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Fall 2005, update of January 2001
Lois Widmer
The program offers Bachelor's, Master of Science, and PhD degrees. The PhD program offers a Bioorganic Chemistry Track which requires that electives be chosen from the Chemistry curriculum. The department has ten faculty members as of this date, though members of the Biology and Chemistry departments also participate in the program. The research emphasis is on macromolecules, especially proteins, enzymes, ion channels, and cell membranes, and the relationship between macromolecular structure and the underlying functioning mechanism.
The collection supports research and instruction from the undergraduate to the doctoral level. It also supports the particular research interests of the faculty of the Rosentiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center and the W.M. Keck Institute for Cellular Visualization.
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Twentieth and twenty-first centuries, with an emphasis on the last ten to twenty years. For historical materials, see the statement on the History of Science.
Acquisitions are almost exclusively of current materials. To the extent that they are not, the emphasis is on the last ten years. For historical materials, see the statement on the History of Science.
Current acquisitions are exclusively in English, though some older materials in German, Russian, French and Italian are in the collection.
Serials and monographic series are the primary types of collected materials, in keeping with the purpose of the collection. Electronic resources include bibliographic databases and electronic versions of journals. Conference proceedings and textbooks are purchased selectively.
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(S=Selective; U=Undergraduate; G=Graduate; R=Research)
| Subject Area | Current | Required |
|---|---|---|
| Biochemical Thermodynamics | U | G |
| Cellular Physiology and Biophysics | R | R |
| Enzymology | R | R |
| Growth and Differentiation | G | G |
| Metabolism | U | U |
| Molecular Pharmacology | G | R |
| Membrane Biochemistry & Biophysics | R | R |
| Neurobiochemistry | G | G |
| Organic Biochemistry (chemical reaction mechanisms) | G | R |
| Physical Biochemistry (NMR & other spectroscopics) | R | R |
| Protein Structure | R | R |
| Signal Transduction | R | R |
| Structural Biochemistry | R | R |