Upon completion of Bioc 462a Honors students:
- Will be comfortable
solving biochemical problems.
- Will be skilled at
searching the primary literature.
- Will be able to
download files from the Protein Data Bank and analyze them with
molecular visualization programs.
- Will be able to
produce publication grade graphics for scientific papers.
- Will be able to research a scientific topic and produce a top quality scientific manuscript.
- Will be familiar with research publication procedures.
- Will be able to
analyze and discuss scientific data.
Instructional Staff
Dr. John J. Osterhout
Office: BSW 345
Phone: 626-1311
email: johno@email.arizona.edu
Office Hour: TBA
Dr. Chad Park
Office: BSW 440
Phone: 626-0246
Office Hour: Mondays, 11:00-12:00, BSW 251A
Class Meetings
Discussion Section: Wednesdays, 12:00-12:50, BSW 212
Computer Workshop: Fridays, 12:00-12:50, BSW 243
Grading
175 point will be allocated to the honors section. At the end of the semester the honors section will add their honors points (up to 175) to their Bioc 462a points (up to 700) and calculate a percentage out of 875 points. The percentage will be used to determine the final grade on the same scale as Bioc 462a.
In the honors section, 100 points will be assigned to daily grades. Each day students will be required to turn in some sort of assignment. These might be: a summary of work on the day's problems, a macro for producing computer graphics, copies of scientific papers to be used for paper writing, a graphics file, a bibliography or list of ideas for subsequent research.
The remaining 75 points will be assigned to a review article that the student will submit to the Proceeding of Bioc 462a Honors, a journal dedicated to study of structure and function in biochemistry. The students will submit their articles, they will be reviewed by the class and the instructors, the papers will be rewritten and resubmitted. Papers finally accepted by the editors will be published on the web.
Absences
Attendance is required. Excused absences can be made up. The mechanism for the make-up will depend upon the material missed. Contact Dr. Osterhout.
Biochemistry
462a
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
The University of Arizona
johno@email.arizona.edu
All contents copyright © 1998-2007. All rights reserved.
Last revision fall 2007
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
The University of Arizona
johno@email.arizona.edu
All contents copyright © 1998-2007. All rights reserved.
Last revision fall 2007