WSU Graduate Courses - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology/BMB

BMB 627 HUMAN BIOCHEMISTRY (Credits: 4.5)

Metabolism of hormones and amino acids.Integration of metabolism.Aspects of human biochemistry including some metabolic disorders and nutrition.

BMB 699 SPECIAL PROBLEMS IN BIOCHEMISTRY (Credits: 1 TO 4)

Graded pass/unsatisfactory.

BMB 702 RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES (Credits: 4)

Designed to acquaint new graduate students with the research being carried out by the faculty in the biochemistry program.

BMB 703 RESEARCH ETHICS (Credits: 1)

(Also listed as BMS 703.) Research ethics emphasizes the evaluation of hypothetical ethical scenarios. Class discussion is based on integrating ethical policy and practices as they relate to research at Wright State. Graded pass/unsatisfactory.

BMB 727 ENZYMES (Credits: 4)

(Also listed as BMS 767.) Current concepts of the mechanism of enzyme catalysis including such topics as structure, kinetics, energetics, allosterism, coenzymes, and control of enzymes and multienzyme systems.

PREREQUISITE: BMB(BCH) 750 OR CONSENT OF INSTRUCTOR.

BMB 731 BIOCHEMISTRY OF MEMBRANES (Credits: 4)

(Also listed as BMS 769.) Examines the biochemistry of membranes and provides basic information on membrane composition and processes.

PREREQUISITE: BMB(BCH) 421 OR 423.

BMB 740 PHYSICAL BIOCHEMISTRY (Credits: 4)

(Also listed as BMS 770.) Structure-function analysis of biological macromolecules (particularly proteins and polynucleotides) based on chemical and physical properties.

PREREQUISITE: BMB(BCH) 750 OR EQUIVALENT.

BMB 750 MOLECULAR BIOCHEMISTRY I (Credits: 1 TO 8)

(Also listed as BMS 750.) Survey course emphasizing an experimental and problem-solving approach to buffers, protein structure, enzymes, and carbohydrate and lipid metabolism. Completion of organic chemistry course or permission of instructor required.

PREREQUISITE: ORGANIC CHEMISTRY OR PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR.

BMB 752 MOLECULAR BIOCHEMISTRY II (Credits: 1 TO 8)

(Also listed as BMS 752.) Survey course emphasizing an experimental and problem-solving approach to amino acid metabolism, nucleic-acid function, and hormones.

PREREQUISITE: BMB(BCH) 750 OR PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR.

BMB 753 MOLECULAR SIGNALLING-MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY (Credits: 4)

(Also listed as BMS 753.) A molecular analysis of information transfer into and within cells. Topics include visual transduction, hormones, hormone receptors, second messengers, regulation of transcription, and oncogenes. Readings from current scientific literature.

PREREQUISITE: BMB(BCH)/BMS 750, BMB(BCH)/BMS 752.

BMB 755 CANCER: MOLECULAR ASPECTS (Credits: 3)

A profile of the general properties of transformed cells and an in-depth examination of the mechanisms of oncogenesis at the level of molecular genetics.

PREREQUISITE: BMB 750.

BMB 760 MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE NUCLEUS (Credits: 4)

(Also listed as BMS 760.) A literature based course covering molecular events in the nucleus including DNA replication, repair and recombination and transcription.

PREREQUISITE: BMB 750, BMB 752.

BMB 763 IN VIVO NMR SPECTROSCOPY AND IMAGING (Credits: 3 TO 6)

(Also listed as BMS 763.) Discusses the applications of NMR spectroscopy to the study of tissue metabolism in vivo. The fundamental theory of magnetic resonance imaging, with a survey of clinical applications, is also presented.

PREREQUISITE: BMB(BCH)/BMS 762 OR PERMISSION OF INSTRUCTOR.

BMB 765 COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS AND STRATEGIES IN BIOMED SCIENCES (Credits: 4)

This is a survey course of modern computational tools and strategies used in sequence, 3-D structure and functional analysis of biomolecules.Students will gain hands on "laboratory" experience with key software and strategies.

BMB 800 BIOCHEMISTRY SEMINAR (Credits: 1)

Topics vary. Graded pass/unsatisfactory.

BMB 899 BIOCHEMISTRY RESEARCH (Credits: 1 TO 15)

Supervised thesis research.

BMB 900 SEMINAR IN BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY (Credits: 1 TO 2)

Topics vary. Graded pass/unsatisfactory.