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

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