Universität Wien

270295 VU Chemical Biology (2023W)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 27 - Chemie
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).

Details

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

The lecture will be held blocked in November and December.
A total of 8 lectures will be held in the mornings from 9-12
The November lectures will be held via Zoom and the last two December lectures will be held in person in a seminar room.
November: Mo 13, We 15, Th 16, Mo 20, Mo 27, Tu 28, We 29 -- all 9-12 am via Zoom
December: Mo 4 (9-12 Hörsaal 4), (Tu 5, 10-13 Seminarraum 1)
Dates in brackets might not be fully needed but will be used if time conflicts exist or we need extra time.

  • Monday 13.11. 09:00 - 12:00 Digital
  • Wednesday 15.11. 09:00 - 12:00 Digital
  • Thursday 16.11. 09:00 - 12:00 Digital
  • Monday 20.11. 09:00 - 12:00 Digital
  • Monday 27.11. 09:00 - 12:00 Digital
  • Tuesday 28.11. 09:00 - 12:00 Digital
  • Wednesday 29.11. 09:00 - 12:00 Digital
  • Monday 04.12. 09:00 - 12:00 Hörsaal 4 Chemie HP Währinger Straße 42
  • Tuesday 05.12. 10:00 - 13:00 Seminarraum 1 Analytische Chemie 2.OG Boltzmanngasse 1

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

TEACHING METHODS
- formal lectures with PowerPoint slides
- exercises to re-cap previous lecture
- group discussion and exercises on journal articles
- data analysis exercises
- class discussion activities

LEARNING 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 situations

TOPICS
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

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)

Examination topics

Reading list

Association in the course directory

CH-CBS-07, BC-3, BC-CHE II-3, CHE II-3

Last modified: Tu 12.09.2023 10:28