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School of CrystallographyBirkbeck College
University of London



Normally lectures will be made available at the beginning of the week. Week numbers are sequential per term. Each TERM roughly coincides with a particular unit. There will be deviations for a few individual lectures, in order to pace delivery of more difficult subjects. Some "weeks" in Terms 1 and 2 have a release which is intended to be studied over a 2-week period. "Weeks" and "Lectures" in Term 3 are only nominal, as the projects are self-paced.

TERM 1 (Unit 1: Fundamentals of Protein Structure and X-ray Crystallography)
WeekLecture TopicLecturer responsible
November      
1 Introduction & Web Authoring Overview of Protein Crystallography & Bioinformatics (RasMol, Mime, HTML, Images, BioMOO) NQM
2 Protein Structure I Primary Structure & Amino Acid and Peptide Bond Geometry NQM
3 Protein Structure II Non-Covalent (Non-Bonded) Interactions NQM
4 X-Ray Diffraction I Diffraction Theory (Scattering, Unit Cell, Braggs Law, Reciprocal Space, Indices, Structure Factor) NQM
5 Protein Structure III Secondary Structure & Super Secondary Structure NQM
6 X-Ray Diffraction II Fourier Transforms (Synthesis, Analysis, Convolutions, Correlations) NQM
7 Protein Structure IV Tertiary Structure & Quaternary Structure (Point Groups) NQM
8 Symmetry I Symmetry Operations (Rotational, Translational, Screw, Symbols, Unit Cell) JKC, NQM
9 Symmetry II Point Groups (Enantiomorphic, Polar, Laue Classes) JKC, NQM
10 Symmetry III Space Groups (Enantiomorphic, Asymmetric Unit, P21, P212121) JKC, NQM
Break
TERM 2 (Unit 2: Protein Crystallography)
WeekLecture TopicLecturer responsible
1 Protein Crystallography I Protein Crystallisation NQM
2 Protein Crystallography II X-Rays, X-Ray Sources (Laboratory, Synchrotron) & X-Ray Detectors (Image Plate, CCD) NQM, JKC
3 Protein Crystallography III Data Collection (Oscillation Method) & Cryocrystallography NQM
4 Symmetry IV & Protein Crystallography IV Extinctions, Space Group Determination & Data Processing NQM, JKC
5 Protein Crystallography V & X-Ray Diffraction III Molecular Replacement (Rotation Function, Translation Function), Patterson NQM
6 Protein Crystallography VI Isomorphous Replacement, Patterson NQM
7 Protein Crystallography VII & X-Ray Diffraction IV MAD, Anomalous Diffraction NQM, NQM
8 Protein Crystallography VIII Density Modification NQM
9 Protein Crystallography IX Electron Density Map, Modelling & Refinement NQM
10 Protein Crystallography X Validation & PDB NQM
Break
TERM 3 (Unit 3: Project)
Week Lecture TopicLecturer responsible
1 Protein Crystallography XI & Project A Papers & Understanding Crystallographic Results
Project A Paper Abstract
NQM
2 Project B Project B Molecular Replacement NQM
3 Project A & B Project Work NQM
4 Project A & B Project Work NQM
5 project A & B Project Work NQM
6 Project A & B Project Work NQM
7 Project A & B Project Work NQM
8 Project A & B Project Work NQM
9 Project A & B Project Work NQM
10 Project A & B Project Work NQM
Break
September WRITTEN EXAMINATIONS
Break
October SUBMISSION OF PROJECT WORK
by ChristmasCERTIFICATES AWARDED




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