Course Overview

Inter- and intramolecular interactions, protein structures: random coil, alpha-helix, beta-sheet. Methods to unravel secondary, tertiary, and quartery structures and dynamics. Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET), circular dichroic spectroscopy (CD), Infrared and Raman spectroscopies, Scattering methods, Microscopic methods.

Learning Achievement

Students acquire advanced knowledge on experimental methods and their applications in biophysical chemistry with a focus on structure determining methods

Competence

Course prerequisites

Basic knowledge of physical chemistry

Grading Philosophy

Written exam and seminar contribution

Course schedule

Week1: Introduction Week2: followed by Week3 to the Final Week

Course type

Online Course Requirement

Instructor

Ebbinghaus, Havenith, Herrmann

Other information

Every summer semester Elective Course a)Lecture b) Exercise c) Seminar

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