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Instructor: Kevin Rice (Keyes 313, x5763, kprice@colby.edu)

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Approximate weekly schedule, Spring 2014

Week of	Lecture Topic	Reading / Textook Chapters	Assignments, etc.
2/10	Introduction / Model organisms / cell culture / cell fractionation	Chapter 1-4	JBC review, due in class
2/17	Molecular Biology / cloning / genomics	Chapters 5-6	Literature search, due in class JBC review, due in class Writing assignment 1a, due by email on 2/21
2/24	Electrophoresis / chromatography / protein purification	Chapters 8, 10, 11	JBC review, due in class Writing assignment 1b, due by email on 2/28
3/3	In-class writing workshop Enzyme assay development / enzyme mechanisms	Chapter 15	Peer review, due in class
3/10	Immunological assays / radioisotope techniques	Chapters 7, 14	JBC review, due in class Writing assignment 1c, due by email on 3/11
3/17	Mid-term oral presentations
3/24	Spring Break
3/31	Mass spectroscopy / proteomics	Chapters 9, 12, & 13	JBC review, due in class Final project executive summary, due by email on 4/4
4/7	Mid-term examination		1-on1 meetings with Kevin
4/14	Modern approaches to experimental biochemistry I	TBD	Literature review, due in class Final project introduction, due by email on 4/16
4/21	Modern approaches to experimental biochemistry II	TBD	Literature review, due in class Final project draft, due by email on 4/25
4/28	Modern approaches to experimental biochemistry III	TBD	Final project peer review, due in class
5/5	Final oral presentations
			Final project, due by email on 5/18

Mid-term oral presentation schedule

Oral presentations will be presented in the order given below (unless folks mutually agree to switch). Each student will choose a paper from the journal linked next to her/his name and email it to Kevin by Monday 3/10. The requirements are that the paper must be: 1) biochemical in scope, 2) published in 2014, 3) a full paper, not a communication or review, and 4) something about which you are really excited. Remember, all students will be required to evaluate the others' presentations. Detailed guidelines and evaluation rubrics can be viewed here.

Order	Presenter	Source Journal	Presented Paper
1	Thabiso	Chemistry and Biology	Robertson & Joyce
2	Eddie	Biochemistry	Ray-Saha, et al.
3	Dylan	Molecular Cancer	Zhao, et al.
4	Justin	Molecular Cell
6	Katie	Molecular and Cellular Biology	Listerman, et al.
7	Juan	ACS Chemical Biology	Zhang, et al.

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Instructor: Kevin Rice (Keyes 313, x5763, kprice@colby.edu)

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