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270295 VU Chemical Biology (2022W)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Sa 10.09.2022 08:00 to We 28.09.2022 23:59
- Deregistration possible until We 28.09.2022 23:59
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes
The lecture will be held blocked in November and December.
9-12 am via Zoom due to limited room availability
November: Mo 14, Tu 15, Mo 21, Tu 22, (Fr 25), Mo 28, Tu 29,
December: Mo 5., Tu 6., (Fr 9.)
Dates in brackets might not be needed but could be used if time conflicts exist.
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Participation, assessment exercises, final exam.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
ASSESSMENT
- 40% of the course grade will be based on two assessment exercises given during the course period to be submitted by the end of December 2022.
- 60% of the course grade will be based on a final assessment to be done in students’ own time and submitted by the end of January 2023.
- Grades will be given as: 0–49% (5), 50–59% (4), 60–74% (3), 75–89% (2), 90–100% (1)
- 40% of the course grade will be based on two assessment exercises given during the course period to be submitted by the end of December 2022.
- 60% of the course grade will be based on a final assessment to be done in students’ own time and submitted by the end of January 2023.
- Grades will be given as: 0–49% (5), 50–59% (4), 60–74% (3), 75–89% (2), 90–100% (1)
Examination topics
Reading list
Association in the course directory
CH-CBS-07, BC-3, BC-CHE II-3, CHE II-3
Last modified: Fr 02.12.2022 14:09
- formal lectures with PowerPoint slides
- exercises to re-cap previous lecture
- group discussion and exercises on journal articles
- data analysis exercises
- class discussion activitiesLEARNING OUTCOMES
At the end of the course, students should:
- be familiar with the topics encompassed by the field of Chemical Biology
- be aware of recent developments in the field
- understand some of the challenges and controversies in the field
- be able to read, understand and critically evaluate a journal article
- be able to discuss a journal article or data set and draw conclusions from it
- be able to apply the knowledge and skills learnt to their master theses and in other situationsTOPICS
1. Introduction to Chemical Biology (MM)
2. Bioactive Peptides (MM)
3. Protein Structures and Functions and Techniques in Chemical Biology (MM)
4. Chemical Biology in Action (MM) _Assessment exercise 1
5. Basic pharmacology and molecular targeted therapies (CB)
6. Drug targets: Protein kinases and G Protein-coupled receptors (CB)
7. Binding proteins: from therapeutic antibodies to affibodies and antibody mimetics (CB)
8. Vaccines and Antibiotics and the discovery of new drugs (CB)_Assessment exercise 2