CHEM 345 - Advanced Biochemistry

Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall 2015.

Prerequisite: CHEM 341, BIOL 220 and consent of instructor. A more advanced treatment of current topics in biochemistry. Specific topics vary by year but may include enzyme/ribozyme kinetics and mechanisms, signaling pathways, biomolecular transport, chromatin structure/ function, RNA processing pathways, and regulation of gene expression.

Fall 2014 topic:

CHEM 345: Advanced Biochemistry: Mechanisms of Cancer (3). Prerequisite: Instructor consent. An advanced study of the underlying biochemical mechanisms that lead to cancer formation. Specific topics include DNA replication and the cell cycle, signaling pathways, genetic instability and DNA repair, apoptosis and cell death, and regulation of gene expression. This course also explores current cancer treatments and therapeutics, and employs a heavy emphasis on the current primary literature. LaRiviere. Friend, LaRiviere.