 Metal Ion Containing Biological Systems |
C8 section presentations (as assigned) |
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Week 6 – Feb. 21/23
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C8 Metal Ion Containing Biological Systems C10.1 Metals in Electron Transfer Proteins |
Prepare Discussion Questions on ET
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Week 7 – Feb. 28, Mar. 2 |
C10.1 Metals in Electron Transfer Proteins |
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| Week 8 – Mar. 7/9 | SPRING BREAK! | ||
| Week 9 – Mar. 14/16 | C10.3 ET in Respiration and C10.4 ET in Photosynthesis Physical Methods: EXAFS, XANES, EPR |
Prepare Discussion Questions on Respiration and Photosynthesis Wikipedia: EXAFS, XANES, EPR and Resonance Raman |
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| Week 10 – Mar. 20/22 | Physical Methods: EPR and Resonance Raman (rR) MCD, DFT, Mossbauer C11.1 Dioxygen Chemistry and Toxicity |
Wikipedia: MCD, DFT, Mossbauer |
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| Week 11 –Mar. 27/29 | C11.2-11.3 Superoxide Dismutase and Dioxygen Catalysis
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Discussion Questions on O2 (section1) and SOD (section 2) and Peroxidases (section 3) |
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Week 12 – Apr.3/5 |
C11.4-C11.5- Dioxygen Carriers & Activation; C11.6-C11.7- Dioxygen Reduction & Activation; C11.8- Dioxygen Reduction & Activation |
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| Week 13 – Apr. 10/12 | C12.1 through C12.2 -Hydrogen and Carbon Metabolism C12.3 -Nitrogen Metabolism |
Discussion Questions on H2 Metabolism; Discussion Questions on C1 Metabolism;
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| Week 14 – Apr. 17/19 | C12.6-C12.7 -Molybdenum and Tungsten Enzymes C9 Metals and Nucleic Acids |
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| Week 15 – Apr. 24/26 | C7 Metals in Medicine | everyone does short presentation of one topic | |